When she first started taking drugs, a person suffering from an addiction found that they markedly affected her perceptions. Now, however, she finds that greater dosages are required to achieve the same effects. The addict is experiencing

a. withdrawal symptoms.
b. psychological dependence.
c. tolerance.
d. intolerance.

Answer: c. tolerance.

Psychology

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Failure to retrieve information when previously learned information interferes is called

a. proactive interference. b. decay. c. motivated forgetting. d. retroactive interference. e. anterograde interference.

Psychology

According to Kohlberg, a person who is faced with stealing something that will save someone else's life, and who decides either against stealing due to guilt or in favor of stealing because he or she would be unable to face others if he or she did

nothing, is in the ___________ stage of morality. a. preconventional c. postconventional b. conventional d. none of these answers

Psychology