Question 1

What is the first stage in the FDA's guidelines for the testing and marketing of a drug?

Accepted Answer

A) animal trials 
B) experimental studies with healthy volunteers 
C) experimental studies with clinical patients 
D) belief that a particular compound has clinical value 
E) none of these

Question 2

According to the Stress Response Dampening model,individuals who have had a stressful drug or alcohol experience are less likely to abuse drugs or alcohol.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

__________ refers to the experimental method in which neither the experimenter nor the subject knows which experimental condition the subject is in.

Accepted Answer

A) Placebo control 
B) Classical conditioning 
C) Double blind 
D) Group design

Question 4

When people are exposed to conditioned stimuli many times without the drug they are associated with,the feelings of discomfort or craving these stimuli produce dissipate.This is a process known as __________.

Accepted Answer

A) extinction 
B) withdrawal 
C) rebound 
D) reverse tolerance

Question 5

How long does the first step in new drug development--initial synthesis and preclinical trials--typically take?

Accepted Answer

A) 1 - 3 months 
B) 6 months - 1 year 
C) 1 - 3 years 
D) 5 - 10 years

Question 6

A control group is an experimental group in which subjects can control the dose of a drug that is administered.

Accepted Answer