Chapter 5

Question 1

Harrison Narcotics Act of 1915

Answer 1

One of the first national laws passed to regulate drugs of abuse
Made narcotics available for only medical use

Question 2

Narcotics

Answer 2

Drug (such as opium or morphine) that in moderate doses dulls the senses, relieves pain, and induces profound sleep but in excessive doses causes stupor, coma, or convulsions

Question 3

Controlled substances act in 1970

Answer 3

Established a classification system for drugs based on their potential medical use and abuse liability

Question 4

Effect of controlled substance act

Answer 4

Allowed for federal regulation
Led to 5 controlled substance schedules

Question 5

Schedule 1 drug

Answer 5

Drugs that are deemed to have no recognized medical use and high abuse liability, e.g., heroin, lsd, marijuana (cannabis)

Question 6

Schedule 2 drugs

Answer 6

Drugs that have recognized medicinal use but fairly high abuse liability e.g., cocaine, morphine, phencyclididne (PCP)

Question 7

Schedules 3-5

Answer 7

Increasing recognized medical use, decreasing abuse liability

Question 8

Alternative approaches to drug scheduling

Answer 8

Base it on addiction, physical harm, societal harm

Question 9

Craving

Answer 9

Strong urge to use a drug

Question 10

Diagnostic criteria for substance use disorder

Answer 10

Impaired control
Social impairment
Risky use
Tolerance
Withdrawal

Question 11

Impaired control

Answer 11

Taking the substance in larger amounts for a longer period of time.
Persistent unsuccessful efforts to cut down on the drug.
Spending a signif number of time, obtain, using or recovering form the effects of the drug.
Craving or strong urges to use the drug

Question 12

Social impairment

Answer 12

Failing to fulfill major role obligations in life due to drug use
Continuing to use the drug despite interpersonal problems caused by it
Giving up or reducing important life activities because of the substance use.

Question 13

Models of drug addiction

Answer 13

Developed to explain compulsive drug use that characterizes addiction

Question 14

Associative learning

Answer 14

Is the process by which an organism learns associations between stimuli or between behaviors and stimuli.

Question 15

Operant conditioning

Answer 15

Type of learning in which behaviors are modified through their consequences.
Famous association: B.F. Skinner
Involves associating voluntary behaviors with their outcomes, leading to an increase or decrease in the likelihood of of those behaviors occurring again

Question 16

Key components of operant conditioning

Answer 16

Voluntary behavior
Consequence of the behavior
Reinforcement which increases the likelihood of a behavior
Punishment which decreases the likelihood of a behavior

Question 17

Classical conditioning

Answer 17

Type of learning in which and involuntary response becomes associated with a new stimulus.
First described by: Ivan Pavlov

Question 18

Key components of classical conditioning

Answer 18

Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)
Unconditioned response (UCR)
Conditioned stimulus
Conditioned respinse