CRJS 1011 Study Guide - Final Guide: Peer Pressure, Opiate, Longitudinal Study
14 Apr 2017
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Assimilation of individuals into specific groups/social circles that a lead to a large transformation in identity, values, norms and behaviour. Howard s. becker and marijuana use: must learn to use marijuana so you can get the pleasure, must be able to identify effects of the drug, learn to enjoy the effects. Drugs used to cope with depression and anxiety. Personal pathology and mental illness: positive vs. Genetic makeup of individual predisposes them towards drug abuse/alcoholism. Ability to achieve certain levels of intoxication, becoming ill at low doses compared to higher doses, lowering/not lowering anxiety levels. Can vary from individual to another and from racial group to another. Adopted children have alcoholism closer to natural parents rather than adoptive parents. Genetic predisposition towards alcoholism = not the only link to compulsive drinking but it is one of the factors. Children of alcoholics are less affected by alcohol than those who are nonalcoholic parents.
