AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Russell needs more of the drug he has been using to get the normal high he got when he first started. Russell is experiencing ____
A
drug tolerance
B
drug detoxification
C
withdrawal
D
physical dependence
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Russell needs more of the drug he has been using to get the normal high he used to get when he first started. Russell is experiencing flashbacks.

Detailed explanation-2: -TAH-leh-runts) A condition that occurs when the body gets used to a medicine so that either more medicine is needed or different medicine is needed.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tolerance is a person’s diminished response to a drug, which occurs when the drug is used repeatedly and the body adapts to the continued presence of the drug. Resistance refers to the ability of microorganisms or cancer cells to withstand the effects of a drug usually effective against them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tolerance typically is divided into three functional categories (acute, rapid, and chronic), but determining precisely which molecular underpinning underlies which class of tolerance (or if they are exclusive) can be difficult.

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