Lesson 3.4.1
3.4.1 Key question: drug therapy and nature versus nurture in aggression Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Psychology, Unit 3
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The 20 questions
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What type of drug treatment is methadone when used for heroin addiction?
- Opioid agonist
- Dopamine antagonist
- Opioid antagonist
- Serotonin reuptake inhibitor
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What term describes returning to drug use after exposure to environmental triggers?
- Cue-induced relapse
- Spontaneous recovery
- Withdrawal symptom
- Tolerance reversal
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What substance is methadone typically prescribed to treat in addiction drug therapy?
- Alcohol dependence
- Nicotine addiction
- Cannabis misuse
- Heroin addiction
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Which issue is a major ethical concern of using drug therapy for behaviour control?
- Cultural bias
- Social control
- Observer bias
- Demand characteristics
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If aggression is primarily biological, what social intervention might society prioritise?
- Biological screening
- Social reform
- Parenting classes
- Nurture programmes
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Which factor represents the nurture side of the nature-nurture debate in aggression?
- Genetic inheritance
- Environmental learning
- Brain structure
- Hormonal imbalance
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Why might drug therapy for aggression produce varying success rates between patients?
- Individual differences
- Sampling bias
- Experimenter effects
- Demand characteristics
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What limitation arises from relying solely on medication to treat aggressive behaviour?
- Has no cost
- Ignores learned causes
- Cures all patients
- Works instantly
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If aggression is caused by nurture, which government policy would be favoured?
- Hormone suppression
- Parenting programmes
- Brain surgery
- Genetic screening
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Which neurotransmitter is commonly targeted by drug therapy to reduce aggressive behaviour?
- Serotonin
- Thyroxine
- Melatonin
- Acetylcholine
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What is a major clinical concern when evaluating long-term drug therapy effectiveness?
- Side effects
- Peer review
- Placebo effect
- Double blind
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In clinical trials, how is methadone's effectiveness primarily evaluated against non-active treatment?
- Case study
- Natural observation
- Placebo comparison
- Correlation matrix
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Reducing aggression with medication must be balanced against an individual's right to what?
- Objectivity
- Reliability
- Validity
- Autonomy
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Which approach views aggression as caused by both genetic factors and environmental experiences?
- Behaviourist approach
- Interactionist approach
- Reductionist approach
- Psychodynamic approach
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What ethical risk is associated with testing children for genetic predispositions to aggression?
- Demand characteristics
- Researcher bias
- Placebo effect
- Negative labelling
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What approach combines medication with psychological therapy to treat aggressive behaviour?
- Reductionist approach
- Deterministic approach
- Holistic approach
- Idiographic approach
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What term describes using drug therapy to regulate behaviour to meet societal expectations?
- Social learning
- Social control
- Social facilitation
- Social influence
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A drug reduces impulsive aggression but not learned aggression. Which factor does the drug target?
- Cognitive factors
- Environmental factors
- Social factors
- Biological factors
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What type of issue is the key question regarding drug therapy for addiction?
- Abstract philosophical debate
- Purely academic debate
- Contemporary societal issue
- Historical theoretical issue
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Claiming aggression is caused solely by brain function ignores which important influences?
- Neural influences
- Environmental influences
- Hormonal influences
- Genetic influences
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