Explain the Difference Between a Physical Dependence (Addiction)and a Psychological

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Essay

Explain the difference between a physical dependence (addiction)and a psychological dependence, including the aspects of drug tolerance and withdrawal symptoms; and describe the different ways that drugs influence the activity of brain cells, including the area of the brain that nearly all addictive drugs stimulate and why adolescent brains are more susceptible to addiction.

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Definitions:

Actions

The process or act of doing something, typically to achieve an aim or to navigate in one's environment.

Sensorimotor

Pertaining to the processing of sensory information to produce motor activity; often related to developmental stages in infants.

Cognitive Development

The study of how thinking, problem solving, and intelligence evolve as people age, primarily focused on childhood development.

Feels

Informal term often used to describe one's emotional response or intuition about a situation or an outcome.