Drugs, Brain and Behavior – questions with correct answers

Psychoactive - Answer Pertaining to effects on mood, thinking and behavior. Psychoactive drug - Answer A drug that produces effects on mood, thinking and behavior. Psychopharmacology - Answer The scientific study of the effects of on behavior (a union of the fields of Psychology and Pharmacology). Psycho- - Answer Relating to behavior and mental processes. Neuro- - Answer Relating to the nervous system. Pharmaco- - Answer Relating to principles of drug action. Operational Definition - Answer A statement of the procedures used to define a research variable. Psychoactive drugs names - Answer Chemical formula, structural name, generic name, trade name and slang names. Generic name - Answer What we will be presented with mostly in this class. Ex: THC or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol