According to the Focus on Neuroscience Box "The Addicted Brain

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Multiple Choice

According to the Focus on Neuroscience box "The Addicted Brain," one psychological effect of the physical changes that occur as a result of addiction to alcohol, heroin, cocaine, or amphetamines is that:

• A) anxiety creates a vicious circle of insomnia.
• B) positive events in normal life are no longer reinforcing or satisfying.
• C) people make poor decisions because of damage to the frontal lobes.
• D) inhibitions are lowered and there is a general loss of social self-consciousness

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Definitions:

Social Readjustment Rating Scale

A scale that measures the stressfulness of life events to predict the impact of stress on health.

Major Life Changes

Significant events or transitions in an individual's life that can have profound psychological and emotional impact, such as marriage, divorce, or loss of a loved one.

Stressors

External pressures or events that cause stress, challenging an individual's ability to cope and potentially affecting their well-being.

General Adaptation Syndrome

A model that describes the body's short-term and long-term reactions to stress, introduced by Hans Selye, consisting of three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.