SOCI 2200 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Alcohol, Major Depressive Disorder, Hookup Culture
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Men: 5+ drinks at least 1x in prior 2 weeks. 2 in 5 students are binge drinkers (40%) 73% frat + 57% sorority member are binge drinkers. 58% male + 47% female athletes are binge drinkers. . 5 mil spent on beer annually- more than all other drinks and textbooks combined. 9 central myths: work hard, play hard, as an individual, im in control, everybody does it (cid:1008). S(cid:373)art people do(cid:374)"t dri(cid:374)k; a(cid:272)ade(cid:373)i(cid:272)all(cid:455) de(cid:373)a(cid:374)di(cid:374)g s(cid:272)hools are safe: alcohol is not that harmful; many things are worse (cid:1010). Its (cid:373)(cid:455) o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:271)usi(cid:374)ess; does(cid:374)"t hurt a(cid:374)(cid:455)o(cid:374)e else. Consume of all alcohol students drink (72%) (cid:1011)(cid:1009)% all stude(cid:374)ts ha(cid:448)e had (cid:271)ad e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)es due to so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e else"s drinking. 6000 students hit/assaulted yearly: alcohol increases testosterone. Counters drive/performance: most students are dead set against any college efforts to restrict alcohol, drinking is a rite of passage; people will grow out of it. However a significant minority will establish long term harmful patterns.
