PSYCH 121 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Addiction - Answers - overwhelming involvement with using a drug, getting an adequate
supply of it, and having a strong tendency to resume use of it after stopping for a period
Craving - Answers - typically a strong or intense desire to use a drug
Drug - Answers - broadly defined as any chemical entity or mixture of entities not
required for the maintenance of health but that alters biological function or structure
when administered
Drug abuse - Answers - any use of drugs that causes physical, psychological, legal, or
social harm to the individual user or to others affected by the drug users behavior
Drug effects - Answers - the action of a drug on the body
Grain - Answers - as a measure (unit of weight) (.0648 gram)
Over the counter drugs - Answers - drugs that can be obtained legally without a medical
prescription
Pharmacology - Answers - the scientific study of drugs concerned with all information
about the effects of drugs on living systems
Placebo - Answers - in pharmacology, a chemically inactive substance
Ploy drug use - Answers - a persons regular use of more than one drug
Prevalence - Answers - the general occurrence of an event, usually expressed in terms
of percentage of some population
Psychoactive - Answers - pertaining to effects on mood, thinking, and behavior
Psychological dependence - Answers - the emotional state of craving a drug either for
its positive effect or to avoid negative effects associated with its abuse
Psychological set - Answers - an individuals knowledge, attitudes, expectations, and
other thoughts about an object or event, such as a drug
Psychology - Answers - the scientific study of behavior
Psychopharmacology - Answers - the subarea of pharmacology that concerns the effect
of drugs on behavior
, Route of drug administration - Answers - the way that drugs enter the body
Syndrome - Answers - in medicine, and number of body symptoms that occur together
and characterize a specific illness or disease
Tolerance - Answers - increased amounts of a drug needed to achieve intoxication, or a
diminished drug effect with continued use of the same amount of a drug
Withdrawal - Answers - a definable illness that occurs with a cessation or decrease in
use of a drug
Drug classification - Answers - by origin, by the therapeutic use, by site of drug action,
by chemical structure, mechanism of action, by street name
Most frequent drug use among young adults - Answers - 18-25
Most commonly tired and currently used psychoactive - Answers - alcohol, tobacco,
cigarettes, and marijuana
Substance abuse - Answers - immediate or long term physical, psychological, legal, or
social harm to the individuals or others affected by the drug users behavior
Substance abuse measurement (in order) - Answers - expert evaluation of different
drugs, user self report, surveillance, direct observation, examples
Substance use - Answers - to take an exogenous psychoactive chemical substance into
the body for a purpose other than that of maintaining normal health
Substance dependence - Answers - repeated substance use that leads to a loss of
control, tolerance, withdrawal, and/or sensitization
Amphetamines - Answers - central nervous system stimulants that act like naturally
occurring adrenaline
Avoirdupois - Answers - something sold or ,measured by weight based on 1 pound
equaling 16 ounces
Cannabis sativa - Answers - the Indian hemp plant known as marijuana; its resin,
flowering tops, leaves, and stem contain the plant's psychoactive substances
"bath salts" - Answers - a psychoactive "designer drug" that is synthesized from various
amphetamine-like chemicals and can be inhaled, swallowed, smoked, or injected
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Addiction - Answers - overwhelming involvement with using a drug, getting an adequate
supply of it, and having a strong tendency to resume use of it after stopping for a period
Craving - Answers - typically a strong or intense desire to use a drug
Drug - Answers - broadly defined as any chemical entity or mixture of entities not
required for the maintenance of health but that alters biological function or structure
when administered
Drug abuse - Answers - any use of drugs that causes physical, psychological, legal, or
social harm to the individual user or to others affected by the drug users behavior
Drug effects - Answers - the action of a drug on the body
Grain - Answers - as a measure (unit of weight) (.0648 gram)
Over the counter drugs - Answers - drugs that can be obtained legally without a medical
prescription
Pharmacology - Answers - the scientific study of drugs concerned with all information
about the effects of drugs on living systems
Placebo - Answers - in pharmacology, a chemically inactive substance
Ploy drug use - Answers - a persons regular use of more than one drug
Prevalence - Answers - the general occurrence of an event, usually expressed in terms
of percentage of some population
Psychoactive - Answers - pertaining to effects on mood, thinking, and behavior
Psychological dependence - Answers - the emotional state of craving a drug either for
its positive effect or to avoid negative effects associated with its abuse
Psychological set - Answers - an individuals knowledge, attitudes, expectations, and
other thoughts about an object or event, such as a drug
Psychology - Answers - the scientific study of behavior
Psychopharmacology - Answers - the subarea of pharmacology that concerns the effect
of drugs on behavior
, Route of drug administration - Answers - the way that drugs enter the body
Syndrome - Answers - in medicine, and number of body symptoms that occur together
and characterize a specific illness or disease
Tolerance - Answers - increased amounts of a drug needed to achieve intoxication, or a
diminished drug effect with continued use of the same amount of a drug
Withdrawal - Answers - a definable illness that occurs with a cessation or decrease in
use of a drug
Drug classification - Answers - by origin, by the therapeutic use, by site of drug action,
by chemical structure, mechanism of action, by street name
Most frequent drug use among young adults - Answers - 18-25
Most commonly tired and currently used psychoactive - Answers - alcohol, tobacco,
cigarettes, and marijuana
Substance abuse - Answers - immediate or long term physical, psychological, legal, or
social harm to the individuals or others affected by the drug users behavior
Substance abuse measurement (in order) - Answers - expert evaluation of different
drugs, user self report, surveillance, direct observation, examples
Substance use - Answers - to take an exogenous psychoactive chemical substance into
the body for a purpose other than that of maintaining normal health
Substance dependence - Answers - repeated substance use that leads to a loss of
control, tolerance, withdrawal, and/or sensitization
Amphetamines - Answers - central nervous system stimulants that act like naturally
occurring adrenaline
Avoirdupois - Answers - something sold or ,measured by weight based on 1 pound
equaling 16 ounces
Cannabis sativa - Answers - the Indian hemp plant known as marijuana; its resin,
flowering tops, leaves, and stem contain the plant's psychoactive substances
"bath salts" - Answers - a psychoactive "designer drug" that is synthesized from various
amphetamine-like chemicals and can be inhaled, swallowed, smoked, or injected
