Author Question: You have just heard about a situation in which someone who was drunk vandalized a building and ... (Read 29 times)

Medesa · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

You have just heard about a situation in which someone who was drunk vandalized a building and assaulted a security guard. From your knowledge of abnormal psychology, you are aware that although alcohol does not cause aggressive behavior, it may

a. stimulate the inhibitory center of the brain, causing aggressive behavior.
b. activate the aggressive genes in the person's DNA.
c. impair the ability to consider the consequences of acting impulsively.
d. increase the anxiety associated with being punished for one's actions.

Question 2

Casey was offered a full scholarship to a prestigious conservatory, but his alcohol use got more and more out of control, and in addition to suffering from several interfering symptoms, he was forced to drop out of school after the first semester. He was also very much in debt because of his alcohol use and had estranged himself from his family. Casey's alcohol use disorder would be specified as

a. Combined type
b. Interfering type
c. Moderate
d. Severe