A Desire or Craving to Achieve the Effects Produced by a Drug

question 103

Multiple Choice

A desire or craving to achieve the effects produced by a drug is called _____.

• A) physiological dependence
• B) psychological dependence
• C) cross-tolerance
• D) withdrawal

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Definitions:

Empirically Tested

Evaluated or tested based on observations or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

Experimental Method

A scientific approach to research in which an investigator manipulates one or more variables to determine their effect on a certain outcome.

Cause-and-Effect

A relationship where one event (the cause) makes another event happen (the effect).

Dependent Variable

In experimental research, it's the outcome or response that is measured to assess the effect of the independent variable.