Lesson 3.2.4.7.2
3.2.4.7.2 Psychological explanation: peer influence Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 8
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The 20 questions
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Which psychological factor is listed in the AQA specification as an explanation for addiction?
- Peer influence
- Neurotransmitters
- Brain structure
- Genetic mutation
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What social group exerts the strongest peer influence on adolescent substance use?
- Friendships
- Family members
- Teachers
- Employers
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Which mechanism involves copycat behaviour encouraged by peers to gain social approval?
- Natural selection
- Modelling
- Synaptic transmission
- Gene replication
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What term describes learning a behaviour by observing and copying peers?
- Brain plasticity
- Inheritance
- Modelling
- Genetic drift
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What psychological need drives young people to conform to peer pressure regarding drug use?
- Brain maturation
- Biological drive
- Social acceptance
- Genetic predisposition
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Why is peer influence classed as a nurture explanation for addiction?
- It is learned
- It is genetic
- It is innate
- It is inherited
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What type of relationship exists between adolescent substance use and peer substance use?
- Causation
- Standardisation
- Experimentation
- Correlation
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Which factor represents peer influence rather than a biological factor in addiction?
- Social group norms
- Inborn temperament
- Genetic predisposition
- Dopamine receptor genes
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What limitation occurs when explaining addiction using only peer influence?
- Ignores learned behaviour
- Ignores biological factors
- Ignores social norms
- Ignores environmental cues
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What desire makes individuals more susceptible to peer influence?
- High intelligence
- Genetic vulnerability
- Need for acceptance
- Low dopamine levels
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What process occurs when a teenager copies an older sibling's substance use?
- Social learning
- Classical conditioning
- Genetic inheritance
- Biological predisposition
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How can peers influence a person to start using substances?
- Through social pressure
- Through innate instincts
- By changing DNA
- By altering genes
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How does high biological vulnerability affect a person's reaction to peer pressure?
- Eliminates peer influence
- Increases susceptibility
- Prevents addiction
- Decreases susceptibility
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Which social reward can encourage substance use within a peer group?
- Physical strength
- Higher group status
- Increased dopamine
- Financial gain
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How can researchers directly observe the effect of peer influence on behaviour?
- Comparing group norms
- Gene mapping
- Twin studies
- Brain scans
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Why are adolescents particularly vulnerable to peer influence?
- Desire for belonging
- Fully developed brains
- Fixed social norms
- Lower genetic risk
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Which of the following is a psychological explanation for substance use?
- Brain structure differences
- Fitting in socially
- Inherited addiction genes
- Dopamine imbalance
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What is defined as pressure from people of a similar age to conform?
- Biological drive
- Genetic risk
- Peer pressure
- Social isolation
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How do peer influence and hereditary factors differ in origin?
- Environmental versus genetic
- Innate versus inherited
- Internal versus biological
- Biological versus physical
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How can peer influence on substance use be reduced according to nurture explanations?
- Changing social norms
- Gene therapy
- Prescribing medication
- Brain surgery
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