Why do substances such as alcohol and cocaine develop an overpowering hold on people, sometimes after only a few uses?
What will be an ideal response?
These substances have the ability to activate areas of pleasure in the brain. Also, people's biological makeup (such as their genes) and environmental influences make them more susceptible.
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The proportion of 65 years or older living with relatives other than spouses depends on:
a. type of chronic illness. b. ethnic background. c. socioeconomic status. d. personality traits of the elderly individual.
"Basic anxiety" refers to
A) a child's fear of being bullied and inferior to peers. B) an adult's fear of dying alone and with nobody to love them. C) a child's fear of being alone, hopeless, and insecure. D) the fear of death and an endless struggle to escape it. E) any fear that causes an individual's heart to beat faster.