Regarding opioids, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Users often liken the rush of heroin to the pleasure of orgasm.
b. Withdrawal from heroin involves severe symptoms.
c. Opioids legitimately prescribed as painkillers, like OxyContin, are often used illegally.
d. Opioids stimulate brain centers that produce pleasurable sensations.
e. Opioids relieve pain while also increasing the activity of the central nervous system.
e
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b. 87% of the students got a score lower than yours. c. you got 87% of the test items correct. d. 87% of the students got a score higher than yours.
What is a common problem associated with poor infant nutrition?
A. anemia B. hypothyroidism C. heart murmur D. tachycardia
The social class effect on IQ applies LEAST to
a. infants. b. preschoolers. c. grade-schoolers. d. teenagers.
Recent and highly sophisticated research focusing on neurochemical abnormalities as the cause of schizophrenia involves all of the following EXCEPT
A. deficiency in the stimulation of prefrontal dopamine D1 receptors. B. excessive stimulation of striatal dopamine D2 receptors. C. alterations in prefrontal activity involving glutamate transmissions. D. changes in temporal lobe function associated with serotonin receptor activity.