PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability, Mescaline
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Amphetamines: a group of stimulating drugs that produce heightened levels of energy and, in large doses, nervousness, sleeplessness, and paranoid delusions. The first amphetamine, benzedrine was synthesized in 1927. produce effect by releasing norepinephrine and dopamine while blocking reuptake, addictive. Antabuse: a biological drug treatment for drinking problems that causes a person to feel nauseous if he or she drinks alcohol. Barbiturates: one of the major types of sedatives. Clonidine: an anti-hypertensive drug that shows some promise in helping people wean themselves from substance dependence. Cocaine: a pain reducing, stimulating, and addictive alkaloid obtained from coca leaves, which increases mental powers, produces euphoria, heightens sexual desires, and in large doses causes paranoid and hallucinations. Conditioning theory of tolerance: the notion that tolerance and extinction are learned responses and environmental cues become associated with addictive substances through pavlovian conditioning. Controlled drinking: moderate pattern of alcohol consumption that avoids the extremes of total abstinence and inebriation.
