Chapter 10 - Substance Use

Question 1

Psychopharmacology

Answer 1

Study of the effect of drugs on behavior and emotion

Question 2

Licit drugs

Answer 2

legal psychoactive drugs (nicotine, caffeine, alcohol)

Question 2

Substance use

Answer 2

drug use at a level that doesn’t impair functioning

Question 2

Psychoactive drugs

Answer 2

changes CNS and cognition

Question 3

Illicit drugs

Answer 3

Illegal psychoactive drugs (heroin, cocaine)

Question 4

Physical dependance

Answer 4

drug becomes necessary for regular functioning

Question 5

Psychological dependance

Answer 5

need for the drug to relieve emotional distress

Question 6

Addict

Answer 6

someone who is psychologically and physically dependant on the substance

Question 7

Tolerance

Answer 7

body is used to drug and needs higher dosage for same effect

Question 8

withdrawal

Answer 8

symptoms that occur after the addict stops intake

Question 9

Substance use disorder

Answer 9

pattern of drug use the becomes physical and psychological dependance

Question 10

drug-related factors

Answer 10

type of drug - size of dose

Question 11

person-related factor

Answer 11

pharmacological and psychological characteristics

Question 12

How does social learning theory explain substance use?

Answer 12

peer pressured into drugs

Question 13

How does operant conditioning explain substance use?

Answer 13

someone wants the rewards that come from drugs

Question 14

How does classical conditioning explain substance use?

Answer 14

explains dependency on good feelings

Question 15

Expectancy theory

Answer 15

suggests someone will behave in a way because they are motivated on what they expect the result to be

Question 16

Reward Drive

Answer 16

motivation to do something that will bring us reward

Question 17

Rash impulsiveness

Answer 17

stopping addictive behavior after seeing negative impacts

Question 18

How do adolescents react to substance abuse

Answer 18

impacts them more - many start at 18 and find it difficult to quit - higher chance of relapse

Question 19

Goldstein’s tripartite model

Answer 19

psychopharmacological crime, systematic crime, economically compulsive crime

Question 20

Systematic crime

Answer 20

crime from drug trafficking

Question 21

Psychopharmacological crime

Answer 21

certain drugs cause violent behavior

Question 22

Economically compulsive crime

Answer 22

crimes to support addiction (stealing money for drugs)

Question 23

Marijuana

Answer 23

More violent when high

Question 24

PCP

Answer 24

most dangerous illicit drug

Question 25

Methamphetamines

Answer 25

Changes brain structure

Question 26

Cocaine

Answer 26

violent or paranoid behavior

Question 27

Narcotics

Answer 27

Sleep inducing and pain relieving

Question 28

Heroin

Answer 28

not very violent

Question 29

Synthetic opiates

Answer 29

Prescription drugs - OxyCotin and Vicodin

Question 30

Ketamine

Answer 30

Date rape drug - alleviates depression

Question 31

Gamma Hydroxybutyrate

Answer 31

induces sleep

Question 32

Rohypnol

Answer 32

Roofie drug

Question 33

Alcohol

Answer 33

Most influential of violence

Question 34

Expectancy theory

Answer 34

Behavior when drunk reflects their personal beliefs

Question 35

Deviance-disavowal

Answer 35

believing that substance abuse is related to rejected social norms

Question 36

Disinhibition theories

Answer 36

alcohol weakens self control

Question 37

Selective disinhibition

Answer 37

alcohol increases violence as there are no barriers for control when drunk