CAT
Substance Abuse
CAT & Substance Abuse
Random
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What does CAT stand for?
Communication Accommodation Theory
100
True or False: College students make up one of the largest consumer groups of mind-altering substances - like illegal drugs, prescription drugs, alcohol, and marijuana
TRUE
100
True or False: Substance abuse among college students can be seen as a communicative issue
TRUE
100
What happened today in 1995?
Toy Story premiers
200
True or False: "Convergence" is when speakers accentuate their verbal and non-verbal differences to distinguish self from others
FALSE (This is the definition for "Divergence". "Convergence" is the way individuals adjust their communicative behaviors to either diminish or enhance social differences between them)
200
True or False: Those who don't attend college are twice as likely to abuse drugs and alcohol than full-time college students.
FALSE - Full-time college students are twice as likely to abuse drugs and alcohol than those who don’t attend college.
200
Participating in the consumption of substances as an attempt to fit in is an example of _______?
Converging
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What is the (average) distance from the earth to the sun?
92.96 million miles
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Define "Accommodation"
The way individuals adjust their communicative behaviors to either diminish or enhance social differences between them.
300
How much as the abuse of tranquilizers increased among college students from 1993-2005?
450%!!
300
Under CAT, expressing the want to consume substances when one doesn't really want to is an example of ________?
Overaccommadating
300
What are the exact coordinates of this room?
Latitude: 40.007426113834015
Longitude: -105.27238766248145
Elevation: 1660 m (5446.194 ft)
400
Which Theory is CAT based off of?
Social Identity Theory
400
How many COLLEGE STUDENTS are arrested every year for an alcohol-related violation?
110,000!
400
Using a CAT lens, to truly be in college, one must:
Participate in alcohol and/or drug use AND/OR the best way to make friends/ socialize in college is to accommodate to those using drugs or alcohol
400
When is the CUMULATIVE Final Exam for this class?
December 15th, @ 7:30 - START STUDYING
500
Who developed Communication Accommodation Theory?
Howard Giles 
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Where is the Collegiate Recovery Center on Campus?
University Memorial Center, Room 414
207 UCB
1669 Euclid Ave
Boulder, CO 80309
303-492-9642
cucrc@colorado.edu
500
Studies show that increasing ones alcohol consumption to keep up with classmates will result in an increase in that individuals popularity among their classmates. What type of overaccommodation could this be classified as?
Dependency Overaccommodation: when a speaker places the listener in a lower-status role, and the listener is made to appear dependent on the speaker.
Sensory Overaccommodation: when a speaker overly adapts to another who is perceived as limited in some way.
Inter-group Overaccommodation: when speakers lump listeners into a particular group, failing to treat each person as an individual (stereotyping)
500
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