Alcohol & Drugs Quiz Questions

1. Alcohol & DrugsQuiz Questions

2. 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.

3. 2. When a drug becomes incorporated into the functioning of the body's cells and thus becomes necessary for "normal" functioning, _____ has occurred. • a. dependence • b. withdrawal • c. tolerance • d. death

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 5. Swen drinks wine because he likes the taste. For Swen, drinking • a. is an addictive behavior. • b. is a positive reinforcer. • c. is genetically determined. • d. is a negative reinforcer.

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9. 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.

10. 2. When a drug becomes incorporated into the functioning of the body's cells and thus becomes necessary for "normal" functioning, _____ has occurred. • a. dependence • b. withdrawal • c. tolerance • d. death

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 5. Swen drinks wine because he likes the taste. For Swen, drinking • a. is an addictive behavior. • b. is a positive reinforcer. • c. is genetically determined. • d. is a negative reinforcer.