PSYC 101 UBC Final Exam
What are the 3 levels of alcohol withdrawl syndrome? - Correct Answer-1: severe
tremors, agitation, headache, nausea (starts around 5hr after last drink)
2: convulsive activity stats est-15-30hr after last drink -potentially fatal
3: delerium tremens, characterized by disturbing hallucinations, delusions, confusion,
fever (starts 1-2 days after last drink, lasts 3-4 days, potentially fatal)
What are the chronic effects of alcohol? (5) - Correct Answer--extensive brain damage
(Korsakoff syndrome)
-cirrhosis (extensive scarring) of liver : major cause of death
-irritation of lining of digestive tract
-outside effects (driving accidents)
-fetal alcohol syndrome
History of opium? - Correct Answer-until early 1900s, opium legally available and
consumed through candies, cakes, wines
Morphine history? - Correct Answer-first extracted from opium in 1803, became
available commerically, hypodermic needle invented and morphine addiction became
known as soldiers disease
What is drug excretion? - Correct Answer-Elimination from the body
What is drug tolerance? - Correct Answer-Repeated exposure produces a diminished
effect (requires increased dose to maintain a constant effect)
What is drug sensitization? - Correct Answer-Repeated exposures produce a
heightened drug effect (requires smaller dose to maintain constant effect)
Diff b/w drug tolerance and sensitization - Correct Answer-tolerance: need more,
sensitize: need less
In terms of classical conditioning, what is the drug injection, drug effects, context, and
tolerance? - Correct Answer-UCS: drug injection
UCR: drug effects
NS (CS): context
Conditioned Compensatory Response: Tolerance
What would you expect a chronic heroin user was taken to the same environment
where he usually injects heroin and given a needle filled with water, but told it was
heroin (ignore placebo effects): - Correct Answer-the opposite effect than if there was
heroin (they expect heroin so body will prepare, but none will come)
, What are the short term effects (low, moderate, high doses) of alcohol? - Correct
Answer-LOW: Neural firing and facilitate social interaction
MOD: Cognitive, perceptual, verbal, motor impairment, loss of control
HIGH: unconsciousness, risk of death from respiratory depression
What are the 5 ways drugs are administered? (pros/cons) - Correct Answer-1.
Ingestion: easy/relatively safe, unpredictable effects
2: Injection (intramuscularly or intraenously or subcutaneously-fatty tissue below skin)-
speedy and predictable, speed can be bad for overdose potential
3: Inhalation: speedy, unpredictable effects, damage to lungs
4: Absorption via mucous membranes (nose ex. coke, rectum) -dmgs membranes
5. Transdermally- through skin (nicotine patches)
What is drug metabolism? - Correct Answer-conversion of active drugs into non active
forms, usually by liver enzymes
What happens when a drug is inactivated? - Correct Answer-Can't pass through blood
brain barrier into brain?
