Week 12 Addiction

1. 1Addicts take drugs for the rewarding effect and also to avoid withdrawals

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
2. 2Match the words to its association
   1. "Whenever I take cocaine, I just dont get the same effect as I used to." [blank_start]Tolerance[blank_end]
   2. "Acid makes me feel the same as always except I hallucinate heaps more." [blank_start]Sensitisation[blank_end]
   3. " *scratch* *scratch* where them drugs homie." [blank_start]Withdrawal[blank_end]
   4. When neurons change in order to adapt to a drug. [blank_start]Neuroadaptation[blank_end]

   1. ATolerance
   2. BSensitisation
   3. CWithdrawal
   4. DNeuroadaptation
3. 3The dopamine theory of addiction states that addiction is caused by the speed and magnitude of DA release in the VTA

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
4. 4DA is always associated with pleasure

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
5. 5Removing DA transporter causes rats to stop self administering cocaine. (REMEMBER: That cocaine blocks DA transporters)

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
6. 6Glutamate is associated with craving and cued learning associations within addiction.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
7. 7More rats die of heroin self administration than cocaine

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
8. 8What are these areas associated with in relation to repeated drug use
   1. Nucleus accumbens "OOOOO This is so good, so unexpected everytime." [blank_start]Motivation, reward and reinforcement[blank_end]
   2. Hippocampus and amygdala "I remember how good this feels" [blank_start]Memory and emotion[blank_end]
   3. Dorsal striatum "I do this all the time" [blank_start]Decisions and habit formation[blank_end]
   4. Prefrontal cortex "I CANT HELP IT, I GOTTA HAVE IT NOW" [blank_start]Regulation of appropriate behaviour[blank_end]
   5. Orbitofrontal cortex "SOO worth it, i dont care about anything else" [blank_start]Value of reward[blank_end]
   

   1. AMotivation, reward and reinforcement
   2. BMemory and emotion
   3. CDecisions and habit formation
   4. DRegulation of appropriate behaviour
   5. EValue of reward
9. 9What is the reward prediction error

   1. AWhen the NA inflates the perceived reward of a drug to make it more unexpected and worth paying attention to
   2. BWhen a cue is associated to drugs when it normally shouldnt be

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PSY236 Quiz on Week 12 Addiction, created by James Pham on 14/11/2017.

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