Exam 2

Question 1

LSD

Answer 1

• used for religious experiences
• ergot fungus in moldy bread
• serotonin increase
• gangrene/hallucinations

Question 2

Albert Hoffman 1930s

Answer 2

isolate LSD molecule

Question 3

Leary

Answer 3

promoted LSD; harvard psychologist

Question 4

synethesia

Answer 4

“a loud perfume”; mix wrong senses

Question 5

lsd and chromosomal damage (2) and dependence (3)

Answer 5

• can mutate (mutagenic)
• interfere with embryos
• no physical dependence
• some psychological dependence
• bad trips from impurities

Question 6

how many bad trips LSD

Answer 6

1/1,000

Question 7

seriously bad trips

Answer 7

1/10,000

Question 8

significance vs. typicality

Answer 8

x

Question 9

genetic damage; in vitro vs. in vivo

Answer 9

-damage in vitro but non in vivo?

Question 10

how does LSD work?

Answer 10

resembles molecular structure of serotonin

Question 11

Why use

Answer 11

imbalance in neurotransmitters

• DRD1 & DRD2 Alleles (receptor defect)
• biological
• adoption studies (biological factor)
• single gene theory (false)

Question 12

supply side theory

Answer 12

keep supply low for deterrence

Question 13

sociological theories

Answer 13

• differential association - through interactions, people learn criminal behavior (Sutherland)
• anomie - lack of usual standards (merton)
• labeling (secondary deviants;Mead)
• social bond theory (hirschi)

Question 14

4 compartments of social control/bond

Answer 14

• attachment
• commitment
• involvement
• belief

Question 15

psychological theories of drug use (2)

Answer 15

• low self-control

- Freudian psych (trauma/oral stage problems)

Question 16

what are drug defined crimes?

Answer 16

social construction of drugs and uses

Question 17

ancillary crime

Answer 17

drug-related/on drug crimes (ex: robbing and aggression b/c of alcohol)

Question 18

Paul Goldstein

Answer 18

tripartite model of drug crime

Question 19

tripartite model of crime (3 elements and person)

Answer 19

Goldstein

• economically compulsive crimes
• criminal career of drug users
• lambda and its variation

Question 20

what is lambda

Answer 20

frequency of crime committed over time

high for drug users, low for criminals

Question 21

street culture

Answer 21

life = party

reckless spending

Question 22

2 types of systematic crime

Answer 22

• turf - territory

- retaliation - discipline

Question 23

psychopharmacological violence/crime drugs

Answer 23

alcohol, meth, coke, pcp, maybe heroine

Question 24

concentrated vs. cottage industry (freelance)

Answer 24

cottage industry - individual sellers
concentrated - cartels and dealers
-episodic involvement
-driven by use
-frequency, periodocity, self-perception

Question 25

why are drug dealers bad

Answer 25

competition and robbing

Question 26

drugs first, then crime is attributed to what drug?

Answer 26

alcohol

Question 27

predispositional model

Answer 27

crime, then drugs (not as accurate)

Question 28

intensification model

Answer 28

crime, drug, then more crime (tripartite)

Question 29

mass incarceration

Answer 29

lock up majority of drug users; constant need for prisoners

Question 30

prison industrial complex

Answer 30

people are making money off private prison

Question 31

Drug war

Answer 31

- price is stable - pure drugs - availability of different drugs - market expansion (black market) - drug market violence (displacement) - the more your clamp down, the more will pop up (grease fire)

Question 32

endogenous stopping

Answer 32

quit b/c tired, not b/c fear of prison

Question 33

chemicalistic fallacy

Answer 33

"one you use it you're hooked"

Question 34

form of self medication

Answer 34

pharmaceutical companies lose out