Week 11 Lectures

Question 1

What is nicotine?

Answer 1

A chemical stimulus that stimulates release of dopamine in the brain and induces pleasure, alertness, and energy

Question 2

What is an aversive stimulus?

Answer 2

Change in the local environment that stimulates sense organs with the consequence to increase avoidance responses

Question 3

What is negative reinforcement?

Answer 3

Behavior is STRENGTHENED by removing an aversive stimulus. Urge(wanting to smoke) symptoms are aversive and smoking offers escape urge.

Question 4

What is nicotine replacement therapy?

Answer 4

NRT is a chemical stimulus replacing smoked nicotine to aid in cessation.

Question 5

What are some methods used in NRT?

Answer 5

Methods include gum, patch, and lozenge

Question 6

What is the purpose of Walker 2014?

Answer 6

The purpose was to test cytisine medicine is as effective as NRT in smokers. The main outcome was smoking abstinence at 1 month follow up.

Question 7

What is the purpose of Nudge Ch. 9?

Answer 7

The purpose was to reveal how defaults can be used to nudges to have long term impact(savings) and employers commonly set saving defaults to a target date fund

Question 8

What is the purpose of Werner Ch. 11?

Answer 8

To identify malnutrition and related illnesses and offer strategies to eat well