PSY 3440 - Cravings and Addiction: Multiple Choice Questions and Answers, Exams of Nursing

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Unlike other forms of addiction, those who are compulsive gamblers do not experience negative consequences due to their excessive behavior. - correct answer ✔✔False A person with sensation-seeking qualities who also has some antisocial traits that they channel into positive behaviors would be considered a/an ______. - correct answer ✔✔Type T hero Other psychological conditions rarely co-occur with gambling addiction. - correct answer ✔✔False Autoerotic asphyxiation is a possible explanation for why ______. - correct answer ✔✔an individual is found dead, naked, hanging from a rope around their neck Binge-purge patterns have been noted in people with ______. - correct answer ✔✔shopping addiction The minor stimulant ______ antagonizes receptors for adenosine (which produces sleepiness); thus, this drug helps keep you awake and alert. - correct answer ✔✔caffeine Gambling with increasing amounts of money is analogous (similar to) the symptom of ______ shown by many people with substance use disorders. - correct answer ✔✔tolerance Some addiction specialists think that caffeine addiction is underdiagnosed, with many cases being unrecognized and untreated. - correct answer ✔✔True High levels of debt may occur with ______. gambling addiction neither of these shopping addiction

both of these - correct answer ✔✔both of these Symptoms of caffeine intoxication include _______. - correct answer ✔✔flushed face, nervousness, agitation, rambling flow of thoughts, and increased urination Which of the following substances is the MOST potent stimulant? amphetamine methamphetamine caffeine cocaine - correct answer ✔✔methamphetamines (the text mentioned they are especially potent) The original formula for Coca-Cola contained ______. - correct answer ✔✔cocaine Dangerously elevated body temperatures can occur with use of _______. neither of these synthetic cathinones both of these Ecstacy - correct answer ✔✔both of these Which of the following pairs of drugs have been used as "date-rape" drugs? GHB and Rohypnol amphetamine and ecstasy cocaine and ecstasy caffeine and cocaine - correct answer ✔✔GHB and Rohypnol "In terms of health risks, chances of suffering a heart attack or stroke would most likely be associated with chronic abuse/dependence on _______. " - correct answer ✔✔cocaine Which of the following individuals is most likely to develop a drug-induced psychosis that they do not recover from when they stop using the drug?

Lucy, a caffeine abuser with a family history of depression Linus, a "bath salts" abuser Lenore, a crack abuser Leon, a meth abuser, who has a family history of schizophrenia - correct answer ✔✔Leon, a meth abuser, who has a family history of schizophrenia What do methylone, mephedrone, and MDPV have in common? They are all considered legal in the United States. These are symptoms of stimulant overdose. They are synthetic cathinones used to make "bath salts" They are drugs given to counteract (reverse) the effects of stimulants. - correct answer ✔✔They are synthetic cathinones used to make "bath salts" Prior to 1914, it was possible to get cocaine without a prescription. - correct answer ✔✔True _______ is an extremely potent substance that blocks reuptake of DA, 5-HT, and NE and increases release of these neurotransmitters; in high doses, it blocks the enzyme that breaks down these neurotransmitters. - correct answer ✔✔not cocaine try amphetamine ... adenosine is to caffeine As far as we know, the Incas were the first to use _______. cocaine mescaline ergot cannabis - correct answer ✔✔not mescaline try cocaine According to _______, optimal performance is achieved at a moderate level of arousal. - correct answer ✔✔the Yerkes-Dodson law The Opponent Process Model best explains _______.

physical and psychological dependence how motivations vary depending upon how arousing activities are for a person how people psychologically cope with knowledge of their impending deaths tolerance and withdrawal - correct answer ✔✔tolerance and withdrawal Mona decides to sleep in a coffin because she is curious about what it would be like. Which of the following would you expect her to score high on? - correct answer ✔✔sensation seeking People who are prone to boredom are susceptible to which of the following? There may be more than one correct answer. Choose all that apply. - correct answer ✔✔substance addiction poor work/school performance depression Childs and de Wit demonstrated that some of the arousal and cognition-enhancing effects of caffeine are due to ______. - correct answer ✔✔the user's expectation Caffeine usage is associated with increased risk of developing some neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease. - correct answer ✔✔False (it actually prevents them) Who recommended cocaine as a treatment for opioid addiction? - correct answer ✔✔Sigmund Freud Ecstasy is most closely related to which of the other following substances? - correct answer ✔✔methamphetamines Prior to the FDA and DEA exerting emergency powers and removing "bath salts" from the market, people--including adolescents--were buying them at gas stations and convenience stores. - correct answer ✔✔True _____ is a potent, smokable form of a major stimulant that came out in the 1980s. - correct answer ✔✔crack

______ are synthetic cathinone-like substances; they may induce excited delirium - correct answer ✔✔"Bath salts' Drug-induced psychosis, including formications (sensations of bugs crawling on or under the skin) has been associated with abuse of ______. all of these amphetamines "bath salts" cocaine - correct answer ✔✔all of these