EXAM 1 BRAIN STORY MODS EXAM 2024-2025
ACTUAL EXAM 55 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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The brain begins as an Neural tube
embryonic structure called
the:
a. brain stem
b. neocortex
c. neural tube
d. spinal cord
Bain developmental starts 25
shortly after conception.
The brain is considered
mature around the age of:
a. 6
b. 18
c. 25
d. 60
Different abilities, and their 1. sensory abilities
underlying neural circuits, 2. motor skills
develop in a bottom-up 3. emotional skills
sequence during sensitive 4. executive function skills
periods. Put the following
abilities in the correct
sequence of development:
sensory abilities, motor
skills, executive function
skills, emotional skills
,Order the stages of Early childhood, late childhood, adolesence, adulthood
development from greatest
plasticity to least plasticity
The age at which brain has 3
the most connections
between its neurons is:
a. 3
b. 6
c. 25
d. 50
How do experiences shape They influence which neural connections are
the developing brain? strengthened and which are pruned away
At what stage of At any stage of development
development do negative
experiences influence the
architecture of the
developing brain?
One outcome of addiction Parents without the capacity to parent in healthy ways
in familes is: leads to the intergenerational transmission of toxic stress
A system that is structed to protect teh acciction in the
What is the defining feature
family because doing anything else becomes too
of an addicted family?
threatening
T or F: False
Parents of an addicted
adolescent will develop
their own addiction to
protect their childs
addiction
Dr. Goodwine Fisher states The need to break apart the current family structure so
that the recovery process that each member can focus on their individual recovery
creates a constant tension
within families. What does
she say this is largely due
to?
, Why did mainstream bc they do not have a prominent physical withdrawal
psychiatry continue to syndrome
reject, for many years, the
notion that gambling and
overeating could be
addictive?
Which quality does food a. it needs to taste good
have to have in order for it
to potentially addictive?
a. it needs to taste good
b. it needs to contain high-
fructose corn syrup
c. it needs to contain fat
d. all of the above
From a neurobiological d. bc they produce an increase in dopamine levels in the
perspective, why are reward system
behaviors like eating and
sex potentially addictive
just as drugs of abuse are
potentially addictive?
a. bc they can evoke a
highly sensorial experience
b. bc their overuse can
cause feelings of shame
and guilt
c. bc we turn to them to
alleviate stress
d. bc they produce an
increase in dopamine levels
in the reward system
According to Dr. They have not yet learned how to feel normal emotions,
Montgomery, why do so they seek out situations that give them a rush of
people recovering from exhilaration
process addictions like to
run yellow lights?
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