Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 30

After using a drug repeatedly, a person must take increasingly larger doses to achieve the original behavioral effect; this is called (a) _____. A change in the nervous system that requires a person to take a drug to prevent the occurrence of painful withdrawal symptoms is called (b) _____. A behavioral pattern of drug abuse that is marked by a person's overwhelming and compulsive desire to obtain and use the drug is called an (c) _____. Painful physical and psychological symp toms that occur after a drug-dependent person stops using the drug are called (d) _____.