7.9 Substance Abuse

Question 1

obsession with seeking and use, using despite consequences, abnormal motivation/driving states, behavioral conditioning (cues/stimuli), all increase dopamine and mimic mesolimbic reward pathways

Answer 1

addiction

Question 2

phenomenon of decreased physiological and psychological effects of a drug with prolonged exposure to that drug

Answer 2

tolerance

Question 3

What personality type is associated with illicit drug use?

Answer 3

externalizing-addiction phenotype, impulsive personality traits, and psychiatric disorders with impulsive features

Question 4

What social factors predict substance abuse?

Answer 4

permissive parenting/peer interactions, availability of substances, and stress triggers possibly

Question 5

the effect of additive genetic influence less likely to cause smoking if ________ is increased

Answer 5

parental monitoring