Psy 404 Study Questions Part-1

Lesson 1-6

1. How were psychoactive drugs defined in the lessons?

• Psychoactive drugs: Chemical substances that effect thoughts, emotions and behavior

1. What is pharmacology?

• Pharmacology: The study of the mechanisms by which drugs (chemical substances) interact with living systems to produce biological (psychoactive) effects

1. Identify 6 pharmacological categories of psychoactive drugs identified in the lessons.

2. Depressants

3. Stimulants

4. Opioids

5. Hallucinogens

6. Psychotherapeutic Drugs

7. Anabolic Steroids

8. What does the term analgesic mean? Painkilling

9. What does the term sympathomimetic mean?

• simulating sympathetic nervous action in physiological effect sympathomimetic drugs

1. What do the terms anabolic and...