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1. The immediate effects of amphetamines are to energize behavior, but once comi

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Question

1. The immediate effects of amphetamines are to energize behavior, but once coming down from the “high,” users experience depression. Which impacted neurotransmitter accounts for this depression?

A. norepinephrine

B. epinephrine

C. dopamine

D. GABA

2.After years of using cocaine, John no longer seemed like the same person to his family. He showed poor ability to make decisions and had difficulty resisting the urge to act impulsively. If we examined John’s brain, what would we expect to see that would account for cocaine’s impact on John’s behavior?

A. John will have less activity than expected in his prefrontal cortex.

B. John will have less activity than expected in his temporal lobes.

C. John will have more gray matter than expected in his prefrontal cortex.

D. John will have more gray matter than expected in his temporal lobes.

3.In what way are drugs and ESB different from natural rewards such as food, water, and sex?

A. Drugs and ESB have greater effects on dopamine in the mesolimbic pathway.

B. Drugs and ESB result in less dopamine increase in the nucleus accumbens than natural rewards do.

C. Drugs and ESB do not have rewarding effects through the mesolimbic pathway.

D. Animals are less likely to work to receive ESB or drugs than they are for natural rewards such as food.

4.Cocaine impacts a fetus because it crosses the placenta.

B. False

5.What process helps explain how a mother’s smoking can result in birth defects of her children, such as cleft lip?

A. methylation

B. antagonism

C. heredity

D. impulsivity

6.Which of the following is a potential adverse effect of alcohol consumption?

A. psychosis

B. aggression

C. anxiety

D. panic attacks

A. True

B. False

5.What process helps explain how a mother’s smoking can result in birth defects of her children, such as cleft lip?

A. methylation

B. antagonism

C. heredity

D. impulsivity

6.Which of the following is a potential adverse effect of alcohol consumption?

A. psychosis

B. aggression

C. anxiety

D. panic attacks

Explanation / Answer

1.Norepinephrine

2.John will have less activity than expected in his prefrontal cortex.

3.Drugs and ESB have greater effects on dopamine in the mesolimbic pathway.

4.False

5.Heredity

6.Psychosis