Question 1

Which of the following statements is true about alcohol use and sexual risk taking?

Accepted Answer

A) Alcohol use was more strongly related to unprotected sex among homosexuals than heterosexuals 
B) Alcohol use more strongly related to unprotected sex among males than females 
C) Alcohol use was more strongly related to unprotected sex among ethnic minorities than for non-ethnic minorities 
D) Alcohol use was more strongly related to unprotected sex among adolescents than for adults 
A) Alcohol use was more strongly related to unprotected sex among homosexuals than heterosexuals 
B) Alcohol use more strongly related to unprotected sex among males than females 
C) Alcohol use was more strongly related to unprotected sex among ethnic minorities than for non-ethnic minorities 
D) Alcohol use was more strongly related to unprotected sex among adolescents than for adults D

Question 2

A study of pharmacological effects on the alcohol-aggression relationship in which males administered shocks to an unseen "opponent " on a competitive task showed that:

Accepted Answer

A) high alcohol led to higher aggression compared to the placebo condition, regardless of which beverage they expected to receive 
B) pharmacological factors are needed to explain the relationship of drinking and aggression 
C) pharmacological factors are not needed to explain the relationship of drinking and aggression 
D) a and b 
A) high alcohol led to higher aggression compared to the placebo condition, regardless of which beverage they expected to receive 
B) pharmacological factors are needed to explain the relationship of drinking and aggression 
C) pharmacological factors are not needed to explain the relationship of drinking and aggression 
D) a and b D

Question 3

One review (Bux, 1996) of problem drinking among gay men and lesbians found:

Accepted Answer

A) gay men not at higher risk for drinking heavily 
B) gay men at higher risk for drinking problems than heterosexual men 
C) gay men more likely to abstain than heterosexuals 
D) lesbians more likely to abstain than heterosexuals 
A) gay men not at higher risk for drinking heavily 
B) gay men at higher risk for drinking problems than heterosexual men 
C) gay men more likely to abstain than heterosexuals 
D) lesbians more likely to abstain than heterosexuals A

Question 4

The relationship between factors involved in determining whether alcohol might affect aggression is ___________ rather than _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) unidirectional, reciprocal 
B) reciprocal, unidirectional 
C) direct, indirect 
D) causal, correlational 
A) unidirectional, reciprocal 
B) reciprocal, unidirectional 
C) direct, indirect 
D) causal, correlational

Question 5

Social drinkers who competed against a fictitious opponent (Giancola & Zeichner, 1995) were more aggressive:

Accepted Answer

A) only if blood alcohol levels were high 
B) when provoked if they had an aggressive personality 
C) only for those with aggressive personality traits 
D) regardless of gender, if they were intoxicated 
A) only if blood alcohol levels were high 
B) when provoked if they had an aggressive personality 
C) only for those with aggressive personality traits 
D) regardless of gender, if they were intoxicated

Question 6

Based on naturalistic correlational evidence, alcohol use often _____________ violent behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) precedes 
B) accompanies 
C) both a and b 
D) b only 
A) precedes 
B) accompanies 
C) both a and b 
D) b only

Question 7

Third variables that may affect the relation between alcohol use and sexual risk behavior are:

Accepted Answer

A) personality 
B) attitudes 
C) beliefs 
D) all of the above 
A) personality 
B) attitudes 
C) beliefs 
D) all of the above

Question 8

Which of the following statements refer to the attention-allocation model?

Accepted Answer

A) alcohol has a myopic effect on attention that may facilitate aggression since the individual focuses on less salient provocative, rather than less salient inhibitory, cues in hostile situations 
B) alcohol has a myopic effect on attention that may facilitate aggression because the individual focuses on the more salient provocative, rather than more salient inhibitory, cues in hostile situations 
C) alcohol has a myopic effect on attention that may facilitate aggression because the individual focuses on the more salient provocative, rather than less salient inhibitory, cues in hostile situations. 
D) alcohol has a myopic effect on attention that may facilitate aggression because the individual focuses on the less salient provocative, rather than more salient inhibitory, cues in hostile situations 
A) alcohol has a myopic effect on attention that may facilitate aggression since the individual focuses on less salient provocative, rather than less salient inhibitory, cues in hostile situations 
B) alcohol has a myopic effect on attention that may facilitate aggression because the individual focuses on the more salient provocative, rather than more salient inhibitory, cues in hostile situations 
C) alcohol has a myopic effect on attention that may facilitate aggression because the individual focuses on the more salient provocative, rather than less salient inhibitory, cues in hostile situations. 
D) alcohol has a myopic effect on attention that may facilitate aggression because the individual focuses on the less salient provocative, rather than more salient inhibitory, cues in hostile situations

Question 9

What factors are involved in determining whether alcohol might affect aggression?

