Hijacked Brain: Addiction

Question 1

What percentage of American adolescents have used an illicit drug sometime in their lifetime?
A.	25%
B.	35.5%
C.	48.3%
D.	50%

Answer 1

C. 48.3%

Question 2

What addictive substance, when use begins in adolescence, has highly addictive properties and can be hard to quit throughout the life cycle?
A.	Alcohol
B.	Tobacco
C.	Marijuana
D.	All of the above

Answer 2

B. Tobacco

Question 3

The Biopsychosocial Model of Substance Use/Dependence consists of three major areas:
A. Learning factors, regular usage, genetic predisposition, and substance use
B. Learning factors, regular usage, and substance dependence (addiction)
C. Learning factors, regular use, irregular use, and substance dependence
D. Learning factors, pleasurable effects, and substance dependence (addiction)

Answer 3

B. Learning factors, regular usage, and substance dependence (addiction)

Question 4

Substances associated with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome under the category of opiates include the following:
A. Marijuana, heroin, methadone, buprenorphine, and prescription opioid analgesics
B. Opiates, morphine, antidepressants, and anxiolytics
C. Opiates, prescription opioid analgesics, and inhalants
D. None of the above

Answer 4

D. None of the above

Question 5

The major brain areas hijacked by substance use and abuse are:
A. Prefrontal, anterior cingulate gyrus, hippocampus, amygdala, cerebellum
B. Prefrontal, anterior cingulate gyrus, hypothalamus, amygdala, cerebellum
C. Prefrontal, anterior cingulate gyrus, hypothalamus, inferior frontal gyrus, cerebellum
D. Prefrontal, anterior cingulate gyrus, hippocampus, amygdala, cerebrum

Answer 5

A. Prefrontal, anterior cingulate gyrus, hippocampus, amygdala, cerebellum

Question 6

Alcohol effects on neurodevelopmental learning involve which one of the following:
A. Deficits in executive functioning involving day-to-day life
B. Deficits in inhibitory control, initiation, and working memory
C. Decreased flexibility in thinking and difficulty remembering
D. All of the above

Answer 6

D. All of the above

Question 7

What is involved in the neuro-physiological effects of cocaine?
A. It first blocks serotonin reuptake and increases dopamine levels in the synapse. With chronic use, it depletes the normal stores of serotonin in the brain.
B. It first blocks dopamine reuptake, increasing dopamine levels in the synapse. With chronic use, it depletes the normal stores of dopamine in the brain
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above

Answer 7

B. It first blocks dopamine reuptake, increasing dopamine levels in the synapse. With chronic use, it depletes the normal stores of dopamine in the brain

Question 8

Adolescent marijuana smokers are at greater risk for:
A. Anxiety and have slower performance on psychomotor speed, divided attention, visual memory, and EF issues after a month-long abstinence
B. Bipolar disorder, with a slower inconsistent psychomotor speed, sustained attention, foresight ability difficulties, even after a month-long abstinence
C. Depression, and have worse performance on psychomotor speed, complex attention, verbal memory, planning and sequencing ability, even after a month-long abstinence
D. None of the above

Answer 8

C. Depression, and have worse performance on psychomotor speed, complex attention, verbal memory, planning and sequencing ability, even after a month-long abstinence

Question 9

Abuse of oxytocin can impact the following neurocognitive learning processes:
A. Information processing when conceptualizing items due to deficits in understanding what it is
B. Psychomotor speed reduction
C. Simple problem-solving involving life events (e.g., what to do if locked out a room)
D. All of the above

Answer 9

D. All of the above

Question 10

What are the prevention measures or approaches in the treatment of substance abuse and addiction?
A. Motivational intervention, cognitive-behavioral therapy, group counseling, solution-focused therapy, and Rogerian therapy
B. Motivational intervention, cognitive-behavioral therapy, group counseling, solution-enhanced therapy, and Rogerian therapy
C. Motivational intervention, cognitive-behavioral therapy, group counseling, solution-solving therapy, and Rogerian therapy
D. Motivational intervention, cognitive-behavioral therapy, group counseling, solution-solving therapy, and Adlerian therapy

Answer 10

D. Motivational intervention, cognitive-behavioral therapy, group counseling, solution-solving therapy, and Adlerian therapy