BEHP 5021 Behavioral Pharmacology Flashcards
Characteristics of EAB include:
- interest in _________ in its own right
- _________ measurement
- _________ ________ of the IV
- _________ measurement
- _________-subject designs
- _________ inspection
- _________ environments
- interest in behavior in its own right
- objective measurement
- operational definition of the IV
- repeated measurement
- within subject designs
- visual inspection
- controlled environments
Traditional psychology studies use:
- _________-subject designs
- _________ measurement
- summary __________
- between subject designs
- statistical measurement
- summary statistics (means)
EAB uses __________ or __________ measurement
continuous, repeated
In EAB, variability is handled by isolating and minimizing _________ _________
extraneous variables
List 4 factors in the development of behavioral pharmacology:
- development of _________ _________
- concerns about ________ ________
- concerns about __________ __________
- _______ for mental illness
- development of behavior analysis
- concerns about drug abuse
- concerns about environmental contamination
- drugs for mental illness
Who studied the effects of caffeine on respondent behavior?
Zavadski
Who studied the effects of caffeine on operant behavior?
Skinner and Heron
Who developed the pole jumping procedure?
Cook and Weidley
In the pole jumping experiments, the presence of an antipsychotic drug disrupted ________ but not __________
avoidance, escape
The _______ ________ procedure was used as a screening process for potential new antipsychotic drugs
pole jumping
A drug is a _______ that effects ________ _______
A drug is a chemical that effects living tissues
List 2 categories of drugs:
- psychoactive (has some effect on body or behavior)
- psychotropic (is prescribed for a particular reason)
This category of drugs has some effect on body or behavior:
psychoactive
This category of drugs is prescribed for a particular reason:
psychotropic
List the three ways drugs are named:
- trade name
- generic name
- chemical name
The name given by the original manufacturer of a drug is the ________ name
trade
The name for the active ingredient in a drug is the _________ name
generic
List 4 ways that drugs can be classified:
- ________ structure
- ________ effects
- ________ use
- ________
- chemical structure
- behavioral effects
- therapeutic use
- generation
Benzodiazepines are an example of which drug classification:
chemical structure
Stimulants and sedatives are examples of which drug classification:
behavioral effects
Anti-psychotics and anti-emetics are examples of which drug classification:
therapeutic use
Typical and atypical antidepressants are examples of which drug classification:
generation
List 4 basic facts about drugs:
- Drugs are ______ _______
- Drugs are ______ _______
- Drugs have ________ _______
- Drugs have ________ _______
- dose dependent
- time dependent
- multiple effects
- toxic effects
The relationship between the dose of a drug and the effect on behavior is the _____ _______ ______
dose response curve
The dose response curve expresses the relationship between the ______ and the _______ _____ _______
the relationship between the dose and the effect on behavior
The most common way of classifying drugs is by ________ ________
therapeutic use
Identify the two frames for the therapeutic use of behavioral medication:
- ________ use
- ________ use
chronic, acute
When drugs are being used long term, the behavior analyst _________ definitions of behavior targeted by medication, provides _______, and creates systems to monitor ______ ________
operationalizes, data, side effects
List 4 main reasons for acute drug use:
- _________ ___________ use
- _________ ___________ use
- _______ _______ use
- pre-__________
- emergency behavioral use (chemical restraint)
- emergency medical use (e.g. for side effects)
- short term use (to relieve symptoms)
- pre-medication (to relax/sedate before medical appointments)
List the 4 types of drug effects:
- ______ effect
- ______ effects
- _________ effects
- _______ effect
- main effect
- side effects
- secondary effects (effect on behavior)
- toxic effect
A ________ effect of a drug is an effect on behavior that is not a particular effect of the drug.
