Unit 9 Test- Harder Terms AP PSYCH

Question 1

Primary Biochemical/Neurotransmitter

Answer 1

Dopamine

Question 2

Brains pleasure and reward center

Answer 2

Accubens Nucleus

Question 3

4 Categories of Psychoactive Drugs

Answer 3

1) Stimulants
2) Depressants
3) Narcotics (Opiates and Opioids)
4) Hallucinogens (Psychedelics)

Question 4

Stimulants

Answer 4

• Increase heart rate, respiration and blood pressure
  (cocane, extinct (Molly), amphetamine)

Question 5

Depressants

Answer 5

• calm you down, hypnotic (drowsiness)
  (alcohol, marajuana)

Question 6

Hallucinogens

Answer 6

• produce hallucinations and delusions, distort auditory and visual perceptions
  (marajuana, LSD, molly)

Question 7

Narcotics

Answer 7

-a drug or other substance that affects mood or behavior and is consumed for nonmedical purposes, especially one sold illegally.

Question 8

Agonist

Answer 8

chemicals mimic neurotransmitters and bind at the receptor site increasing effectiveness

Question 9

Antagonists

Answer 9

chemicals that block the exchange of neurotransmitters, minimizing their effects

Question 10

Acetylcholine

Answer 10

plays a role in arousal and attention, too much can effect your memory, physical effects are (to much) spasms, too little causes paralysis

Question 11

Dopamine

Answer 11

surpasses mood (inhibiter/blocks the chemicals in your brain to make them stay loner), keys to addiction, associated with voluntary movement and pleasure (plays a role in learning, memory and emotions), too much causes hallucinations

Question 12

Serotonin

Answer 12

inhibiter, effects your mood, effects hunger sleep and arousal, too little causes depression

Question 13

Endorphines

Answer 13

pain killer

Question 14

GABA

Answer 14

inhibitory, lengthens seizures, tremors and insomnia

Question 15

Glutamate

Answer 15

linked to memory and learning, plays a role in exciting neurons to fire, too much causes migraines and seizures, too little causes anxiety and depression

Question 16

Epinephrine

Answer 16

fight/flight, excitatory, brings down heart rate and blood pressure after working out and too much causes hyperactivity and anxiety, too little causes depression

Question 17

Oxytocin

Answer 17

releases the “love” chemical

Question 18

Physiological Dependency

Answer 18

a persons emotional behavior changes, resulting in mood swings and feelings of depression, occurs when body becomes addicted to a substance

Question 19

Chemical Tolerance

Answer 19

when the effects of the same dose of drugs diminish over extended use

Question 20

Chemical Withdrawal

Answer 20

symptoms that occur when a person ends the use of a addictive substance

Question 21

Physical Addiction

Answer 21

the need to elevate physical pain and withdrawal symptoms

Question 22

QUIZ: the repetitive use of controlled substances in which the physiology of the body requires psychoactive chemicals in order to alleviate / minimize withdrawal symptoms creates the condition known as

Answer 22

Physical Addiction

Question 23

QUIZ: true or false… mens bodies are more efficient in breaking down alcohol and given equal size and muscle-to-fat ratios, women who consume the same amount of alcohol with the same rate of consumption will have a comparably higher BAC?

Answer 23

True