PSY2012 Chapter 12 Psychological Disorders Drug Dependency
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general psychology, Drug dependency, psychological disorders
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 stimulants | Drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine and the more powerful amphetamines, cocaine and ecstasy) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions. |
| depressants | What category of psychoactive drug are opiates? |
| THC | The major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of effects including mild hallucinations. |
| stimulants | What category of psychoactive drug are amphetamines? |
| hallucinogen | What category of psychoactive drug is marijuana? |
| alcohol dependence | Alcohol use marked by tolerance, withdrawal if suspended and drive to continue use. |
| depressants, hallucinogens, stimulants | Three categories of psychoactive drugs. |
| alcohol | Which drug has the following negative afteraffects: impaired reactions, depression, memory loss, organ damage? |
| hallucinogen | What category of psychoactive drug is LSD? |
| LSD | A powerful hallucinogenic drug, also known as acid. |
| marijuana | Which drug has the following negative afteraffects: impaired learning and memory, increased risk of psychological disorders, lung damage. |
| near-death experience | An altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death (such as through cardiac arrest); often similar to drug-induced hallucinogens. |
| heroin | Which drug has the following negative afteraffects: depressed physiology, agonizing withdrawal? |
| LSD | Which drug has the following negative afteraffects: risk of panic? |
| caffeine | Which drug has the following negative afteraffects in high doses: anxiety, restlessness and insomnia, uncomfortable withdrawal? |
| depressants | What category of psychoactive drugs are barbiturates? |
| depressant | What category of psychoactive drug is morphine? |
| stimulant | What category of psychoactive drug is caffeine? |
| ecstasy | Which drug has the following negative afteraffects: dehydration, overheating, depressed mood, impaired cognitive and immune functioning? |
| physical and psychological | Two types of drug dependence. |
| methamphetamine | A powerful addictive drug that stimulates the central nervous system with speeded up body functions and associated energy and mood changes; over time, appears to reduce baseline dopamine levels. |
| stimulant | What category of psychoactive drug is nicotine? |
| nicotine | A stimulating and highly addictive psychoactive drug in tobacco. |
| nicotine | Which drug has the following negative afteraffects: heart disease, cancer? |
| amphetamines | Drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing speeded up body functions and associated energy and mood changes. |
| ecstasy (MDMA) | A synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen that produces euphoria and social intimacy, but with short term health risks and longer term harm to serotonin-producing neurons and to mood and cognition. |
| depressant | What category of psychoactive drug is alcohol? |
| opiates | Opium and its derivatives such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety. |
| stimulant | What category of psychoactive drug is cocaine? |
| cocaine | Which drug has the following negative afteraffects: cardiovascular stress, suspiciousness, depressive crash? |
| hallucinogens | Psychedelic (mind manifesting) drugs that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input. |
| barbiturates | Drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment. |
| methamphetamine | Which drug has the following negative afteraffects: irritability, insomnia, high blood pressure, seizures? |
| depressants | Drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that calm neural activity and slow body functions. |
| FALSE | True or False: In large amounts, alcohol is a depressant; in small amounts, it is a stimulant. |
| depressant | What category of psychoactive drug is heroin? |
| stimulant | What category of psychoactive drug is ecstasy? |
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