Accepted Answer

A) the setting 
B) the relationship to the other person 
C) personality and present mood 
D) all of the above 
A) the setting 
B) the relationship to the other person 
C) personality and present mood 
D) all of the above

Question 10

Male alcoholics and their wives, compared to controls (O'Farrell, Choquette, Cutter, & Birchler, 1997) reported all but:

Accepted Answer

A) less sexual satisfaction 
B) more sexual dysfunction 
C) painful intercourse for wives 
D) more marital infidelity 
A) less sexual satisfaction 
B) more sexual dysfunction 
C) painful intercourse for wives 
D) more marital infidelity

Question 11

A study of substance use and sexual activity in a nationally representative sample of young adults (Graves & Leigh, 1995) found all but which:

Accepted Answer

A) marijuana use was related to more sex activity 
B) heavy drinkers were less likely to use condoms 
C) high association of drinking and unsafe sex 
D) more sex partners for those who drank more 
A) marijuana use was related to more sex activity 
B) heavy drinkers were less likely to use condoms 
C) high association of drinking and unsafe sex 
D) more sex partners for those who drank more

Question 12

The relationship of alcohol to violent crimes among inmates may be all but which:

Accepted Answer

A) inflated, as intoxicated offenders are caught more than are light drinkers or nondrinkers 
B) distorted as some cases involve mistaken or false charges 
C) easily generalizable to the general population d.a spurious relationship due to some third variable 
A) inflated, as intoxicated offenders are caught more than are light drinkers or nondrinkers 
B) distorted as some cases involve mistaken or false charges 
C) easily generalizable to the general population d.a spurious relationship due to some third variable

Question 13

Surveys of inmates of federal prisons and crime statistics provide evidence for alcohol and drugs as being dangerous substances that contribute to many undesirable social consequences. What are some possible limitations to this evidence?

Accepted Answer

A) alcohol measurement issues 
B) overestimates 
C) self-report 
D) all of the above 
A) alcohol measurement issues 
B) overestimates 
C) self-report 
D) all of the above

Question 14

A study by Pernanen (1991) showed all but which of the following:

Accepted Answer

A) whether the inmate met the criteria for alcohol dependence was unrelated to offense type 
B) intoxication may impair cognitive processes and judgments, leading to the misinterpretation of cues which in turn lead to violent interactions 
C) when inmates are alcohol dependent is often related to the type of offense 
D) it is more likely that the acute effect of alcohol rather than some personality factor related to chronic use is the factor contributing to violence. 
A) whether the inmate met the criteria for alcohol dependence was unrelated to offense type 
B) intoxication may impair cognitive processes and judgments, leading to the misinterpretation of cues which in turn lead to violent interactions 
C) when inmates are alcohol dependent is often related to the type of offense 
D) it is more likely that the acute effect of alcohol rather than some personality factor related to chronic use is the factor contributing to violence.

Question 15

Surveys dealing with recall of specific sexual incidents rather than overall sexual behavior provide stronger evidence about the role of alcohol because:

Accepted Answer

A) memory is more accurate 
B) temporal relationship between drinking and sex may be identified 
C) lying is less likely 
D) corroboration from the partner is possible 
A) memory is more accurate 
B) temporal relationship between drinking and sex may be identified 
C) lying is less likely 
D) corroboration from the partner is possible

Question 16

The term alcohol myopia attributes greater aggression after drinking to:

Accepted Answer

A) visual impairment 
B) impaired weighing of pros and cons of different behaviors 
C) higher value of aggression 
D) tendency to see actions of others as hostile 
A) visual impairment 
B) impaired weighing of pros and cons of different behaviors 
C) higher value of aggression 
D) tendency to see actions of others as hostile

Question 17

Which of the following type of drug counters the commonly held beliefs about drug effects on aggression?

Accepted Answer

A) alcohol 
B) benzodiazepines 
C) cocaine 
D) heroin 
A) alcohol 
B) benzodiazepines 
C) cocaine 
D) heroin

Question 18

A study investigating whether alcohol consumption would increase aggression found:

Accepted Answer

A) aggression higher with more alcohol 
B) aggression higher with more alcohol but only for those individuals expecting alcohol to lead to aggression 
C) ruminators showed less alcohol-related aggression 
D) aggression higher with more alcohol for those experienced with alcohol 
A) aggression higher with more alcohol 
B) aggression higher with more alcohol but only for those individuals expecting alcohol to lead to aggression 
C) ruminators showed less alcohol-related aggression 
D) aggression higher with more alcohol for those experienced with alcohol

Question 19

To determine the role of drinking to aggressive offenses:

Accepted Answer

A) offenders who do not drink are a needed control group 
B) sober control groups are not needed to assess effects of alcohol use by offenders 
C) if a high percentage of violent offenders were drinking at the time of offense, alcohol was a cause of their offenses 
D) third variables can be ignored 
A) offenders who do not drink are a needed control group 
B) sober control groups are not needed to assess effects of alcohol use by offenders 
C) if a high percentage of violent offenders were drinking at the time of offense, alcohol was a cause of their offenses 
D) third variables can be ignored

