Author Question: In his classic study of marijuana use, Becoming a Marijuana User, Howard Becker demonstrated that ... (Read 49 times)

ericka1 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

In his classic study of marijuana use, Becoming a Marijuana User, Howard Becker demonstrated that __________.

a. marijuana is a substance that hooks users physiologically when they try it
b. most drug use initially occurs when an isolated individual tries the substance while alone
c. social interaction must occur for the new user to define and then to experience the appropriate feelings
d. unlike public perceptions of jazz musicians, marijuana use was not discovered in this group
e. marijuana use inevitably leads to heroin use despite the environments in which use occurs

Question 2

A study of the effects of psychological disorder on social mobility in southern Appalachia showed that psychological disorder __________.

a. has no effect on social mobility
b. is irrelevant to social mobility since there is no social mobility in southern Appalachia
c. retards upward mobility
d. produces drastic downward mobility in almost all cases
e. produces horizontal, but not upward or downward vertical mobility