Lesson 8.1.5

8.1.5 Anti-drug campaigns and their psychological strategies Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Psychology, Unit 8

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The 20 questions

  1. What psychological strategy in anti-drug campaigns uses distressing imagery to deter drug use?

    • Social norms approach
    • Fear appeal
    • Resistance training
    • Positive reinforcement

  2. Which psychological strategy is used when a campaign shows that most young people do not use a drug?

    • Aversion therapy
    • Monotropic bonding
    • Social norms correction
    • Negative reinforcement

  3. Which psychological strategy teaches young people specific techniques to refuse drug offers from peers?

    • Fear appeals
    • Resistance skills training
    • Subliminal messaging
    • Aversion therapy

  4. Which anti-drug campaign strategy encourages teenagers to rebel against manipulative drug companies?

    • Fear appeal strategy
    • Truth campaign strategy
    • Aversive conditioning
    • Biological substitution

  5. For a fear appeal anti-drug message to be effective, what must it also provide?

    • Financial incentives
    • Clear action steps
    • High monetary rewards
    • Subliminal cues

  6. Which strategy corrects teenagers' overestimation of how many peers use drugs?

    • Social norms approach
    • Aversion therapy
    • Fear appeals
    • Biological substitution

  7. Which concept explains why peer-led anti-drug education is particularly effective for young people?

    • Systematic desensitisation
    • Classical conditioning
    • Operant conditioning
    • Identification

  8. Which procedure allows researchers to establish a cause-and-effect relationship between an anti-drug campaign and outcome?

    • Random allocation
    • Naturalistic observation
    • Opportunity sampling
    • Correlation analysis

  9. What bias commonly reduces the validity of self-reported data in anti-drug campaign evaluations?

    • Social desirability bias
    • Confirmation bias
    • Experimenter bias
    • Publication bias

  10. Which psychological process is used when anti-drug campaigns show respected role models rejecting drugs?

    • Observational learning
    • Aversion therapy
    • Operant conditioning
    • Cognitive dissonance

  11. What psychological reaction can prevent high-fear anti-drug campaigns from changing long-term behaviour?

    • Spontaneous recovery
    • Defensive avoidance
    • Vicarious reinforcement
    • Stimulus generalisation

  12. What component must anti-drug campaigns combine with risk information to successfully change behaviour?

    • Financial incentives
    • Fear appeals
    • Subliminal messaging
    • Resistance skills

  13. Emphasising personal choice in anti-drug campaigns helps prevent which psychological phenomenon?

    • Learned helplessness
    • Psychological reactance
    • Social loafing
    • Cognitive dissonance

  14. Which research method is most suitable for evaluating whether an anti-drug campaign changes attitudes over time?

    • Longitudinal study
    • Cross-sectional survey
    • Animal study
    • Lab experiment

  15. Which major ethical issue arises when anti-drug campaigns use high-fear messaging targeted at teenagers?

    • Psychological harm
    • Lack of debriefing
    • Right to withdraw
    • Incomplete disclosure

  16. Anti-drug campaigns typically achieve greater success in changing knowledge than in changing what?

    • Long-term behaviour
    • Short-term awareness
    • Target recognition
    • Risk perception

  17. What campaign strategy highlights peer behaviour statistics to correct misperceptions about drug use?

    • Fear appeal
    • Aversion therapy
    • Systematic desensitisation
    • Social norms marketing

  18. Why are threat-based anti-drug campaigns ineffective without providing clear alternative behaviours?

    • Enhances memory retrieval
    • Causes stimulus generalisation
    • Promotes message avoidance
    • Increases self-efficacy

  19. What methodological issue occurs when external factors like peer pressure influence campaign evaluation results?

    • Experimenter bias
    • Confounding variables
    • Demand characteristics
    • Low sample size

  20. What is the primary limitation of delivering anti-drug education as a single session?

    • Limited long-term impact
    • Immediate withdrawal
    • Guaranteed relapse
    • High financial cost

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