HLSC 130: Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior
According to the early medical models of substance dependence, when was the dependence said to be cured?
when a user no longer had withdrawal symptoms
Arrange the substances that are responsible for causing US deaths annually. Place the substance that causes the most deaths first
Cigarettes, Alcohol, Psychoactive drugs
" " dependence on a drug is defined by the presence of withdrawal syndrome in the user
physical
three main concerns aroused public interest leading to their regulation
toxicity, dependence, crime
Identify an example of a withdrawal syndrome
A heroin user who experiences diarrhea when he or she stops using
Identify an accurate statement about attributing cause of dependence to a substance
A substance itself cannot be seen as the entire cause of a dependence problem
Identify the diseases that are at an increased risk of transmission due to needle sharing activities of intravenous drug users
AIDS and Hepatitis
Identify the substance, which causes emergency room visits, that is excluded from the data collected by the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) System
Alcohol used by an adult
The toxicity that results from effects of a drug on the behavior of a user is called " " toxicity
Behavioral
How does a regular drug user overcome his or her body's tolerance toward a particular drug to experience the desired effect of the drug?
By increasing the dose of the drug
The " ", set up by the US government, was a system that collected data on drug related deaths or emergency room visits
Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)
According to early medical models on substance dependence, dependence was characterized by the " "
Existence of a withdrawal syndrome due to drug intake
True or false: According to the 1960's experiments of self administration of morphine by monkeys, only those monkeys who were initially made physically dependent on the drug continued pressing the level for their morphine intake
False
Identify the personality traits that are frequently and increasingly being associated with the tendency do develop substance dependence
Impulsivity, sensation-seeking
Identify an accurate statement about the biological basis for substance dependence
There are genetic influences on drug use, effects, and dependence
Drugs are said to be " " when they produce effects that interfere with normal functioning in such a way as to produce dangerous or potentially dangerous consequences
Toxic
Identify the main concerns that motivated the federal government to pass laws that placed restrictive regulations on the sale and use of psychoactive drugs
Toxicity, Dependence, Crime
A consistent set of syndromes that appears after discontinuing use of a drug is known as a(n)
Withdrawal syndrome
top four dawn toxicity data on drugs
alcohol in combination cocaine prescription opioids marijuana
four types of drug related toxicity
behavioral acute (DUI) behavioral chronic (personality changes) physiological acute (overdose of prescription) physiological chronic (heart disease)
It is likely that the relationship between illicit drug use and other forms of deviant behavior is strengthened by the fact that " "
illicit drug use is a crime
The idea that substance dependence is like a disease takes a broad, " " perspective that dependence might be related to dysfunctions of biology, personality, social interactions, or a combination of these factors
biopsychosocial
In the context of substance dependence being a family disorder, " " of family members on the user facilitates further substance use by that user
co dependence, alcoholic will depend on other family members to take care of them
the notion that " " forms the basis of arguments in favor of passing laws to regulate drug use and drug users.
drug use changers a user's personality in a lasting way
True or false: Abstaining from taking a drug is reinforced by the effect of the drug
false
To prove that all compulsive behaviors have some common physiological or biochemical action int he brain, theorists have " "
focused on studying dopamine, an important neurotransmitter in the brain
In the experiments conducted in the 1960's, monkeys and rats were connected to an apparatus so that pressing a lever would inject morphine into their body through:
intravenous tubes
Examination of the lives of alcohol-dependent individuals reveals that alcohol dependence " "
often exists within a dysfunctional family
" " dependence on a drug, also called behavioral dependence, can be defined in terms of observable behavior of a user toward a drug
psychological
In psychology, " " is a procedure in which a behavioral event is followed by a consequent event such that the behavior is then more likely to be repeated
reinforcement
Prior to being recognized and treated directly, psychiatrists assumed that alcohol dependence was " "
secondary to another disorder
the 1960's experiments on drug use by monkeys concluded that
the drugs themselves positively reinforce the drug taking behavior