Psyc 4035 - Exam 1 (Soto Updated Actual Questions And Correct Answers

PSYC 4035 - EXAM 1 (SOTO UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. psychopharmacology
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study of how drugs affect mood, perception, thinking or behavior

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2. psychoactive drugs
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drugs that affect mood, perception, thinking or behavior by acting in the nervous system

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3. pharmacotherapeutics
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drugs used for treating disorders

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4. drug
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administered substance that alters physiological functioning

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5. instrumental drug use
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using a drug to address a specific purpose

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6. therapeutic drug
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drug used to treat a physical or mental disorder

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7. recreational drug use
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using a drug entirely to experience the drug's effects

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8. trade name
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a trademarked name a company provides for a drug

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9. generic name

,Answer:
a nonproprietary name that indicates the classification for a drug and distinguishes from others in the same
class

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10. chemical name
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a name that details a drug's chemical structure

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11. street name
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an alternative name applied to a recreational or abused substance

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12. dose
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ratio of the amount of drug per an organism's body weight

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13. dose-effect curve
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- depicts the magnitude of a drug effect by dose
- typically sigmoidal

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14. slope
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size of change in effect with change in dose

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15. efficacy
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maximal effect of a drug

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16. ED50 value
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represents the dose at which 50 percent of an effect was observed

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17. potency
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amount of drug used to produce a certain level of effect

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18. therapeutic index

, Answer:
ratio of a drug's toxic dose-effect curve value relative to therapeutic dose-effect curve value

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19. certain safety index
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a therapeutic index calculated by dividing a TD1 value by an ED99 value

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20. pharmacodynamics
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the physiological actions of drugs ("what the drug does to the body")

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21. pharmacokinetics
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a drug's passage through the body ("what the body does to the drug")

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22. pharmacogenetics
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the study of how genetic differences influence a drug's pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects

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23. objective effects
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pharmacological effects that can be directly observed by others (EX: heart rate)

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24. subjective effects
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pharmacological effects that cannot be directly observed by others (EX: mood)

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25. dependent variable
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a study variable measured by a researcher

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26. independent variable
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study conditions or treatments that may affect a dependent variable

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27. correlational study