Download Ch. 13 Alcohol & Drugs Quiz

Alcohol & Drugs
Quiz Questions
1. Tolerance refers to
• a. the ability to tolerate large doses of drugs
without impairment of psychological or physical
abilities.
• b. a strong psychological desire and craving for a
drug.
• c. the property of a drug that requires
increasingly higher levels to get the same effect.
• d. the property of a drug that requires changes
in the body's physical functioning, making the
drug necessary for normal functioning.
2. When a drug becomes incorporated
into the functioning of the body's cells
and thus becomes necessary for
"normal" functioning, _____ has
occurred.
•
•
•
•
a.
c.
b.
d.
dependence
withdrawal
tolerance
death
3. College-aged men who have been
drinking
• a. tend to lose interest in women.
• b. tend to drive motor vehicles more
cautiously.
• c. report that they can concentrate better on
schoolwork.
• d. are more likely than sober men to be
willing to have unprotected sex.
4. Children of problem drinkers, more
often than children of non-problem
drinkers, become problem drinkers.
This finding suggests that
• a. drinking problems are caused by a specific
gene.
• b. there is no interaction of genes and
environment that produce problem drinking.
• c. the environmental makes no contribution to
drinking problems.
• d. drinking problems have a genetic component.
5. Swen drinks wine because he likes
the taste. For Swen, drinking
•
•
•
•
a.
c.
b.
d.
is an addictive behavior.
is a positive reinforcer.
is genetically determined.
is a negative reinforcer.
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Answers:
1. Tolerance refers to
• a. the ability to tolerate large doses of drugs
without impairment of psychological or physical
abilities.
• b. a strong psychological desire and craving for a
drug.
• c. the property of a drug that requires
increasingly higher levels to get the same effect.
• d. the property of a drug that requires changes
in the body's physical functioning, making the
drug necessary for normal functioning.
2. When a drug becomes incorporated
into the functioning of the body's cells
and thus becomes necessary for
"normal" functioning, _____ has
occurred.
•
•
•
•
a.
c.
b.
d.
dependence
withdrawal
tolerance
death
3. College-aged men who have been
drinking
• a. tend to lose interest in women.
• b. tend to drive motor vehicles more
cautiously.
• c. report that they can concentrate better on
schoolwork.
• d. are more likely than sober men to be
willing to have unprotected sex.
4. Children of problem drinkers, more
often than children of non-problem
drinkers, become problem drinkers.
This finding suggests that
• a. drinking problems are caused by a specific
gene.
• b. there is no interaction of genes and
environment that produce problem drinking.
• c. the environmental makes no contribution to
drinking problems.
• d. drinking problems have a genetic
component.
5. Swen drinks wine because he likes
the taste. For Swen, drinking
•
•
•
•
a.
c.
b.
d.
is an addictive behavior.
is a positive reinforcer.
is genetically determined.
is a negative reinforcer.