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Question 1 of 12
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The before-and-after design is often used to demonstrate
Correct A.contingent tolerance.
B.metabolic tolerance.
C.situationally specific tolerance.
D.functional tolerance.
Answer Key: A
Feedback: Answer: A
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Question 2 of 12
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Much of what we believe about the biopsychology of drug addiction is based on the study of drug self-administration in laboratory animals, but there is a major concern:
A.Most of the research has been based on opiate self-administration.
B.Most of the research has been based on stimulant self-administration.
C.The housing and testing conditions have been unnatural.
Correct D.both B and C
Answer Key: D
Feedback: Answer: D
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Question 3 of 12
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Which of the following seem to share some brain mechanisms with habitual drug taking?
A.kleptomania
B.overeating
C.compulsive shopping
Correct D.all of the above
Answer Key: D
Feedback: Answer: D
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Question 4 of 12
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Recent research suggests that during the transition from initial drug taking to habitual drug taking.
A.there are impairments in the function of prefrontal cortex.
B.the control of drug taking is shifted from the nucleus accumbens.
C.the control of drug taking is shifted to the dorsal striatum.
Correct D.all of the above
Answer Key: D
Feedback: Answer: D
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Question 5 of 12
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Each T cell has two kinds of receptors on its membrane: one for molecules normally found on the surface of __________ and one for a specific __________.
A.antigens; macrophage
Incorrect B.antigens; antibody
C.macrophages; antigen
D.antibodies; antigen
Answer Key: C
Feedback: Answer: C
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Question 6 of 12
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Vaccination is often an effective preventive measure because
A.viruses have a memory.
Correct B.the adaptive immune system has a memory.
C.conspecifics have a memory.
D.the innate immune system has a memory.
Answer Key: B
Feedback: Answer: B
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Question 7 of 12
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Subordination stress is most readily investigated in species that form
A.attack teams.
Correct B.stable dominance hierarchies.
C.social aggression groups.
D.permanent mating bonds.
Answer Key: B
Feedback: Answer: B
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Question 8 of 12
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The areas of the cortex that control emotion seem to
A.vary substantially from emotion to emotion and person to person.
B.be clustered in the prefrontal lobes.
C.be clustered in the temporal lobes.
Incorrect D.be clustered in the right hemisphere.
Answer Key: A
Feedback: Answer: A
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Question 9 of 12
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The main difficulty in diagnosing psychiatric disorders is that
A.patients suffering from the same psychiatric disorder often display different symptoms.
B.patients suffering from different psychiatric disorders often display the same symptoms.
C.dream analysis is subjective and expensive.
Correct D.both A and B
Answer Key: D
Feedback: Answer: D
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Rationale: The focus of the chapter is on the difficulty of diagnosis.
Question 10 of 12
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Several large scale studies have compared the effectiveness of various antidepressants to placebos. These studies have found that
A.various classes of antidepressants are similarly effective.
B.overall, antidepressants benefitted only 25% more patients than did placebos.
C.antidepressants are of no significant benefit for the mildly or moderately depressed.
Correct D.all of the above
Answer Key: D
Feedback: Answer: D
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Rationale: Considering the amount spent on these drugs and the seriousness of the problem, these results are depressing.
Question 11 of 12
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Drugs for which the market is too small for them to be profitable are called __________ drugs.
Correct A.orphan
B.translational
C.noneconomic
D.petit mal
Answer Key: A
Feedback: Answer: A
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Question 12 of 12
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Which neurotransmitter has been most often implicated in anxiety disorders because of the effects of benzodiazepines?
Correct A.GABA
B.dopamine
C.norepinephrine
D.glutamate
Answer Key: A
Feedback: Answer: A
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