PSYB65H3 Lecture 8: Lecture 8 Clear and concise! (Psychopharmacology of drug action, depressants, opiates, and hallucinogens)

22. It is surprising that alcohol is technically a since most users state that they need a few drinks to get the party started. It appears that this reaction actually results from the inhibitory control centres in the brain. A) hallucinogen; exciting B) opiate; depressing C) stimulant; exciting D) depressant; depressing E) depressant; exciting

21. Antipsychotic medications used to treat schizophrenia act by binding with and blocking dopamine receptor sites, thus reducing the effects of abnormally high levels of this neurotransmitter. Such medications would be classified as A) antigens B) agonists C) antagonists D) inhibitors E) depressants