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1. What do hypnosis & LSD have in common?
2. In the late 1700’s, a force called “animal magnetism” (later called hypnosis) was introduced by
3. What percentage of a randomly selected group of college students is highly susceptible to hypnosis & therefore could be easily hypnotized?
4. The sociocognitive theory of hypnosis says that hypnosis is based on a(n
5. Kimberly rids herself of headaches by hypnotic suggestions. Which of the following is she experiencing?
6. “I know I was hypnotized, but that’s all I can remember.” This could be an example of
7. Hypnosis tends to be more effective in addressing problems related to _________, but less effective in problems related to __________.
8. Once the individual has developed a behavioral pattern of drug abuse & an overwhelming desire to get and use the drug, then we say that the individual has developed a(n)
9. If a person continues to take a drug to prevent withdrawal symptoms, the person is experiencing
10. Basically, all drugs work by interfering with the normal operation of
11. Which of the following is not a mechanism by which drugs change behavior?
12. Select the option that is incorrect in explaining how the following drug affects the nervous system.
13. All of the following are stimulants except
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14. One sad lesson from the history of amphetamine, cocaine, & methamphetamine use is that
15. Rose claims that cocaine is the most dangerous drug in terms of the number of deaths caused each year. Her belief is
16. The three main effects of __________ are pain reduction, euphoria, & constipation.
17. The most common treatment for heroin addiction is
18. LSD’s effect is due to its similarity to
19. Which of the following best illustrates the effects of MDMA?
20. The gateway effect refers to
21. Of the therapies for drug treatment described in your textbook, which one was found to be most effective in reducing drinking?
22. The two signs of physical dependency are
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23. The tendency to act as though your behavior is out of your control & involuntary is called (the)
24. Large doses of amphetamines can lead to a severe mental disturbance & paranoia called
25. Hypnosis has been successfully used to
26. Caffeine replaced __________ in patent medicines in the early 1900s.
27. In the __________ theory of hypnosis, the person has a part of the mind that is not hypnotized & that is fully aware of the proceedings.
28. The "date rape" drug, Rohypnol, is one of the
29. Several of her friends suspect that Kim is using some sort of drug. She is very thin, stays awake for long periods of time, & is often jittery, nervous, & somewhat paranoid. Kim is likely using
30. A long-term effect of marijuana use is
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31. Which of the following statements about marijuana is true?
32. High doses of marijuana can lead to
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The Cup of Despair
Yesterday This Day's Madness did prepare;
To-morrow's Silence, Triumph, or Despair:
Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why:
Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
 from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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