S08_ Addictions Lab Activity Worksheet

Name:____________________________________

Lab Partner: ______________________________
I will sign my name to each lab report. In doing so, I acknowledge that the assignment is my own work and that any outside source that is used is cited using APA format. You only share raw data from lab with your lab partner and not the answers to the questions. Taking another student’s lab file, or identical answers with another student in this class will not be tolerated. Any problems can result in an “F” in the course.


*All answers to questions must be typed in complete sentences.  Use this sheet as the first page of your lab.

 

In Class Lab Activity (7 points). You can only answer the questions listed in the Outside Lab Activity ( 8 points) if you are present and participated in the Lab Activity.

 

Activity 1.  Participate in a active discussion of binge drinking in college students, the affects of alcohol on the brain, how alcohol is metabolized, how alcohol affects the body, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, drinking and depression, and alcohol poisoning.

 

  1. What are the Biological Effects of Alcoholism? What are the Social Effects of Alcoholism? What has been the effect of raising the drinking age to 21?
  2. When did people first start using alcohol? Why do people drink? What affect does it have on their behavior?
  3. Explain the Handicap Theory and how would it apply to human drinking behavior? Which sex seems to drink more?
  4. Does alcohol affect mate choice in females? What problems are associated with the sexes and alcohol? Is there a double standard in our society?
  5. What is Binge Drinking? What are problems associated with Alcohol Misuse?
  6. How does alcohol affect the central nervous system? How fast does it reach the brain? Is there a link between drinking and depression?
  7. What is the action of Alcohol Dehydrogenase? What happens after to the brain after chronic use?
  8. Calculate what students might drink on a weekend night using BAC Blood Alcohol Content. What are the effects?
  9. What factors influence Absorption and Metabolism of alcohol? Why is there a gender difference?
  10. What is the Prevalence of Binge Drinking? How does alcohol affect the body? Such as blood vessels, and your liver.
  11. What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)? What are the symptoms and the problems associated with this syndrome?
  12. What is Alcohol Poisoning and the what is the Treatment?

Activity 2 Outside Lab Activity ( 8 points)
Lab and Lecture connection
Use the Lecture Textbook and links provided on the website to define the following terms and answer the following questions.

1.  (1 pt) How many college students die each year from alcohol related injuries or motor vehicle accidents. Why do you think that value is so high (please explain your answer)?

2. (1 pt) What is the Alcohol Flush Reaction?

3. (1 pt) What is the Neurobiological Effect that drinking alcohol has?

3. (2 pts). How does alcohol affect the Brain and Central Nervous System. Include in your answer the effect on neurotransmitters and the role of fatty acid by products. Remember back to Lecture 10 on Intelligence (Alcohol and Consciousness)

4. (3 pts) How is alcohol absorbed in the body? Include in your answer how alcohol is broken down by the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase.
The affects of alcohol on the body (see link on website for additional information). And explain how factors such as food and gender (male or female) can affect the absorption and metabolism of alcohol.