Mini Lecture #2 - Addiction

Question 1

substance used to bring about change in some existing process of state

Answer 1

drug

Question 2

most abused drug

Answer 2

marijuana

Question 3

definition of addiction that excludes legal problems

Answer 3

clinical definition

Question 4

definition of addiction that includes legal problems

Answer 4

pharmacological definition

Question 5

claim that addicts choose drugs over work, family, society due to moral weaknesses

Answer 5

moral model

Question 6

claim that addicts suffer from a chronic brain disease

Answer 6

medical model

Question 7

experiment with rats in which two sides of a box are decorated differently

Answer 7

the conditioned place preference procedure

Question 8

measures rate of response to drug

Answer 8

fixed ratio schedules

Question 9

measures how hard animal is willing to work for drug

Answer 9

progressive ratio schedule

Question 10

measures resistance to punishment

Answer 10

pairs reward with a foot shock

Question 11

can animals have an addiction?

Answer 11

no!!

Question 12

model that addicts continue drug use to cope with negative feelings

Answer 12

allostasis model

Question 13

theory that people become addicted because drugs provide more dopamine (pleasure)

Answer 13

anhedonia theory

Question 14

theory that sensitization of the dopamine system causes excessive wanting, not necessarily pleasure

Answer 14

incentive sensitization theory