Questions on Psychology
1. Which of the following statements most accurately represents the use of plant-based psychoactive substances? A. Plant-based psychoactive drugs are uncommon today and rarely used. B. Today marijuana is the only plant-based psychoactive substance that is still used. C. All plants that yield psychoactive substances are illegal today. D. About 4,000 plants yield psychoactive substances, and the vast majority are not illegal.
2. The Gin Epidemic… E. is a myth F. was brought under control through high taxes and the strict regulation of the sale of gin G. devastated the Middle East H. is a current problem
3. The British encouraged the planting of hemp in the new American colonies for which of the following reasons? I. to provide England with strong fibers from which it could make rope and sails for its ships J. to produce psychoactive drugs derived from cannabis that could be sold to other countries K. to ensure that the colonists would be high most of the time and therefore easier to control L. as a means of payment to slave laborers
4. Listed below are three different sequential variations of drugs in the opiate family. Which one accurately represents the order in which the drugs were discovered and used (from left to right, representing oldest to newest drug forms). M. opium, heroin, morphine N. morphine, opium, hydromorphone O. opium, morphine, heroin P. hydromorphone, morphine, heroin
5. According to the authors of Uppers, Downers, All Arounders, a psychoactive drug is defined as… Q. any substance that directly alters the normal functioning of the central nervous system R. any substance that is illicit or illegal S. those substance that cause numbness and drowsiness T. those substances that cause increased energy and alertness
6. The most rapid route of administering a drug to reach the brain is intravenously. U. true
2. The Gin Epidemic… E. is a myth F. was brought under control through high taxes and the strict regulation of the sale of gin G. devastated the Middle East H. is a current problem
3. The British encouraged the planting of hemp in the new American colonies for which of the following reasons? I. to provide England with strong fibers from which it could make rope and sails for its ships J. to produce psychoactive drugs derived from cannabis that could be sold to other countries K. to ensure that the colonists would be high most of the time and therefore easier to control L. as a means of payment to slave laborers
4. Listed below are three different sequential variations of drugs in the opiate family. Which one accurately represents the order in which the drugs were discovered and used (from left to right, representing oldest to newest drug forms). M. opium, heroin, morphine N. morphine, opium, hydromorphone O. opium, morphine, heroin P. hydromorphone, morphine, heroin
5. According to the authors of Uppers, Downers, All Arounders, a psychoactive drug is defined as… Q. any substance that directly alters the normal functioning of the central nervous system R. any substance that is illicit or illegal S. those substance that cause numbness and drowsiness T. those substances that cause increased energy and alertness
6. The most rapid route of administering a drug to reach the brain is intravenously. U. true