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Max has been smoking cigarettes so long that his body requires nicotine in order to
function normally. A health psychologist would say that Max clearly has
developed a state of: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔dependence
All major drugs of abuse overstimulate the brain's ancient reward system, which
runs through the: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔hypothalamus
The fact that people who are physically dependent on one substance (such as
nicotine) are more likely to be addicted to others as well (such as alcohol) provides
support for a(n) _________ model of addiction. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔reward
Approximately what percent of alcohol is absorbed from the stomach directly into
the bloodstream after drinking an alcoholic beverage? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔20%
Women who drink during critical stages of pregnancy place their infants at risk of
developing: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔fetal alcohol syndrome
Alcohol makes it difficult for drinkers to interpret complex or ambiguous stimuli
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, because drinkers tend to: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔focus on only the most salient cues
Which statement was NOT presented as evidence that alcohol dependence is
genetically influenced? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Female children of alcohol-dependent
parents are more likely to develop alcohol abuse than male children in the same
family.
As a treatment for alcohol dependence, the therapy that uses a nauseating drug
such as Antabuse strives to establish an aversion to the drug as a(n): - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔conditioned response
Which of these is most often cited as a reason that people start smoking? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔situational factors such as peer influence
According to the nicotine-titration model, smokers who are physically dependent
on
nicotine: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔regulate their smoking to maintain a steady level of the
drug in their bodies.
Researchers have located a gene in some alcohol users that alters the function of
DRD2, which is a receptor for: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔dopamine
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