Question 20

When similar criteria for defining use of alcohol and illicit drugs were used, all but which was found:

Accepted Answer

A) the majority of prisoners reported use of alcohol at the time of their offense 
B) about the same percent of state inmates reported using alcohol versus other drugs at the time of their offense 
C) among federal inmates, more reported alcohol than other drug use at the time of their offense 
D) overall, less than a third of prisoners reported alcohol use at the time of their offense 
A) the majority of prisoners reported use of alcohol at the time of their offense 
B) about the same percent of state inmates reported using alcohol versus other drugs at the time of their offense 
C) among federal inmates, more reported alcohol than other drug use at the time of their offense 
D) overall, less than a third of prisoners reported alcohol use at the time of their offense

Which of the following statements is true about alcohol use and sexual risk taking?

A study of pharmacological effects on the alcohol-aggression relationship in which males administered shocks to an unseen "opponent " on a competitive task showed that:

One review (Bux, 1996) of problem drinking among gay men and lesbians found:

The relationship between factors involved in determining whether alcohol might affect aggression is _ rather than ___.

Social drinkers who competed against a fictitious opponent (Giancola & Zeichner, 1995) were more aggressive:

Based on naturalistic correlational evidence, alcohol use often _____________ violent behavior.

Third variables that may affect the relation between alcohol use and sexual risk behavior are:

Which of the following statements refer to the attention-allocation model?

What factors are involved in determining whether alcohol might affect aggression?

Male alcoholics and their wives, compared to controls (O'Farrell, Choquette, Cutter, & Birchler, 1997) reported all but:

A study of substance use and sexual activity in a nationally representative sample of young adults (Graves & Leigh, 1995) found all but which:

The relationship of alcohol to violent crimes among inmates may be all but which:

Surveys of inmates of federal prisons and crime statistics provide evidence for alcohol and drugs as being dangerous substances that contribute to many undesirable social consequences. What are some possible limitations to this evidence?

A study by Pernanen (1991) showed all but which of the following:

Surveys dealing with recall of specific sexual incidents rather than overall sexual behavior provide stronger evidence about the role of alcohol because:

The term alcohol myopia attributes greater aggression after drinking to:

Which of the following type of drug counters the commonly held beliefs about drug effects on aggression?

A study investigating whether alcohol consumption would increase aggression found:

To determine the role of drinking to aggressive offenses:

When similar criteria for defining use of alcohol and illicit drugs were used, all but which was found:

Psychology of Alcohol and Other Drugs

Theories of Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Alcohol and Other Drugs: Use, Abuse, and Dependence

The Extent of Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Neurobiology of Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Heredity and Environment: Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Basic Psychology Processes

Family Processes

Age and Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Gender Differences in Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Minority Groups: Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies

Recovering From Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies

Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies

Relapse After Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Disorders

Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems

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Which of the following statements is true about alcohol use and sexual risk taking?

A study of pharmacological effects on the alcohol-aggression relationship in which males administered shocks to an unseen "opponent " on a competitive task showed that:

One review (Bux, 1996) of problem drinking among gay men and lesbians found:

The relationship between factors involved in determining whether alcohol might affect aggression is ___________ rather than _____________.

Social drinkers who competed against a fictitious opponent (Giancola & Zeichner, 1995) were more aggressive:

Based on naturalistic correlational evidence, alcohol use often _____________ violent behavior.

Third variables that may affect the relation between alcohol use and sexual risk behavior are:

Which of the following statements refer to the attention-allocation model?

What factors are involved in determining whether alcohol might affect aggression?

Male alcoholics and their wives, compared to controls (O'Farrell, Choquette, Cutter, & Birchler, 1997) reported all but:

A study of substance use and sexual activity in a nationally representative sample of young adults (Graves & Leigh, 1995) found all but which:

The relationship of alcohol to violent crimes among inmates may be all but which:

Surveys of inmates of federal prisons and crime statistics provide evidence for alcohol and drugs as being dangerous substances that contribute to many undesirable social consequences. What are some possible limitations to this evidence?

A study by Pernanen (1991) showed all but which of the following:

Surveys dealing with recall of specific sexual incidents rather than overall sexual behavior provide stronger evidence about the role of alcohol because:

The term alcohol myopia attributes greater aggression after drinking to:

Which of the following type of drug counters the commonly held beliefs about drug effects on aggression?

A study investigating whether alcohol consumption would increase aggression found:

To determine the role of drinking to aggressive offenses:

When similar criteria for defining use of alcohol and illicit drugs were used, all but which was found:

Psychology of Alcohol and Other Drugs

Theories of Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Alcohol and Other Drugs: Use, Abuse, and Dependence

The Extent of Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Neurobiology of Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Heredity and Environment: Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Basic Psychology Processes

Family Processes

Age and Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Gender Differences in Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Minority Groups: Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies

Recovering From Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies

Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies

Relapse After Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Disorders

Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems

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The relationship between factors involved in determining whether alcohol might affect aggression is _ rather than ___.