Developing an Addiction to Cocaine Produces Which of These Consequences?​

question 120

Multiple Choice

Developing an addiction to cocaine produces which of these consequences?​

• A)Increased "liking" but decreased "wanting"
• B)​Gradual decrease in the intensity of withdrawal symptoms
• C)​Decreased pleasure from other activities
• D)​Increased activity of the immune system

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Definitions:

Pleasure Principle

In psychoanalytic theory, the instinctual seeking of pleasure and avoidance of pain to satisfy biological and psychological needs.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates demands between the id, superego, and reality; operates on the reality principle.

Oral Stage

A phase in Freudian psychosexual development where an infant's pleasure centers are in the mouth, leading to behaviors like sucking and biting.

Freud

Refers to Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.