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What is cross tolerance?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Where taking two drugs at the same time leads to tolerance in only one
Where taking one drug reduces tolerance in another drug
Where tolerance in one drug leads to tolerance in another
Where tolerance in one drug leads to tolerance in another drug with opposite effects
Which of the following is not true of tolerance?
a. We can develop tolerance to some symptoms and not others
b. Some people do not generate tolerance
c. We can develop tolerance to some symptoms and become sensitised to others of the
same drug
d. Tolerance can be context dependent
______ tolerance occurs because less drug gets to the target site
a. Contingent
b. Metabolic
c. Situationally specific
d. Functional
e. In vitro
_____ tolerance occurs when the active sites become more resistant to the drug
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Contingent
Metabolic
Situationally specific
Functional
In vitro
Korsakoff's syndrome is typically associated with
a. Amnesia
b. Chronic alcohol consumption
c. Dementia
d. All of the above
Shift in the dose-response curve to the right indicates
a. Drug tolerance
b. Physical dependence
c. Withdrawal symptoms
d. Cross tolerance
e. Detoxification
Psychoactive drugs are those that affect
a. The activity of the central nervous system
b. Subjective experience
c. Behavior
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
An important advantage of the oral route of drug administration is its
a. Predictability
b. Relative safety
c. Rapidness
d. All of the above
The neurons of the mesotelencephalic dopamine system have their cell bodies in the
a. Ventral tegmental area
b. Striatum
c. Substantia nigra
d. Both a and b
e. Both a and c
Which of the following produces Buerger's disease?
a. Marijuana
b. Morphine
c. Tobacco
d. Cocaine
e. Alcohol
Although ______ is classified as a depressant, it has stimulant effects at low doses.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Alcohol
Tobacco
Cocaine
Amphetamine
Morphine
The early physical-dependence theories of drug addiction were discredited by the observation that
a. Detoxified addicts almost always return to their drug-taking habits
b. If you withdraw a drug gradually, withdrawal symptoms are very mild
c. Drug addicts who are kept from using drugs for a year or more have a very good chance of
permanently quiting the habit
d. Both a and b
e. Both b and c
Which of the following is not likely to cause alcohol relapse
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Having a drink after a year of abstinence
Seeing an advert for beer
Losing ones job
The smell of alcoholic hand soap
Revisiting the pub you used to frequent
Intracranial self stimulation is thought most commonly studied in the
a.
b.
c.
d.
Prefrontal cortex
Amgyala
Lateral hypothalamus
Septum
Conditioned drug tolerance is where:
a.
b.
c.
d.
We only develop tolerance if we feel the effects of the drug
We develop tolerance to drugs whose affects are rewarding
We developed tolerance by seeing others getting positive effects from it
We only develop tolerance when we take the drug in a similar context each time
Answers: C B B D D A D B E C A A D C D C