secondary (e.g., increase in stealing due to increased hunger)
List the 4 stages of pharmokinetics:
- Administration and ___________
- D__________
- B__________
- E__________
- Administration and absorption
- Distribution
- Bio-transformation
- Excretion
List the 8 routes of drug administration:
- (p.o.) ________
- (i.m.) ________
- (i.v.) _________
- (inh) _________
- (s.l.) _________
- (s.c.) _________
- (top) _________
- (p.r.) __________
- oral
- intra-muscular
- intra-venous
- inhalation
- sub-lingual
- sub-cutaneous
- topical
- rectal
In drug administration, b.i.d. means to give the medication:
twice a day
In drug administration, t.i.d. means to give the medication:
three times a day
In drug administration, q.d. means to give the medication:
four times a day
In the distribution stage, the drug goes into the small ______, the _______, and is absorbed into the ______ _________ ______ at the site of action
small arteries > capillaries > extra-cellular fluid at the site of action
Occurs when a drug binds with protein molecules in the bloodstream
protein binding
Drugs may have an affinity for, and bind with, fat or bone tissue. These are known as ______ _______
silent receptors
Psychoactive medications ______ pass the blood brain barrier
can
Binding to silent receptors is sometimes called _______ _______
depot binding
When a drug molecule is converted to a metabolite, this is known as _______________
bio-transformation
A __________ is a drug molecule that has been changed through bio-transformation
metabolite (may be more, less or equally effective)
Bio-transformation takes place in the ______ or __________
liver (most common), GI tract
List 4 ways that a drug or metabolites can be excreted:
- kidneys (urine)
- breast milk
- saliva
- lungs
The liver changes drug molecules into _________
metabolites
The most common organ associated with excretion is _____
kidneys
Kinetics are related to the _______ of drug effects
length
A certain amount of a drug will be metabolized and excreted in a certain period of time. This is the definition of __________
0 order kinetics
A certain fraction of a drug will be metabolized and excreted in a certain period of time. This is the definition of _________
1st order kinetics
The amount of time it takes for the body to metabolize and excrete half of a drug dose
half-life
If a drug has a short half-life, you may need to take it _______ often
more
If a drug has a long half-life, you may need to take it _______ often
less
Generic drugs have the same active ingredient as the brand name drug, but bioavailability may differ as much as ______%
20%
The degree to which a drug or other substance becomes available to the target tissue after administration
bioavailability
A change from brand to generic (for the same drug and dosage) should be indicated on graphs with a ______ _______ ________
condition/phase change line
Unpredictable adverse drug reactions unrelated to known pharmacological properties of the drug
idiosyncratic reaction
An effect opposite to the expected effect of a drug
paradoxical drug reaction
An idiosyncratic reaction is an unpredictable adverse drug reaction _________ to the known pharmacological properties of the drug
unrelated (also called Type B or Type 2 reactions)
A paradoxical drug reaction is an effect ________ to the expected effect of a drug
opposite
A decrease in the effectiveness of a drug with repeated administrations
tolerance
List 5 types of drug tolerance:
- M__________
- C__________
- B__________
- C__________
- C__________ __________
- metabolic tolerance
- cell tolerance
- behavioral tolerance
- cross tolerance
- compensatory reaction tolerance
This type of drug tolerance occurs when the drug itself creates enzymes to break the drug down
metabolic tolerance
This type of drug tolerance occurs when cells become less responsive to a drug over repeated administrations
cell tolerance
This type of drug tolerance occurs when the drug effect on learned behavior decreases over repeated administrations
behavioral tolerance
This type of drug tolerance occurs when one drug produces tolerance to a different drug
cross tolerance
This type of drug tolerance occurs when the environment or other stimuli becomes a conditioned stimulus that elicits a protective/opposite conditioned response
compensatory reaction tolerance
Drug interaction in which the combination of the two drugs results in the sum of the two effects
additive
Drug interaction in which the combination of the two drugs results in a lower effect than the sum of the two effects
infra-additive
Drug interaction in which the combination of the two drugs results in a greater effect than the sum of the two effects
supra-additive
The dose at which a drug produces the intended effect
effective dose
The median effective dose of a drug, at which half of those who take it receive the intended effect
ED 50
A measure of the safety of a drug
therapeutic index
State the formula for calculating therapeutic index
median lethal dose / median effective dose
The _________ the therapeutic index of a drug, the safer it is
higher
The ________ the therapeutic index of a drug, the more dangerous it is
lower
The dosage (usually in mgs/kg) of a drug needed to produce a particular effect
potency
Potency is not the same as _________
effectiveness
The maximum effect (% of people who experience the intended effect) a drug may be expected to produce
peak efficacy (expressed as a %)
If drug X is more potent than drug Y, then _______ of drug X is needed to achieve the same effect
less
When termination of a drug produces a physiological withdrawal syndrome in the opposite direction of the drug effect
physical dependence
Occurs when a drug functions as a reinforcer, and as a result the person spends a lot of time taking or seeking the drug
psychological dependence
A drug that elicits vomiting or increase in heart rate is functioning as an __________ __________
unconditioned stimulus
If a drug that elicits immune suppression is paired with a sweet substance, the sweet substance may begin to elicit immune suppression. The sweet substance has become a ___________ ____________
conditioned stimulus
If the effects of a drug signal the availability of reinforcement for engaging in certain behaviors, the drug is functioning as a _________ _________
discriminative stimulus
A drug with the side effect of increased thirst may function as an __________ __________
establishing operation
A drug with the effect of appetite suppression may function as an __________ __________
abolishing operation
Another name for a nerve cell is a ________
neuron