Abnormal Psychology 7th Edition By Oltmanns And Emery – Test Bank

Chapter 11: Substance Use Disorders

Multiple Choice

11.1.1. According the World Health Organization ______ use was responsible for 5 percent of the total burden of disease and disability worldwide in 2004.

a. heroin
b. alcohol
c. cocaine
d. marijuana

Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 11.1.1
Page Reference: 272
Topic: Overview
Skill: Conceptual

Answer: b. alcohol

11.1.2. Your friend misses work and has serious family difficulties because he uses drugs. However, he is not addicted to drugs. What DSM-IV diagnosis should be made in this case?

a. substance abuse
b. substance craving
c. substance dependence
d. substance ingestion habit

Difficulty: 3
Question ID: 11.1.2
Page Reference: 272
Topic: Overview
Skill: Applied

Answer: a. substance abuse

11.1.3. DSM-IV defines substance abuse in terms of

a. addiction.
b. tolerance and withdrawal.
c. craving and lack of control.
d. interference with obligations at work and home.

Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 11.1.3
Page Reference: 272
Topic: Overview
Skill: Factual

Answer: d. interference with obligations at work and home.

11.1.4. You are reading an older text on alcohol and other drugs. The text has numerous references to the word addiction, which you find later has been replaced by ____________________. The two terms have essentially the same meaning.

a. abuse.
b. anhedonia.
c. substance dependence.
d. self‑destructive tendencies.

Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 11.1.4
Page Reference: 272
Topic: Overview
Skill: Conceptual

Answer: c. substance dependence.

11.1.5. What term is used to describe chemicals that can alter a person’s mood, perception, or brain functioning?

a. legal drugs
b. illegal drugs
c. psychoactive substances
d. exogenous brain substances

Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 11.1.5
Page Reference: 272
Topic: Overview
Skill: Factual

Answer: c. psychoactive substances

11.1.6. Polysubstance abuse refers to abuse of

a. synthetic drugs.
b. more serious drugs.
c. prescription drugs.
d. several types of drugs.

Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 11.1.6
Page Reference: 272
Topic: Overview
Skill: Factual

Answer: d. several types of drugs.

11.1.7. While watching a television show you hear one of the characters, a physician, talk about narcotic analgesics. What is another name for these drugs?

a. opiates
b. hypnotics
c. cannabinoids
d. benzodiazepines

Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 11.1.7
Page Reference: 272
Topic: Overview
Skill: Factual

Answer: a. opiates

11.1.8. What type of drug is alcohol?

a. opiate
b. analgesic
c. central nervous system stimulant
d. central nervous system depressant

Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 11.1.8
Page Reference: 273
Topic: Overview
Skill: Factual

Answer: d. central nervous system depressant

11.1.9. Which term describes central nervous system depressants that are used to relieve anxiety?

a. opiates
b. hypnotics
c. analgesics
d. anxiolytics

Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 11.1.9
Page Reference: 272
Topic: Overview
Skill: Factual

Answer: d. anxiolytics

11.1.10. For a class assignment you are asked to find information on cocaine. A reference book on drugs lists them by major category. Under which category will you find cocaine?

a. opiates
b. stimulants
c. depressants
d. hallucinogens

Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 11.1.10
Page Reference: 273
Topic: Overview
Skill: Applied

Answer: b. stimulants