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Which of the following statements is true?
a. A precise definition of addiction remains elusive.
b. People with addiction often go through phases of exacerbation and abstention.
c. The term addict is considered pejorative and unacceptable by many professional journals.
d. All of the above - correct answers ✔✔d. All of the above
When an increased dose is needed to experience the same subjective effects as with lower
doses before, a person has developed: - correct answers ✔✔tolerance
The stereotypical pattern of discomfort upon stopping use is known as: - correct answers
✔✔withdrawal
The notion of addiction has been applied to:
a. shopping
b. substance abuse
c. using computers
d. all of the above - correct answers ✔✔d. all of the above
Addiction first referred to: - correct answers ✔✔dedication to a master
, The idea of addiction began to refer to the state of being addicted to a drug during what
century? - correct answers ✔✔18th
Addiction is: - correct answers ✔✔a lay term
Substance dependence includes which of the following symptoms?
a. cognitive
b. behavioral
c. physiological
d. all - correct answers ✔✔d. all
Substance abuse is - correct answers ✔✔- less severe than substance dependence
- a maladaptive pattern of substance use
A chronic pain patient receives opioid analgesics for an extended period of time and gradually
needs to increase the dose to get adequate pain relief. After the pain subsides, the patient stops
the medication and never seeks it again. Words that describe the process that the patient
experienced include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. addiction
b. dependence
c. neuroadaptation
d. tolerance - correct answers ✔✔a. addiction
Addiction can exist - correct answers ✔✔- with physical dependence
- without physical dependence
Correct Answers
Which of the following statements is true?
a. A precise definition of addiction remains elusive.
b. People with addiction often go through phases of exacerbation and abstention.
c. The term addict is considered pejorative and unacceptable by many professional journals.
d. All of the above - correct answers ✔✔d. All of the above
When an increased dose is needed to experience the same subjective effects as with lower
doses before, a person has developed: - correct answers ✔✔tolerance
The stereotypical pattern of discomfort upon stopping use is known as: - correct answers
✔✔withdrawal
The notion of addiction has been applied to:
a. shopping
b. substance abuse
c. using computers
d. all of the above - correct answers ✔✔d. all of the above
Addiction first referred to: - correct answers ✔✔dedication to a master
, The idea of addiction began to refer to the state of being addicted to a drug during what
century? - correct answers ✔✔18th
Addiction is: - correct answers ✔✔a lay term
Substance dependence includes which of the following symptoms?
a. cognitive
b. behavioral
c. physiological
d. all - correct answers ✔✔d. all
Substance abuse is - correct answers ✔✔- less severe than substance dependence
- a maladaptive pattern of substance use
A chronic pain patient receives opioid analgesics for an extended period of time and gradually
needs to increase the dose to get adequate pain relief. After the pain subsides, the patient stops
the medication and never seeks it again. Words that describe the process that the patient
experienced include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. addiction
b. dependence
c. neuroadaptation
d. tolerance - correct answers ✔✔a. addiction
Addiction can exist - correct answers ✔✔- with physical dependence
- without physical dependence
