Explain the differences among the definitions of drug misuse, drug abuse, and deviant drug use

What will be an ideal response?

Misuse: greater amounts or for other purposes than prescribed; abuse: drug use that causes problems for the user; deviant: not common in the larger society, and leads to corrective action by the society. Bonus: appropriate examples of each, and/or showing how these definitions may overlap in specific instances.

Psychology

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In the next episode, the stranger, rather than the mother, returns to the room. Why is this episode necessary? A) If the infant continues to cry, it is a sign of attachment insecurity. B) The episode informs us as to why the infant was crying. If the infant was crying because he missed his mother, he will continue crying. C) If the stranger can calm down the child then the child is probably secure. D) To determine if the mother becomes distressed over the separation.

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Which of the following statements about peer sociability is true?

A) Later-appearing forms of play replace earlier ones in the developmental sequence. B) Once a child begins to play cooperatively, she no longer engages in parallel play. C) Nonsocial activity is almost nonexistent among kindergarteners. D) It is the type, not the amount, of solitary and parallel play that changes in early childhood.

Psychology