PSYC 324/ PSYC324 MIDTERM EXAM ANSWER KEY

Phil Russell
Aug 24, 2017 · 5 min read

PSYC 324/ PSYC324 MIDTERM EXAM ANSWER KEY

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Part 1 of 1 — Midterm Exam — Week 4 100.0/ 100.0 Points

Question 1 of 50
Daily smoking of one marijuana joint is equivalent to how many cigarettes in terms of damage to cells lining the airways?
A.ten cigarettes (half a pack) a day
B.five cigarettes a day
C.forty cigarettes (two packs) a day
D.sixty cigarettes (three packs) a day

Question 2 of 50
Which area(s) of the brain are most affected by heavy drinking?
A.forebrain and medulla
B.pons and thalamus
C.cerebral cortex and forebrain
D.cerebellum and cerebral cortex

Question 3 of 50
Analogy: Licit recreational drug use is to smoking a cigarette as illicit recreational drug use is to _______.
A.smoking marijuana
B.drinking a caffeinated beverage
C.injecting heroin
D.both A and C

Question 4 of 50
Which of the following is an enabler?
A.a woman taking her brother to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting
B.a mother kicking her daughter out of the house due to her alcoholism
C.a man checking himself into a rehabilitation facility
D.a father giving his son money to pay rent when his son spent his paycheck on alcohol

Question 5 of 50
A key factor in understanding the effect of alcohol in the brain is which receptor?
A.GABA receptor
B.serotonin receptor
C.dopamine receptor
D.THC-sensitive receptor

Question 6 of 50
Drug A has ten times the number of drug-related ED visits in the DAWN statistics as Drug B. Drug A is used by ten times the number of individuals as Drug B. What are the relative toxicities of the two drugs?
A.Drug A is more toxic than Drug B.
B.Drug B is more toxic than Drug A.
C.Drugs A and B have equivalent toxicities.
D.Not enough information is present to judge the relative toxicities of Drugs A and B.

Question 7 of 50
When a pregnant woman drinks alcoholic beverages, the fetal alcohol levels _______.
A.Since alcohol does not pass through the placenta, the fetus does not have an alcohol level.
B.are higher than those of the mother
C.are the same as those of the mother
D.are lower than those of the mother

Question 8 of 50
The gateway hypothesis predicts that, relative to abstinence from marijuana, _______.
A.marijuana smoking will lower your grades
B.marijuana smoking will help you find your way in life
C.marijuana smoking will lead to a greater incidence of drug abuse in general
D.marijuana smoking will have many adverse psychological and physical consequences

Question 9 of 50
Which characteristic is not a physiological effect of cocaine?
A.sweatiness and a pale appearance
B.increased appetite
C.dilated pupils
D.increased heart rate

Question 10 of 50
We think we are being stimulated when intoxicated with alcohol because _______.
A.the cerebral cortex is being inhibited
B.the respiratory centers in the medulla are being stimulated
C.heart rate is slowing down
D.the cerebral cortex is being stimulated

Question 11 of 50
Expectancy effects of alcohol influence _______.

Question 12 of 50
Health researchers have established that _______.

Question 13 of 50
Cathy needs to stay awake to study for her psychology midterm, so she decides to take an amphetamine to keep from falling asleep. In this case, the drug has a(n) _____ use.

Question 14 of 50
A “bad trip” on LSD _______.

Question 15 of 50
The best way to treat alcoholism is _______.

Question 16 of 50
John has been an alcoholic for many years. He is having trouble remembering information that he has just been given. When talking about the past, he often elaborates on a few details to make it appear as though he remembers past situations clearly. John is most likely suffering from _______.

Question 17 of 50
The social problems associated with the Prohibition era have often been cited as an argument against _______.

Question 18 of 50
Women tend to become more intoxicated than men because _______.

Question 19 of 50
Difficulties in handling sensory-motor tasks while engaged in marijuana smoking _______.

Question 20 of 50
Research on adopted children shows that biological children of alcoholics being raised by nonalcoholic adoptive parents _______.

Question 21 of 50
Generally speaking, growth retardation, premature birth, low birth weight, and neurological damage to the infant are events most associated with drug use during which time of pregnancy?

Question 22 of 50
One of the problems in considering alcohol abuse is the frequently held idea that _______.

Question 23 of 50
A drawback of urine testing for the presence of THC is _______.

Question 24 of 50
If you were to order the three classifications of brain tissue from the most primitive to the most recently evolved part of the human brain, it would in which order?

Question 25 of 50
Cocaine effects are directly related to those areas of the brain that control _______.

Question 26 of 50
Behavioral or conditioned tolerance can be considered to be an important contributor to which drug-taking phenomenon?

Question 27 of 50
Suppression of height and weight gains caused by stimulant medication (e.g., Ritalin) treatment for ADHD can be compensated for _______.

Question 28 of 50
What should someone do in a situation involving acute alcohol intoxication?

Question 29 of 50
If a placebo effect occurs, a completely inert substance _______.

Question 30 of 50
A speedball contains a combination of _______.

Question 31 of 50
The rush of a “heroin high” is avoided with methadone because _______.

Question 32 of 50
Ted just took a hallucinogenic drug and is experiencing auditory hallucinations. Which hallucinogen is Ted most likely to have taken?

Question 33 of 50
According to the text, what is the most important characteristic of narcotics?

Question 34 of 50
An alcohol-tolerant drinker may feel the intoxication level equivalent to a BAC of _____ while actually having a BAC of _____.

Question 35 of 50
The following cannabis products are rank ordered for THC concentration (highest to lowest):

Question 36 of 50
Toxicity of MDMA (Ecstasy) involves _______.

Question 37 of 50
A problem inherent in all forms of injection involves _______.

Question 38 of 50
If one of the effects of heroin is constipation, then withdrawal symptoms after chronic heroin abuse would include _______.

Question 39 of 50
Which of the following is a “standard drink”?

Question 40 of 50
Sara has been drinking alcohol for two months. She even drives her friends home on weekends when she has been drinking heavily. According to the DSM-IV-TR, Sara meets one of the criteria for _______.

Question 41 of 50
If one drug has an effect of 6, a second drug has an effect of 8, and the combination of the two drugs has an effect of 20, then the interaction is _______.

Question 42 of 50
Ordering opiates from strongest to least strong would be the following _______.

Question 43 of 50
Binge drinking for men is generally defined as _______.

Question 44 of 50
By the definition used in the text, a chemical substance would be considered a drug if _______.

Professional artists and musicians under the influence of LSD _______.

What is particularly dangerous about many club drugs?

Question 48 of 50
Most of the alcohol consumed is absorbed by _______.

Question 49 of 50
Tim is having physical withdrawal symptoms from alcohol. He started feeling confused and feverish. He is sweating and hallucinating. Tim is most likely suffering from _______.

Question 50 of 50
“On the nod” is a tern used to describe _______.

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