Abnormal Psychology Ch. 11-13

"Alcoholism is a disease; you are an alcoholic for life, and must stop drinking." The treatment favored by the person/group being quoted MOST likely is:

Alcoholics Anonymous

A patient in an alcohol rehab center tells you a detailed story about growing up in the mountains of Tennessee. Later, you find out that person has never even been to Tennessee. A day later you visit that patient again, and the patient does not recognize you. Most likely the patient is suffering from:

Korsakoff's Syndrome

Daniel, an intravenous heroin user, feels intense cravings when he sees hypodermic needles. This may be an example of:

classical conditioning

Mario felt awake and alive as though he could conquer the world. he MOST likely used:

cocaine

All the opioid drugs are known collectively as

narcotics

Which of the following is a depressant ?

opioids

A college professor's work performance recently has deteriorated, and his colleagues find him difficult to talk to. If this is due to a problem with drugs, the best description of this professor's behavior as detailed above would be:

substance use disorder

Women tolerate alcohol LESS well than men because:

they have less of a stomach enzyme that breaks down alcohol

A frequent drug user finds that larger doses of a drug are necessary to produce the same "high" that much lower doses once produced. That drug user is developing:

tolerance