You have just heard about a situation in which someone who was drunk vandalized a building and ...

You have just heard about a situation in which someone who was drunk vandalized a building and assaulted a security guard. From your knowledge of abnormal psychology, you are aware that although alcohol does not cause aggressive behavior, it may
 
  a. stimulate the inhibitory center of the brain, causing aggressive behavior.
  b. activate the aggressive genes in the person's DNA.
 c. impair the ability to consider the consequences of acting impulsively.
  d. increase the anxiety associated with being punished for one's actions.

Question 2

Casey was offered a full scholarship to a prestigious conservatory, but his alcohol use got more and more out of control, and in addition to suffering from several interfering symptoms, he was forced to drop out of school after the first semester. He was also very much in debt because of his alcohol use and had estranged himself from his family. Casey's alcohol use disorder would be specified as
 
  a. Combined type
  b. Interfering type
  c. Moderate
 d. Severe

Question 3

Which of the following is an accurate statement about alcoholism?
 
  a. A progressive pattern leading to alcoholism is inevitable for those who drink alcohol.
  b. The factors that determine a drinker's susceptibility to alcoholism are not yet known.
  c. Alcohol use and aggressive behavior are negatively correlated.
 d. Use of alcohol by preteens and young teenagers does not predict later abuse.

Question 4

In a large survey among college-aged men and women, it was found that
 
  a. about 75 percent of the respondents said that they had gone on a binge of heavy drinking once in the preceding two weeks.
  b. there was no relationship between frequency of drinking and grades.
 c. students with a grade-point average of A had no more than one drink per week.
 d. D and F students averaged 11 alcoholic drinks per week.

Question 5

Research that asks individuals to indicate alcohol use during the previous one-month period has found that alcohol use is highest among
 
  a. Hispanics.
 b. Asian Americans.
 c. Caucasian Americans.
 d. people with multiracial backgrounds.