What is red flush and what is it associated with? - Correct Answer-ALCOHOL- produced
by dilation of blood vessels in the skin, dilation leads to decrease in body temp
What is diuertic? - Correct Answer-alcohol increases the production of urine
What is the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914, US) - Correct Answer-sale and use of opium,
morphine, cocaine illegal (heroin still legal)
Chronic effects of narcotics? - Correct Answer-Minor: constipation, menstrual
irregularity, reduced sex drive
3 other opiates? Order of strength? - Correct Answer--Oxycontin: semisynthetic
prescription pain killer (stronger than morphine)
-Fentanyl: synthetic pain killer
-carfentanyl: synthetic anaesthetic for large animals
Morphine<Oxycontin<Fentanyl<Carfentanyl
Moral Model on Addiction? (3) - Correct Answer-Based on religion, viewed as a
CHOICE by ppl w/ low morals
-treatment=punishment
-doesn't explain those with high morals (teachers, dr) having addictions
Disease (biomedical model) of addiction - Correct Answer--addiction is a disease,
incurable, progressive, possibly fatal
What are the 3 levels of alcohol withdrawl syndrome? - Correct Answer-1: severe
tremors, agitation, headache, nausea (starts around 5hr after last drink)
2: convulsive activity stats est-15-30hr after last drink -potentially fatal
3: delerium tremens, characterized by disturbing hallucinations, delusions, confusion,
fever (starts 1-2 days after last drink, lasts 3-4 days, potentially fatal)
What are the chronic effects of alcohol? (5) - Correct Answer--extensive brain damage
(Korsakoff syndrome)
-cirrhosis (extensive scarring) of liver : major cause of death
-irritation of lining of digestive tract
-outside effects (driving accidents)
-fetal alcohol syndrome
History of opium? - Correct Answer-until early 1900s, opium legally available and
consumed through candies, cakes, wines
Morphine history? - Correct Answer-first extracted from opium in 1803, became
available commerically, hypodermic needle invented and morphine addiction became
known as soldiers disease
What is drug excretion? - Correct Answer-Elimination from the body
What is drug tolerance? - Correct Answer-Repeated exposure produces a diminished
effect (requires increased dose to maintain a constant effect)
What is drug sensitization? - Correct Answer-Repeated exposures produce a
heightened drug effect (requires smaller dose to maintain constant effect)
Diff b/w drug tolerance and sensitization - Correct Answer-tolerance: need more,
sensitize: need less
In terms of classical conditioning, what is the drug injection, drug effects, context, and
tolerance? - Correct Answer-UCS: drug injection
UCR: drug effects
NS (CS): context
Conditioned Compensatory Response: Tolerance
What would you expect a chronic heroin user was taken to the same environment
where he usually injects heroin and given a needle filled with water, but told it was
heroin (ignore placebo effects): - Correct Answer-the opposite effect than if there was
heroin (they expect heroin so body will prepare, but none will come)
, What are the short term effects (low, moderate, high doses) of alcohol? - Correct
Answer-LOW: Neural firing and facilitate social interaction
MOD: Cognitive, perceptual, verbal, motor impairment, loss of control
HIGH: unconsciousness, risk of death from respiratory depression
What are the 5 ways drugs are administered? (pros/cons) - Correct Answer-1.
Ingestion: easy/relatively safe, unpredictable effects
2: Injection (intramuscularly or intraenously or subcutaneously-fatty tissue below skin)-
speedy and predictable, speed can be bad for overdose potential
3: Inhalation: speedy, unpredictable effects, damage to lungs
4: Absorption via mucous membranes (nose ex. coke, rectum) -dmgs membranes
5. Transdermally- through skin (nicotine patches)
What is drug metabolism? - Correct Answer-conversion of active drugs into non active
forms, usually by liver enzymes
What happens when a drug is inactivated? - Correct Answer-Can't pass through blood
brain barrier into brain?
What is red flush and what is it associated with? - Correct Answer-ALCOHOL- produced
by dilation of blood vessels in the skin, dilation leads to decrease in body temp
What is diuertic? - Correct Answer-alcohol increases the production of urine
What is the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914, US) - Correct Answer-sale and use of opium,
morphine, cocaine illegal (heroin still legal)
Chronic effects of narcotics? - Correct Answer-Minor: constipation, menstrual
irregularity, reduced sex drive
3 other opiates? Order of strength? - Correct Answer--Oxycontin: semisynthetic
prescription pain killer (stronger than morphine)
-Fentanyl: synthetic pain killer
-carfentanyl: synthetic anaesthetic for large animals
Morphine<Oxycontin<Fentanyl<Carfentanyl
Moral Model on Addiction? (3) - Correct Answer-Based on religion, viewed as a
CHOICE by ppl w/ low morals
-treatment=punishment
-doesn't explain those with high morals (teachers, dr) having addictions
Disease (biomedical model) of addiction - Correct Answer--addiction is a disease,
incurable, progressive, possibly fatal
