PSY407H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Choice Architecture, Neuropeptide Y, Prefrontal Cortex
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Looking @ addiction from at least 3 perspectives: add in culture and spirituality which become very important in recovery. Top 10% are drinking 55% of the alcohol, the next 10% are drinking 20%, and 20% of. Americans have larger sober people(30%), top percent drinks more: aboriginal communities have more sober people and higher rates of intoxication. Choice architecture: stimuli are designed for us to be consumers of particular products. Legal substances account for most of the substance abuse-few people actually use illicit drugs other than cannabis. People with mental illness make up 50% of the cigarettes smoked, also very likely to be addicted to other substances. Dependence: see physicological changes, tolerance=need more and more to get the same effect, or if you use the same a(cid:373)t (cid:455)ou"ll feel less effe(cid:272)t, withdrawl=physiological symptoms when you stop doing it. Higher (cid:272)apture rate, (cid:373)ore (cid:862)addi(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e(cid:863) the su(cid:271)sta(cid:374)(cid:272)e is: capture is the ratio of drug dependents to those who use it, not perfect-cannabis example.
