Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 24

Certain individuals may develop or inherit different factors that make them at risk for becoming alcoholics. For example, a child raised by alcoholic parents may develop unusual, abnormal, or maladaptive psychological and emotional traits; these are called (a) _____ risk factors. In addition, a child may inherit predispositions for abusing alcohol, such as being less sensitive to alcohol; these are called (b) _____ risk factors.