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Robert Rivers - Student - NorthWakeAcademy - Unit 3 Quiz 1 Review With Drs. Kuhn and Wilson

The document is a quiz review featuring Drs. Kuhn and Wilson discussing addiction, particularly focusing on the effects of drugs like alcohol, nicotine, and opioids on the brain's dopamine system. Key points include how addiction begins with dopamine activation, the heightened risk for adolescents, and the withdrawal symptoms associated with substance use. The review emphasizes the differences in drug effects and the challenges of overcoming addiction.

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Robert Rivers - Student - NorthWakeAcademy - Unit 3 Quiz 1 Review With Drs. Kuhn and Wilson

The document is a quiz review featuring Drs. Kuhn and Wilson discussing addiction, particularly focusing on the effects of drugs like alcohol, nicotine, and opioids on the brain's dopamine system. Key points include how addiction begins with dopamine activation, the heightened risk for adolescents, and the withdrawal symptoms associated with substance use. The review emphasizes the differences in drug effects and the challenges of overcoming addiction.

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Review with Drs.

Kuhn and Wilson


Quiz #1

Student Name:
Class Period:

Directions: Using the review video featuring Drs. Kuhn and Wilson (located in Canvas), complete
the questions below. There are 13 questions.

1. What does Dr. Kuhn say is the beginning of addiction? (at approx. 48 sec – 60 seconds)
every single drug when you first take it it activates the dopamine
2. Based on what Dr. Kuhn is describing, what do alcohol, nicotine, opioids, and stimulants like
cocaine have in common related to addiction? (at approx. 1 minute 13 seconds - 1 minute 38
seconds)

they all will activate dopamine neurons

3. What happens with dopamine when people use drugs? (at approx. 2 minutes 19 seconds – 2
minutes 33 seconds)

it gets over stimulated and “turns down”

4. What example does Dr. Wilson use to explain how people would normally (without drug use)
experience pleasurable times that they want to repeat over and over? (approx. 2 minutes 53
seconds – 4 minutes 24 seconds)

parties brought repeated reward so they kept going

5. What does Dr. Wilson say is the “problem with drugs”? (approx. 4 minutes 24 seconds – 5
minutes)

releases more dopamine than any other source found in your body

6. What does Dr. Kuhn say about the adolescent brain that is a natural and unfortunate
consequence of the fact that the reward system develops earlier than the rest of the teen brain?
(approx. 5 minutes 1 second – 5 minutes 20 seconds)

addictive drugs are more rewarding to teens than adults

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7. Dr. Kuhn states, we know that adolescents get addicted faster than adults. (at approx. 5 minutes
29 seconds – 5 minutes 32 seconds)

8. What warning does Dr. Wilson provide regarding teens and alcohol use? (at approx. 6 minutes 8
seconds – 6 minutes 27 seconds)
doesent sedate you so its harder to be able to tell

9. How does Dr. Kuhn outline the differences between the effects of alcohol and nicotine? (at
approx. 6 minutes 48 seconds - 7 minutes 9 seconds)

they all use the reward system

10. What does Dr. Wilson say “the problem with being addicted” to nicotine? (at approx. 9 minutes
30 seconds – 10 minutes)
you cant stop once you start

11. What does Dr. Wilson say is one of the real risks of getting addicted? (at approx. 10 minutes 2
seconds – 10 minutes 12 seconds)
becoming addicted
12. How does Dr. Kuhn describe the effect of nicotine on dopamine receptors over time? (at approx.
11 minutes 40 seconds – 12 minutes 14 seconds)
brain trying to return to normal
13. Dr. Kuhn explains how withdrawal symptoms are opposite of the drug effect. She provides an
opioid and alcohol example. List the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal she provides in her
explanation. (at approx. 13 minutes 18 seconds – 13 minutes 55 seconds)

symptoms :

sedative when alcohol present

hyper sensitive

tremors

shivers

chills

fever

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