Chap 4--Psychoactive Drugs 4.3

Question 1

Psychoactive Drugs

Answer 1

Substances that influence the brain and thereby the individual’s behavior

Question 2

Tolerance

Answer 2

A condition after repeated use, more of a drug is needed to achieve the same effect

Question 3

Substance Use Disorder

Answer 3

A condition in which a person cannot control his or her drug use and continues to use a drug despite negative social, occupational, and health consequences, risky use, as well as evidence of tolerance or withdrawl

Question 4

Withdrawal Symptoms

Answer 4

Physical or behavioral effects that occur after a person stops using a drug

Question 5

Depressants

Answer 5

Drugs that inhibit or slow down normal neural functioning

Question 6

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)

Answer 6

A birth condition resulting from the mother’s chronic use of alcohol during pregnancy; characterized by facial and limb deformities and intellectual impairment

Question 7

Opiates

Answer 7

Painkilling drugs that depress some brain areas and excite others

Question 8

Stimulants

Answer 8

Drugs that speed up normal brain functioning

Question 9

Hallucinogens

Answer 9

Drugs that simultaneously excite and inhibit normal neural activity, thereby causing distortions in perceptions

Question 10

Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

Answer 10

The active ingredient in marijuana that affects learning, short term memory, coordination, emotion, and appetite