Paige Is 20 Years Old and Started Smoking When She

question 466

Multiple Choice

Paige is 20 years old and started smoking when she began dating Garrett, who smokes. Since breaking up with Garrett about four months ago, she has continued to smoke. Currently, Paige smokes almost two packs of cigarettes per day. Which of the following statements is accurate?

• A) Because she is a heavy smoker, statistically Paige has nearly twice the risk of experiencing major depressive disorder as nonsmokers.
• B) Because smoking a pack of cigarettes or more per day seems to create a brain buffer that reduces the chances of major depressive disorder occurring or recurring, Paige is much less likely to experience major depressive disorder than other women in her age range.
• C) Paige has a severe mental disorder that causes her to smoke heavily.
• D) Statistically, Paige is not very likely to develop any mental or psychological disorder.

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Definitions:

Nociceptors

Sensory receptors that detect signals from damaged tissue and can induce the perception of pain.

Olfactory Receptors

Specialized sensory cells located in the nasal cavity that are responsible for detecting odors and thereby enabling the sense of smell.

Cochlea

is the spiral-shaped, auditory portion of the inner ear, essential for converting sound waves into nerve impulses.

McGurk Effect

A phenomenon that illustrates the interaction between hearing and vision in speech perception, where visual cues can alter what we believe we hear.