Psych 162 Final: Mentimeter Questions

Neurotransmitter dysregulation can occur as a result of psychosocial trauma.

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Neurotransmitter dysregulation can occur as a result of psychosocial trauma.

The MDS is responsible for the rewarding effects of both sex and drugs.

Theories of addiction can be based on intuitions that clinicians develop while seeing patients.

Which theory recognized that all drugs of abuse increase the release of dopamine in the mesolimbic dopamine pathway?

Psychostimulant Theory

Neuroplasticity in which brain region is responsible for the assignment of salience to drug-related cues?

Nucleus Accumbens

Experimentation with drugs in young adulthood is maladaptive and not a normal part of development

Patrick sees his hip friend Sandy using cocaine at a party and decides to try it too what kind of peer influence is this?

Mutual help groups are effective because they place people in the care of professionals trained to deliver treatment

Good pharmacological treatment can take the place of behavioral treatment

To have the best chance if recovery with AA, an individual should...

Become affiliated with AA