PS268 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sigmund Freud, Topical Anesthetic, Aphrodisiac
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Lesson 9: stimulants cocaine and amphetamines: speed people up . 9. 4 current patterns of cocaine use: university students, 10% tried cocaine, 2% use cocaine once per month (prediction: 8%, <1% tried crack cocaine, almost every bill has trace amounts of cocaine on it. 9. 6 basic pharmacology: psychoactive drugs (ie. amphetamines) affect receptors in the brain bc their molecular structure resembles the molecular structure of the natural neurotransmitter ( mimicry ) No: % students who tried ritalin as cognitive enhancer: 5% (10% prediction) improves focus but focus on wrong things, common in universities w/ high expectations, high stress, frat/sororities. If there was an effective cognitive enhancer drug would you take it & is it considered cheating: take it, cheating: 12, not take it, cheating: 26, take it, not cheating: 39, not take it, not cheating: 28% Amphetamines: methamphetamines kill brain cells, kills neurons leading to parkinson"s disease, 2% university students tried methamphetamines (prediction: 3%)
