PSY 349 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Binge Drinking, Breast Cancer, Cirrhosis
8 May 2017
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Social norming: we behave how the people that surround us behave. Expectations for high school students when they enter college. 39% of college students are heavy drinkers. Rise in regular marijuana use in college. Same for heroin use that is on a rise. Women more likely to be prescribed amphetamines for weight loss. More than men because women have poorer body images. Women can get these from alcohol abuse. Girls are more likely to follow their parents beliefs of substance use more than boys do. Sharp rise in women that binge drink. Girls that go to all girls colleges will drink more than girls in co-ed schools. Rise in older women drinking from wine parties. People (cid:449)orry that their friend is going to get in trou(cid:271)le for (cid:271)eing drunk so (cid:449)on"t (cid:272)all police or ambulance. Good samaritan policy: not getting in trouble for calling an ambulance for someone in need of help. Even if underage or using illegal drugs.
