Drugs, Society & Human Behavior – Exam #1 Practice Test (Chapters 1–5) Study
Guide & Review Questions
Designer Drugs ( Synthetic drugs or Synthetic Opioids) - correct answer ✔✔( Synthetic drugs or
Synthetic Opioids)
New drugs that are developed by people intending to circumvent the illegality of a drug by
modifying drug into a new compound; Ecstasy is an example
Experimenters - correct answer ✔✔1st Category of drug users, typified as being in the initial
stages of drug use; these people often use drugs for recreational purposes
Compulsive User - correct answer ✔✔2nd Category of drug users; typified by an insatiable
attraction followed by a psychological dependence on drugs
Extroversion - correct answer ✔✔Tendency to seek outward activity and share feelings with
others ( Outgoing, might look for something to change how they feel)
FDA - correct answer ✔✔(Food and Drug Administration)
Regulates the advertising of prescription drugs.
They cannot limit the amount of resources spent on prescription advertisements.
Introversion - correct answer ✔✔Tendency to turn their thoughts and feelings inward rather
than to direct attention outward
( Very to themselves, may look or enjoy stimulates that draws them outside)
Primary Group - correct answer ✔✔Groups that share a high amount of intimacy and
spontaneity and whose members you're emotionally bonded to (People who have a lot of
influence on you)
, Secondary Group - correct answer ✔✔Share segmented relationships in which interactions is
based on prescribed role patterns (Professor, teacher, boss, ect.)
Rebound - correct answer ✔✔This effect is a form of withdrawal; paradoxical effects that occur
when a drug has been eliminated from the body
Prescription Medicines - correct answer ✔✔Drugs that are prescribed by a physician. Common
examples include antibiotics, antidepressants, and drugs prescribed to relieve pain, induce
stimulation or relaxation. These drugs are taken under a physician's recommendation because
they are more potent than OTC drugs.
Medicine - correct answer ✔✔Compounds generally prescribed by a physician that treat,
prevent, or alleviate the symptoms of disease (These can also include OTC drugs purchased at
pharmacies)
Orphan Drug Law - correct answer ✔✔Allows drug companies to receive tax advantages if they
develop drugs that are not very profitable because they are useful in treating only small
numbers of patients, such as those who suffer from rare diseases
Predisposition - correct answer ✔✔Factors that determine how determine how difficult it is to
break way from drug addiction may be genetically determined, causing severe cravings or very
unpleasant withdrawal effects in some individuals. people with this are less likely to abandon
their drug of abuse
Character or Personality Predisposition - correct answer ✔✔The view of dependency as a
symptom of problems in the system of needs, motives, and attitudes within the individual
Drugs - correct answer ✔✔Any Substance that modifies (either by enhancing, inhibiting, or
distorting) mind and/or body functioning
Guide & Review Questions
Designer Drugs ( Synthetic drugs or Synthetic Opioids) - correct answer ✔✔( Synthetic drugs or
Synthetic Opioids)
New drugs that are developed by people intending to circumvent the illegality of a drug by
modifying drug into a new compound; Ecstasy is an example
Experimenters - correct answer ✔✔1st Category of drug users, typified as being in the initial
stages of drug use; these people often use drugs for recreational purposes
Compulsive User - correct answer ✔✔2nd Category of drug users; typified by an insatiable
attraction followed by a psychological dependence on drugs
Extroversion - correct answer ✔✔Tendency to seek outward activity and share feelings with
others ( Outgoing, might look for something to change how they feel)
FDA - correct answer ✔✔(Food and Drug Administration)
Regulates the advertising of prescription drugs.
They cannot limit the amount of resources spent on prescription advertisements.
Introversion - correct answer ✔✔Tendency to turn their thoughts and feelings inward rather
than to direct attention outward
( Very to themselves, may look or enjoy stimulates that draws them outside)
Primary Group - correct answer ✔✔Groups that share a high amount of intimacy and
spontaneity and whose members you're emotionally bonded to (People who have a lot of
influence on you)
, Secondary Group - correct answer ✔✔Share segmented relationships in which interactions is
based on prescribed role patterns (Professor, teacher, boss, ect.)
Rebound - correct answer ✔✔This effect is a form of withdrawal; paradoxical effects that occur
when a drug has been eliminated from the body
Prescription Medicines - correct answer ✔✔Drugs that are prescribed by a physician. Common
examples include antibiotics, antidepressants, and drugs prescribed to relieve pain, induce
stimulation or relaxation. These drugs are taken under a physician's recommendation because
they are more potent than OTC drugs.
Medicine - correct answer ✔✔Compounds generally prescribed by a physician that treat,
prevent, or alleviate the symptoms of disease (These can also include OTC drugs purchased at
pharmacies)
Orphan Drug Law - correct answer ✔✔Allows drug companies to receive tax advantages if they
develop drugs that are not very profitable because they are useful in treating only small
numbers of patients, such as those who suffer from rare diseases
Predisposition - correct answer ✔✔Factors that determine how determine how difficult it is to
break way from drug addiction may be genetically determined, causing severe cravings or very
unpleasant withdrawal effects in some individuals. people with this are less likely to abandon
their drug of abuse
Character or Personality Predisposition - correct answer ✔✔The view of dependency as a
symptom of problems in the system of needs, motives, and attitudes within the individual
Drugs - correct answer ✔✔Any Substance that modifies (either by enhancing, inhibiting, or
distorting) mind and/or body functioning
