Exam Preview for 1135: The Sociology of Addiction July 27, 2023

The Sociology of Addiction

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1. The treatment of substance use disorders has been found to be most successful when... Medically assisted therapies alone are used. Psychotherapy alone is used. Treatment plans are individualized to the needs of the individual. Family/community support alone is used.
2. The stage at which an individual experiences a negative emotional state in the absence of the substance is referred to as... Withdrawal/Negative Affect Binge/Intoxication Preoccupation/Anticipation Overdose
3. What do sociologists primarily investigate? social and structural factors in collective behavior biological and psychological factors in social behavior genetic predispositions to social statuses individual factors in behavior
4. What social theory explains behavior in terms of their perceived meaning? conflict theory strain theory symbolic interactionism functionalism
5. What social theory suggests that people who engage in substance abuse do so because they believe they can’t achieve social goals, or that they reject these goals? symbolic interactionism ecological view strain theory conflict theory
6. What is the primary focus of conflict theory? how disputes between two or more people lead to risky behavior inequality and differentials in power and resources impact behavior individual perceptions and attitudes in conflict with desired behavior how our social groups influence our behavior
7. In which type of theoretical approach are factors from multiple disciplines included? psychoanalytic theory reductionist theory multidimensional theory integrative theory
8. Which factors in addiction are “structural”? meso-level factors factors synonymous with family-level individual behavioral patterns social and economic conditions in a society
9. What aspect of addiction research can lead to bias? confounding variables reductionism generalizations theories
10. Which theory posits that power differentials between groups and social inequality impacts addiction prevalence? conflict theory social control theory social deviance theory structural functionalism