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Abnormal Chapter 11
Abnormal Psychology Chapter 11 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Range of problems associated with the use and abuse of drugs such as alcohol, cocaine, heroin, and other substances people use to alter the way they think, feel, and behave. Extremely costly in human and financial terms | Substance-related disorders |
| Disorders in which a person acts on an irresistible, but potentially harmful, impulse | Impulse-control disorders |
| Use of multiple mind and behavior-altering substances, such as drugs | Polysubstance use |
| Substances, such as drugs, that alter mood or behavior | Psychoactive substance |
| Physiological reactions, such as impaired judgment and motor ability, as well as mood changes, resulting from the ingestion of psychoactive substances | Substance intoxication |
| Pattern of psychoactive substance use leading to significant distress or impairment in social and occupational roles and in hazardous situations | Substance abuse |
| Maladaptive pattern of substance use characterized by the need for increased amounts to achieve the desired effect, negative physical effects when the substance is withdrawn, unsuccessful efforts to control its use, and effort to get the drug | Substance dependence |
| Need for increased amounts of a substance to achieve the desired effect, and a diminished effect with continued use of the same amount | Tolerance |
| Severely negative physiological reaction to removal of a psychoactive substances, which can be alleviated by the same or a similar substance | Withdrawal |
| Psychoactive substances that result in behavioral sedation, including alcohol and the sedative, hypnotic, and anxiolytic drugs | Depressants |
| Psychoactive substances that elevate mood, activity, and alertness, including amphetamines, caffeine, cocaine, and nicotine | Stimulants |
| Addictive psychoactive substances such as heroin, opium, and morphine that cause temporary euphoria and analgesia | Opiates |
| Any psychoactive substance such as LSD or marijuana that can produce delusion, hallucinations, paranoia, and altered sensory perception | Hallucinogens |
| Cognitive, biological, behavioral, and social problems associated with alcohol use and abuse | Alcohol use disorders |
| Frightening hallucinations and body tremors that result when a heavy drinker withdraws from alcohol | Withdrawal delirium (delirium tremens) |
| Pattern of problems including learning difficulties, behavior deficits, and characteristic physical flaws, resulting from heavy drinking by the victim's mother when she was pregnant with the victim | Fetal alcohol syndrome |
| Enzyme that helps humans metabolize alcohol. Different levels of its subtypes may account for different susceptibilities to disorders such as fetal alcohol | Alcohol dehydrogenase |
| Sedative (and addictive) drugs including Amytal, Seconal, and Nembutal that are used as sleep aids | Barbiturates |
| Anti-anxiety drugs including Valium, Xanax, Dalmane, and Halcion also used to treat insomnia. Effective against anxiety, they show some side effects such as some cognitive and motor impairment and may result in substance dependence. Relapse rates high | Benzodiazepines |
| Psychological, biological, behavioral, and social problems associated with amphetamine use and abuse | Amphetamine use disorders |
| Derivative of coca leaves used medicinally as a local anesthetic and narcotic; often a substance of abuse | Cocaine use disorders |
| Cognitive, biological, behavioral, and social problems associated with the use and abuse of cocaine | Nicotine use disorders |
| Cognitive, biological, behavioral, and social problems associated with the use and abuse of caffeine | Caffeine use disorders |
| Cognitive, biological, behavioral, and social problems associated with the use and abuse of opiates and their synthetic variants | Opioid use disorders |
| Cognitive, biological, behavioral, and social problems associated with the use and abuse of hallucination | Hallucinogen use disorders |
| Dried part of the hemp plant; a hallucinogen that is the most widely used illegal substance | Marijuana (Cannabis sativa) |
| Most common hallucinogenic drug; a synthetic version of the grain fungus ergot | LSD (d-lysergic acid diethylamide) |
| Replacement of a drug on which a person is dependent with one that has a similar chemical makeup | Agonist substitution |
| Chemical substance that effectively increases the activity of a neurotransmitter by imitating its effects | Agonist drug |
| An extremely controversial treatment approach to alcohol dependence, in which severe abusers are taught to drink in moderation | Controlled drinking |
| Extending therapeutic progress by teaching the client how to cope with future troubling situations | Relapse prevention |
| Episodes during which a person acts of aggressive impulses that result in serious assaults or destruction of property | Intermittent explosive disorder |
| Recurrent failure to resist urges to steal things not needed for personal use or their monetary gain | Kleptomania |
| An impulse-control disorder that involves having an irresistible urge to set fires | Pyromania |
| Persistent and recurrent maladaptive gambling behavior | Pathological gambling |
| People's urge to pull out their own hair from anywhere on the body, including the scalp. eyebrows, and arm. | Trichotillomania |
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