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Compare the individual rights standard for ethical behavior with the utilitarian standard for ethical behavior.

DTs is a syndrome associated with withdrawal from alcohol.

Though the exact definition of “addiction” varies, there tend to be two common elements. What are these elements that are thought to be present in all individuals who experience problems with addiction?

Which of the following conditions or factors would be the LEAST likely to result in a change in behavior?

What is the probability that individual III-3 is a carrier of the disorder?

If a drug increases incentive salience, which of the following is also most likely to increase?

Please view the following graph to answer questions 11 & 12 below. Please assume that the horizontal axis indicates dose, the vertical axis indicates level of response, and the midpoint of each line indicates the ED50.  Which drug is the most potent?

A newly developed drug is thought to exert its main effects on the amygdala. What type of effects does it likely produce?

With repeated use of a drug, my mood continues to become more and more dysphoric. In between uses, I never return back to my “normal” mood that I would experience when I wasn’t using drugs. Instead, it appears that the set point for my neutral mood continues to decrease with repeated drug use. What term can best describe this phenomenon?

The mesolimbic dopamine pathway is involved in _________, while the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway is involved in ___________.