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Quiz 2 Flashcards

1
Q

What chemical in your brain is present for pleasurable sensations?

A

dopamine

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2
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What drug interferes with the neurons?

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cocaine

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3
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What affects the brain’s operations like learning and memory?

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alcohol

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4
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What is alcohol classified as and what does it do the central nervous system?

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it is a depressant and it calms it down and is like a euphoria state

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5
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What is tobacco?

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a stimulant

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6
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What is cocaine classified as?

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a stimulant

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7
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What is LSD?

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a psychedelic and hallucinogen

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8
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What are the links of attachment?

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  • auto regulation
  • external regulation
  • self regulation
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9
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What is auto regulation?

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susceptible to regulation, they have to figure it out themselves, they have a lot of disassociation

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10
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What is external regulation?

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they are co-dependent, unable to give/take, they take care of others & not themselves

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What is self regulation?

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they have a wide range of feelings and come to face to face contact with out them being triggered

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12
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What is it called when neurons get fried and destroyed?

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neurotoxic

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13
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What is it called when you get someone’s attention and the new neurons get created?

A

neurogenesis

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14
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What is a speed drug?

A

amphetamines

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15
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What drug is for ADHD?

A

retalin, aderall, and concerta

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16
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What does alcohol affect that causes the memories to be lost?

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R.E.M sleep

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17
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What happens when alcohol is removed?

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you suffer from a lot of insomnia and distortions in remembering what happened

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18
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What is the vagus nerve?

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it is in the brain and is responsible for transmitting information to the surface of the brain and organs

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19
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What is an addiction to be behavior, process, or action?

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process addiction

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20
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Who was the first man to discuss sex being addicting?

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Patrick Carnes in 1980

21
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What is a state of altered perception and often attributable to exposure to a threat of life in a state of helplessness?

A

disassociation

22
Q

What is placed throughout the body?

A

cannaboid receptors

23
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What nervous system is just below our consciousness?

A

autonomic nervous system

24
Q

What percent of people with addiction have trauma?

A

65%

25
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What is one of the hardest drugs to treat?

A

cocaine

26
Q

What is a speed amphetamine drug for ADHD where the kids lost weight?

A

Retalin

27
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What is paradoxical effect?

A

the reverse of what we expected

28
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What transmitters transmit between neurons?

A

gaba and glutamate

29
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What does alcohol influence?

A

Gaba because it settles us down and it with with glutamate because it is an excitatory and it doesn’t let it through

30
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What is part of the reward system?

A

dopamine

31
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Dopamine is missing for which people?

A

people with Parkinson’s disease

32
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What are all concepts beyond out human understanding?

A

eschatological

33
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What do we use to grow and make sense of the world?

A

attachment

34
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Who experimented with monkeys to show attachment?

A

Harry Harlow

35
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What is comorbidity?

A

two things are going on that isn’t right like sex addiction and heroin

36
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What does porn do for males?

A

stress relief

37
Q

What is gambling?

A

stimulating and it deals with competition, with women it deals with past trauma

38
Q

What gender is workaholic prominent in?

A

males

39
Q

What is the Japanese word for the workaholic culture that has people just drop dead at work due to high work level expectations

A

karoshi

40
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What is the left side of the brain responsible for?

A

logic, language, and sequence

41
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What is the right side of the brain responsible for?

A

stress management, non verbal, and body maps

42
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What happens when we don’t integrate information to each side of the brain?

A

we are susceptible to mental illnesses

43
Q

What is helps bulimia?

A

shame

44
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What addiction deals with a lot of shame?

A

sex addiction

45
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What is chaos and rigidity?

A

chaos is the feeling like you cannot stop, while rigidity is almost like anxiety

46
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What two substances have amnesia properties

A

antidepressants and rehibinal

47
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What is a substance that causes blackouts?

A

alcohol

48
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What substance feeds into anxiety?

A

caffeine

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