PSYS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Binge Drinking, Rank, Motor Cortex
5 Oct 2016
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A drug is any substance that affects living tissue. Biologically, behavior is caused by a chemical interactions between neurons (a problem may be understood as a chemical imbalance ) Your body"s set point (equilibrium) for responding changes with chronic use. Tolerance: increased amount required over time to get the same effect. Dependence: your body comes to require the drug to function normally. B. 3. b) iclicker: a person who requires increasing amounts of a drug in order to feel its effect has devel- oped: answer: tolerance. Alcohol iclicker: rank order the top 3 beverages based on the amount consumed by amer- ican adults each year: answer: soft drinks, beer, bottled water: drinking practices. Animals prefer semi-rotten fruit because of the fermented alcohol that is within it. Asking 10 people (a. 2. a. 1) (a. 2. a. 2) (a. 2. a. 3) (a. 2. a. 4) (a. 2. a. 5) (a. 2. a. 6) 2. 65 gallons are consumed by each person per year. 1 drinks a gallon and a half each year.
