PSYCH 3375 Chapter 12 Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Substance - CORRECT ANSWER is a chemical that alters a person's mood or behavior when
the person smokes, injects, drinks, inhales, snorts, or swalllows it in pill form
Substance Abuse - CORRECT ANSWER carries no implication that the individual is addicted
to the substance
Substance dependence - CORRECT ANSWER when the persons show withdrawal
(physiological/psychological changes) and tolerance (increasing amounts are needed to achieve
desired effects
Substance Use Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER is a cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and
physiological symptoms indicating that the individual continues using a substance even though it
causes significant problems in his or her life
Clinicians diagnose substance use disorders by assessing the individual in four categories of
symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER impaired control, social impairment, risky use, and
pharmacological changes.
Substance Intoxication - CORRECT ANSWER the temporary maladaptive experience of
behavioral or psychological changes that are due to the accumulation of a substance in the body
Alcohol is a depressant - CORRECT ANSWER A psychoactive substance that causes the
depression of central nervous system activity.
Immediate effects of alcohol - CORRECT ANSWER In small amounts, sedating (leaving users
to feel relax).
More alcohol leaves users to feel outgoing, confident.
Excessive amounts the depressant effects becomes more apparent (sleepy, dysphoria, irritable, lack of
physical coordination)
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Substance - CORRECT ANSWER is a chemical that alters a person's mood or behavior when
the person smokes, injects, drinks, inhales, snorts, or swalllows it in pill form
Substance Abuse - CORRECT ANSWER carries no implication that the individual is addicted
to the substance
Substance dependence - CORRECT ANSWER when the persons show withdrawal
(physiological/psychological changes) and tolerance (increasing amounts are needed to achieve
desired effects
Substance Use Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER is a cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and
physiological symptoms indicating that the individual continues using a substance even though it
causes significant problems in his or her life
Clinicians diagnose substance use disorders by assessing the individual in four categories of
symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER impaired control, social impairment, risky use, and
pharmacological changes.
Substance Intoxication - CORRECT ANSWER the temporary maladaptive experience of
behavioral or psychological changes that are due to the accumulation of a substance in the body
Alcohol is a depressant - CORRECT ANSWER A psychoactive substance that causes the
depression of central nervous system activity.
Immediate effects of alcohol - CORRECT ANSWER In small amounts, sedating (leaving users
to feel relax).
More alcohol leaves users to feel outgoing, confident.
Excessive amounts the depressant effects becomes more apparent (sleepy, dysphoria, irritable, lack of
physical coordination)
