Discussion #4: Chapter 8

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Chapter 8 Discussion Questions

1. Discuss the oral, injection, inhalation, and absorption routes of drug administration. Rank the four administrations roughly in terms of the speed by which a drug enters the bloodstream.

2. Compare and contrast the major forms of drug interactions.

3. Define drug tolerance and describe the circumstances under which environmental and contextual cues play a role in the development of behavioral (conditioned) tolerance.

4. Contrast the concepts of physical dependence and psychological dependence.

5. Describe the major behavioral criteria in the DSM-5 that are used in the diagnosis of substance use disorder.

6. Briefly discuss some evidence in favor of viewing drug-taking behavior in terms of genetic, physiological, and neurochemical factors.

7. Compare and contrast the behavioral perspective and the cognitive perspective in terms of the inclination to engage in a pattern of drug-taking behavior.

8. Describe in a few words the main tenets of strain theory, social control/bonding theory, differential association theory, subcultural recruitment and socialization theory, and labeling theory with regard to drug-taking behavior.

9. In what way is a study of risk factors and protective factors an “theoretical” approach to examining drug-taking behavior?

10. Describe the three risk factors that pertain to all drug-taking behaviors in the Pemberton et al. (2014) study. Why do you think these risk factors would be so important for so many drug-taking behaviors? Choose a risk factor that either predicted drug-taking behavior in the opposite direction as predicted or a risk factor that pertained to only a specific drug-taking behavior. Why do you think these patterns would be observed?

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