One of Your Friends Routinely Uses "Study Pills" (Ritalin) to Help

question 131

Multiple Choice

One of your friends routinely uses "study pills" (Ritalin) to help him stay awake and pull all-nighters during exam time. Normally, if he takes a small dose, he is fine, but lately when he takes the same dose, he gets extremely agitated and cannot sit still. The same dose is having a larger effect on him than it used to. This is an example of:

• A)drug addiction.
• B)tolerance.
• C)behavioral sensitization.
• D)withdrawal.

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