1B: Drug Addiction

Question 1

repeating the same dose of a drug produces a smaller effect

a. addiction
b. tolerance
c. reinforcement

Answer 1

tolerance

Question 2

compulsive, out-of-control drug use

a. tolerance
b. addiction
c. reinforcement

Answer 2

addiction

Question 3

refers to the capacity of drugs to produce effects that make the user wish to take them aga

a. tolerance
b. addiction
c. reinforcement

Answer 3

reinforcement

Question 4

Adaptive changes that have taken place within systems affected by the drug so that response to a given concentration of the drug is altered (usually reduce)

a. pharmacokinetic tolerance
b. dispositional tolerance
c. learned tolerance
d. pharmacodynamic tolerance

Answer 4

pharmacodynamic tolerance

Question 5

Changes in the distribution or metabolism of a drug after repeated administrations, such that a given dose produces a lower blood concentration than the same dose did on initial exposure.

a. behavioral tolerance
b. dispositional tolerance
c. learned tolerance
d. pharmacodynamic tolerance

Answer 5

behavioral/pharmacokinetic tolerance

Question 6

Develops when environmental cues or situations consistently are paired with the administration of a drug

a. behavioral tolerance
b. dispositional tolerance
c. conditioned tolerance
d. acute tolerance

Answer 6

conditioned tolerance

Question 7

Refers to rapid tolerance developing with repeated use on a single occasion, such as in a “binge”

a. sensitization tolerance
b. cross tolerance
c. conditioned tolerance
d. acute tolerance

Answer 7

acute tolerance

Question 8

Refers to an increase in response with repetition of the same dose of the drug

a. sensitization tolerance
b. cross tolerance
c. conditioned tolerance
d. acute tolerance

Answer 8

sensitization or reverse tolerance

Question 9

Occurs when repeated use of a drug in a given category confers tolerance not only to that drug but also to other drugs in the same pharmacological

a. sensitization tolerance
b. cross tolerance
c. conditioned tolerance
d. acute tolerance

Answer 9

cross tolerance

Question 10

A form of treatment of drug dependence that involves giving gradually decreasing doses of the
drug to prevent withdrawal symptoms, thereby weaning the patient from the drug of dependence

Answer 10

detoxification

Question 11

If administration of the drug is stopped abruptly, there is another imbalance, and the affected
systems must readjust to a new equilibrium without the drug

Answer 11

physical dependence