Why Do People Use Drugs?

Question 1

What are drugs?

Answer 1

A chemical substance that, when taken into the body, alters the structure or function of the body in some way.

Question 2

Drugs have many benefits. True or false?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

____________ is a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation.

Answer 3

Tension

Question 4

The statement “I use drugs to calm down, to help me think less…” can be related to what theory?

Answer 4

Tension Reduction Theory

Question 5

The idea that alcohol/drugs reduce tension
is an _______________.

Answer 5

Assumption

Question 6

______________________ perceive and react to a stimulus as if it were smaller than it is.

Answer 6

Stimulus reducers

Question 7

_________________ react to a stimulus as it is.

Answer 7

Stimulus moderators

Question 8

_______________ react as if a stimulus is more salient than it actually is.

Answer 8

Stimulus augmenters

Question 9

_____________ is psychological damage as a result of a distressing event, often followed by stress outside of one’s ability to cope.

Answer 9

Trauma

Question 10

_________________ is when people use drugs to medicate for psychiatric disorders and painful emotions. (e.g. Opiates: anti-rage, Cocaine: antidepressant, ADHD, bipolar,
Cannabis: bipolar, schizophrenia)

Answer 10

Self-medication

Question 11

The American Medial Association called alcoholism a _____________ for 3 reasons:
1. Alcoholism has a known cause
2. Symptoms get worse over time
3. Alcoholism has known outcomes

Answer 11

Disease

Question 12

Development of addiction is a result of the influences of both _________ and _________________ factors that contribute to risk over the lifetime.

Answer 12

Genetic and environmental.

Question 13

Sons of alcoholics are not likely to become alcoholics themselves. True or false?

Answer 13

False. They are 4x more likely.

Question 14

The risk factor for addiction remained whether raised by biological or adopted parents. True or false?

Answer 14

True

Question 15

There are 3 temperaments correlated with alcohol use:
_______________: cautious, apprehensive
__________________: ambitious, sympathetic, warm, sentimental, persistent, moody
___________________: impulsive, excitable, quick-tempered, fickle

Answer 15

Harm avoidant, Reward dependent, and Novelty seeking.

Question 16

________________ and ________________ is increased in children whose parents have alcohol use disorder.

Answer 16

Impulsivity and Disinhibition

Question 17

_________________ is to challenge oneself to improve despite setbacks, persevere through adversity.

Answer 17

Resilience

Question 18

Pessimism in adolescence has been linked to higher Substance use Disorder occurrence in adulthood. True or false?

Answer 18

True

Question 19

____________________ is characterized by lacking unique, worthwhile, talents and skills along with a reduced ability to prioritize, set and achieve goals, and resolve conflicts.

Answer 19

Poor self-concept

Question 20

________________ is when you use substances to reduce tension.

Answer 20

Tension reduction theory

Question 21

Is poor self-concept a requirement for development of addiction?

Answer 21

No

Question 22

Substance abuse increases the chances of experiencing a traumatic event/develop PTSD. What is an example(s) of that?

Answer 22

Getting in a car crash, watching someone overdose, etc.

Question 23

Sharing an environment with your parents can relate to whether or not you will engage in substance abuse. True or false?

Answer 23

True

Question 24

As we grow and develop were more likely to explore substances. This is related to the ____________________.

Answer 24

Developmental Model

Question 25

The developmental model PEACE stands for what?

Answer 25

Pressure, escape, availability, curiosity, and emptiness.

Question 26

The psychoanalytic model was originally created by who?

Answer 26

Sigmund Freud

Question 27

Freud’s psychoanalytic model consists of 3 points. What are they?

Answer 27

Drugs as power, drugs as self-destruction, and seduction and sexuality.

Question 28

What was the rat park experiment?

Answer 28

Rats were put into a small cage with no stimulation and were freely given two bottles. One with pure water and one with morphine. The rats in that environment drank the morphine water until they died. Another version of the experiment was done where the rats lived in a “rat park” where they also had to option of both bottles but instead were given a large space with toys, running wheels, and male and female rats that could mate. The study showed that the rats consumed 19 times less morphine water than the original rats in the study.