True/False
Binge drinking is most common among college aged kids.
True
What is a major consequence of college binge drinking?
A) Accidental injury
B) Legal trouble/jail time
C) Permanent brain damage
D) Anxiety/depression
E) All of the above
E) All of the above
You are visiting an old high school friend at college and are excited to visit some bars with them. When at the bar, your friend starts peer pressuring his roommate who rarely drinks to take 5 shots in a row. What is his roommate in danger of?
Alcohol poisoning
Carly is going to be a college freshman in the fall. She is very excited to start this next chapter of her life, and she intends to attend frat parties and get drunk on the weekends with her new friends. Which constructs of the Theory of Planned Behavior are determining her behavioral intentions?
A. Attitudes toward the behavior, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control
B. Attitudes towards the norm, perceived intentions, and behavioral control
C. Perceived behavior, perceived norms, and attitude towards the intention
D. Perceived behavioral control, subjective attitudes, and subjective intentions
A. Attitudes toward the behavior, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control
Which of the following is not one of the three components to the Multiple Attributes Utility Model?
A. Subjective Value
B. Individual Rationale
C. Subjective Probability
D. Momentary Salience
B. Individual Rationale
When people begin binge drinking at a young age, they are less likely to become alcoholics because they tend to drink less often when they are older.
False (When people begin binge drinking at a young age, they are more likely to become alcoholics)
What variable is the greatest predictor of college binge drinking?
A) Race
B) Gender
C) Stress
D) The importance of parties
D) The importance of parties
Your friend is explaining that drinking multiple beers in one night is not considered binge drinking because the alcohol percent of beer is much lower than other drinks. Therefore, she proposes that 2 beers is actually considered 1 hard alcoholic drink and so having 4 beers would not be considered binge drinking. Is she correct? If not, why?
No, one drink is considered: 1.5 ounces of 80-proof liquor, 12 ounces of 5% beer, or five ounces of 12% wine.
Using the Theory of Planned Behavior, we can do which of the following? (Choose the best answer)
A. Understand and predict norms regarding college binge drinking
B. Perceive and understand attitudes regarding college binge drinking
C. Predict attitudes towards the subjective norms regarding college binge drinking
D. Understand and predict behaviors regarding college binge drinking
D. Understand and predict behaviors regarding college binge drinking
Chad’s friends support his heavy drinking habits. One consequence of this behavior is alcohol poisoning. The intense support for his actions causes him to feel as though this consequence is not important at the moment. Which construct of the Multiple Attributes Utility Model can we apply here?
A. Momentary Salience
B. Subjective Probability
C. Subjective Value
D. Subjective Norm
A. Momentary Salience
College students often overestimate the number of their peers who drink
True
What is considered binge drinking?
A) Drinking more than 3 drinks in one sitting for men and more than 2 drinks for women
B) Drinking more than 5 drinks in one sitting for men and more than 4 drinks for women
C) Drinking more than 4 drinks in one sitting for men and more than 3 drinks for women
D) Drinking more than 6 drinks in one sitting for men and more than 5 drinks for women
B) Drinking more than 5 drinks in one sitting for men and more than 4 drinks for women
Your girlfriend has had a hard few months with her family and work. She has been under a lot of stress and you’ve noticed her preferred method of coping is using alcohol and other substances. When you confront her about your concerns when she is sober, she lashes out and begins yelling at you. You start to notice she begins each day with a drink now and continues drinking alcohol throughout the day. These behaviors are most in-line with which alcohol-related disorder?
Alcohol use disorder
Jeremy engages in heavy episodic drinking (occasional binge drinking), which has the ability to predict future binge drinking episodes. He does not think that the potential consequences of his actions are a threat to his health. Which construct of the Health Beliefs Model can we apply here?
A. Perceived benefits
B. Perceived barriers
C. Perceived severity
D. Perceived attitudes
C. Perceived severity
When considering whether to drink or not, thinking about the importance of gaining more friends by doing so is the _________ of the behavior, while thinking about how likely it is you will gain more friends is the ________ of the behavior.
A. Subjective Value, Momentary Salience
B. Subjective Probability, Subjective Value
C. Momentary Salience, Subjective Value
D. Subjective Value, Subjective Probability
D. Subjective Value, Subjective Probability
Getting injured (like breaking a leg) is one of the greatest dangers of binge drinking.
False (Alcohol poisoning)
What happens when a person has a BAC of 0.10?
A) Vomiting
B) Speech is slurred
C) Blackout/Loss of consciousness
D) Difficulty walking straight
B) Speech is slurred
Your friend has had a hard week with school and to help her feel better you decide to take her out to dinner. Your friend who normally refrains from alcohol orders a glass of wine with her dinner. Before the food arrives, she orders another glass and finishes it quickly. She does not order another drink, however, you are concerned about her emotional state and coping mechanisms. In this scenario, was your friend demonstrating binge drinking behaviors?
No, binge drinking for women is described as having 4 or more drinks in one sitting.
A longitudinal study was conducted over the span of 5 years (starting when the participants were 15 years old, and ending when they were 20 year old college students). The evidence from this study suggests that positive attitudes towards alcohol use are positively correlated with which of the following?
A. Reduced drug use (excluding alcohol) among college students
B. Future alcohol use among college students
C. Reduced alcohol consumption among college students
D. Future drug use (excluding alcohol) among college students
B. Future alcohol use among college students
Sally attends a private university in a small, rural town in Idaho. Which of the following choices is true regarding binge drinking and the Multiple Attributes Utility Model?
A. She is at a lower risk for binge drinking since the general student population believes that it is not worth it
B. She at a greater risk for binge drinking since the general student population values the behavior
C. Her risk of binge drinking is unaffected
B. She at a greater risk for binge drinking since the general student population values the behavior
5 percent of full-time college students ages 18 to 22 meet the criteria for alcohol use disorder
False (9.6%)
What region(s) of the brain does alcohol affect?
A) Primary somatosensory complex
B) Amygdala
C) Prefrontal cortex
D) Both B and C
E) All of the above
D) Both B and C
You and your roommate decide to go to a party one Friday night. Since she has work early the next morning, your roommate offers to drive so as not to drink too heavily the night before her early shift. Once you both arrive, you and your roommate have 3 beers over the course of one hour, and then you both are ready to leave. Should your roommate (female weighing about 140 pounds) still drive you both home?
No, consuming 3 drinks in one hour puts your roommate’s blood-alcohol level at 0.10%, whereas the legal driving limit is 0.08%.
Carlos is a pledge for a fraternity. He consistently engages in binge drinking with his new brothers, but he feels that he can stop this behavior anytime he wishes to. At the moment, he wishes to continue this behavior, since the benefits outweigh the costs. Which construct of the Theory of Planned Behavior does this situation apply to?
A. Perceived benefits
B. Perceived behavioral control
C. Subjective norms
D. None of the above
B. Perceived behavioral control
Perceived behavioral control has the ability to influence behaviors both directly and indirectly
Which of the following is an example of momentary salience when determining whether or not to drink alcohol in college?
A. It would make me look cool/I could gain friends, which is important right now
B. I could get a hangover tomorrow, but that doesn’t matter right now
C. Drinking would make tonight more fun
D. All of the above
D. All of the above