Question

You stopped smoking cigarettes and have gotten into the habit of holding a pencil in your hand the same way you would hold a cigarette. Which type of dependence best explains your BEHAVIOR?

a. primary psychological dependence

b. cross-dependence

c. secondary psychological dependence

d. physiological dependence

Answer 1

Individuals addicted to smoking are not just pleasured when nicotine stimulates the neurotransmitter, dopamine in their body, but also the whole process stimulates their senses and relieve them of stress. It’s a psychological dependence. Holding the pencil the way the used to hold a cigarette, gives them a certain pleasure which they associate with smoking without actually smoking. It is a type secondary psychological dependence.

Thus, the correct answer is option, C.