Exam 5: Drugs of Abuse

The incentive-salience model accounts for why addicted users may want a drug more while liking a drug less.

According to the incentive-salience model,the process of stimuli associated with drug use commanding attention and eliciting a motivational state to use a drug is called:

Describe the differences between a drug scheduled as a Category I,Category II,or Category V according to the Controlled Substances Act.

When James Olds first discovered intracranial self-stimulation,he attributed the effects to dopamine neurotransmission.

Describe the characteristics of the Disease model,Drive theory of addiction,opponent-process theory or addiction,and incentive salience model of addiction.

______________ occurs when an organism engages in learned behaviors in order to achieve a desired goal.

A researcher who found it most useful to think of drug withdrawal as enhancing the rewarding value of a drug would likely be most in favor of which drug addiction model?

Which of the following suggests that a person has a substance use disorder?

All of the following were implications of the Harrison Narcotics Act except:

The _________________ model states that drug addiction occurs after a shift from liking the effects of a drug to wanting the effects of a drug.

Since she became hooked on a drug some months ago,Leah seems to think about nothing except when she can use again and about ways she can get more the of drug.Based on this description alone,which stage of addiction is Leah most likely in?

According to opponent-process theory,unchecked opposing processes will cause _________.

Finding that certain things can serve as a reminder of an interest in using a drug is a way of describing:

A drug classified as schedule _________ has very high abuse potential but also legitimate medical uses.