Question

1.Marc has tried to quit heroin seven times only to relapse each and every time. Marc has used dirty needles to shoot up and claims he doesn’t care about the risks from sharing needles, and he spends the majority of his waking hours obsessing about how to get high again. Marc shows the hallmark signs of ______.

a)being in withdrawal b)Tolerance c) addiction d) constipation

2. Which of the following is likely to occur once a person reaches a BAC level of .46%?

a)They will vomit b)They will die. c)They will be arrested if found driving a car. d)They will commit a violent crime.

3. The connections between drugs of abuse and cues surrounding drug use involve activity in the ______.

a) habenula b)thalamus c) hypothalamus d)hippocampus

4. Lizards are an example of __________ because they cannot regulate their body temperature, whereas, elephants are an example of ___________ because they can maintain a constant internal temperature.

a)cold-sensitive; warm-sensitive b)warm-sensitive; cold-sensitive c)endotherms; ectotherms d) ectotherms; endotherms

5. How does the hypovolemic thirst signal get from the kidneys to the brain?

a) The vagus nerve sends signals from the heart to the brain. Tb) he median preoptic nucleus detects low water volume directly via its blood supply.

c)The kidneys prompt release and production of hormones renin and angiotensin II. d)Signals are sent from the organum vasculosum lamina terminalis.

6. Osmotic thirst is detected by the ______.

organum vasculosum lamina terminalis b)nucleus of the solitary tract c) subfornical organ d) vagus nerve

7. The __________________hypothalamus initiates eating and hunger; whereas, the _______________hypothalamus indicates when the stomach is full.

a) arcuate nucleus; lateral b)paraventricular nucleus; ventromedial c)nucleus of solitary tract; organum vasculosum lamina terminalis d)lateral; ventromedial

8. The arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus is a vital structure for monitoring the body's nutrient supplies.

a)True b)False

9.Epigenetic factors provide a mechanism for a pregnant woman’s behavior to impact the obesity risk of her baby.

a)True b)False

10.What brain abnormality is seen in people with anorexia and bulimia nervosa?

a)increased dopamine receptors in the ventral striatum b)increased serotonin receptors in the hypothalamus c)decreased 5HT_1A receptors in the subgenual prefrontal cortex

d) increased cannabinoid receptors in the insula

11.Which of the following psychological disorder types frequently co-occurs with an eating disorder?

a) autism b) anxiety disorders c)intellectual disability d) dementia

Answer 1

Answer 1. (C) Addiction

Answer 2. (B) They will die. Because more than .40 is lethal

Answer 3. (C) Hypothalamus

Answer 4. (D) Ectotherms - endothems