Chapter 10: Lectures

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. People learn best when using ______ of the brain.

A. executive functions

B. cognitive and emotional centers

C. visual, auditory, and tactile

D. all parts

Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe how lectures are used with clients.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Lectures

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. According to the text, the American Medical Association formally recognized alcoholism as a disease in ______.

A. 1939

B. 1956

C. 1965

D. 1970

Learning Objective: 10-2: Recall the history of the study of addiction as a disease.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Disease Concept

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. An alcoholism researcher who gave birth to the disease concept is ______.

A. Robert “Dr. Bob” Smith

B. E. M. Jellinek

C. Carl Jung

D. Bill Wilson

Learning Objective: 10-2: Recall the history of the study of addiction as a disease.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Disease Concept

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. ______ is a brain chemical often linked to pleasure.

A. Alcohol

B. Serotonin

C. Epinephrine

D. Dopamine

Learning Objective: 10-2: Recall the history of the study of addiction as a disease.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Addiction Is Not a Moral Problem

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. The author indicates that ______ of chemically dependent people are able to function, even when deathly ill.

A. 15%

B. 39%

C. half

D. 90%

Learning Objective: 10-2: Recall the history of the study of addiction as a disease.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Addiction Is Not Due to a Weak Will

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Addiction is a ______ disease.

A. cellular

B. brain

C. psychiatric

D. biopsychosocial

Learning Objective: 10-2: Recall the history of the study of addiction as a disease.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Addiction Is a Psychological Problem

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. An addict will spend increased amounts of time consumed by substance use or preoccupation with it. This is an example of ______.

A. craving

B. obsession

C. compulsion

D. dependency

Learning Objective: 10-2: Recall the history of the study of addiction as a disease.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Obsession

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Chemically dependent persons may cover the truth with layers of lies. The last type of lie they tell themselves is ______.

A. minimizing

B. maximizing

C. rationalizing

D. denial

Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss a client’s defense mechanisms.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Denial

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. As youth, chemically dependent persons hear the “great lie” from ______.

A. parents

B. siblings

C. caregivers

D. themselves

Learning Objective: 10-4: Identify the great lie.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Great Lie

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. What type of fear never truly leaves us?

A. death

B. starvation

C. not being liked

D. being abandoned

Learning Objective: 10-5: Summarize normal development.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Fear of Abandonment

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. According to the author, boys struggle for ______ while girls struggle for ______.

A. attention; love

B. power; connection

C. strength; love

D. control; bonding

Learning Objective: 10-5: Summarize normal development.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Peer Group

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Insomnia, mood swings, and feelings of stress can occur for up to 2 years after abstinence. This is an example of ______.

A. withdrawal

B. delayed onset withdrawal

C. postacute withdrawal

D. protracted withdrawal

Learning Objective: 10-6: Explain physical addiction and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Withdrawal

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Joe drinks 12 beers daily without feeling too drunk. Lately, he has quit drinking, and his physician has given him sedatives to sleep. Interestingly, he finds himself having to take twice the prescribed dose to get any effect. This is an example of ______.

A. cellular memory

B. cross-tolerance

C. postacute withdrawal

D. acute insomnia

Learning Objective: 10-6: Explain physical addiction and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Cross-Tolerance

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Feeling sad, angry, and fearful simultaneously is an example of ______.

A. confusion

B. protracted withdrawal

C. depression

D. jealousy

Learning Objective: 10-9: Define feelings.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: All Feelings Are Adaptive

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. The assertive formula is ______.

A. “You make me feel ______”

B. “When you ______ I feel ______”

C. “I feel ______ when you______, I would prefer if you ______”

D. “I don’t drink”

Learning Objective: 10-9: Define feelings.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Assertive Skills

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Only counseling staff should provide lectures.

Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe how lectures are used with clients.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Lectures

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. All feelings are adaptive.

Learning Objective: 10-9: Define feelings.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: All Feelings Are Adaptive

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Addiction, like nearly all other diseases, has strong genetic links.

Learning Objective: 10-2: Recall the history of the study of addiction as a disease.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Addiction Has Genetic Components

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Drugs influence how cells operate.

Learning Objective: 10-5: Summarize normal development.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: How Drugs Affect the Cell

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Withdrawal produces the opposite effect of the drug effect.

Learning Objective: 10-6: Explain physical addiction and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Withdrawal

Difficulty Level: Medium

Short Answer

1. The author indicates it is okay for clients to hear the same material more than once. Why is this?

Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe how lectures are used with clients.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Lectures

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. The author does not feel it is important to have a lot of data and research references in your lectures. Why is this?

Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe how lectures are used with clients.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Lectures

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. The book discusses addictive disorders in the context of a disease. What are some of the characteristics of addiction that would frame it as a disease?

Learning Objective: 10-2: Recall the history of the study of addiction as a disease.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Disease Concept

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Denial is identified as being characteristic of addiction. Why is this?

Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss a client’s defense mechanisms

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Denial

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. The author feels strongly that 12-step material should be incorporated into treatment lectures. Why is this?

Learning Objective: 10-7: Describe the treatment program, Alcoholics Anonymous.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Twelve Steps

Difficulty Level: Hard