DEVELOPMENTAL NEURO FINAL BRAIN STORY CERTIFICATE EXAM / 70+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2023/2024 / GRADED A+.

1. Which aspect of development is NOT affected by social interactions?: None of the above 2. Human infants need to be taught how to react to social cues by:: nothing-infants have an innate ability to respond to social cues 3. How do social interactions with attentive adults support learning in children?: All of the above 4. In child development, joint attention refers to:: the infant co-ordinates his or her attention with an adult and another object in the environment 5. Which of the following factors is most likely to increase the quality and quantity of serve-and-return interactions for a child?: secure attachment 6. What brain region is most involved in behavioural inhibition?: the amygdala 7. Which of the following adverse childhood experiences was not included as part of the ACE Study?: Growing up in a neighbourhood with community violence 8. An individual with a high ACE score is more likely to:: Have multiple, lifetime mental health diagnoses 9. If ACEs could be prevented, which of the following would most likely also occur?: economic productivity would increase 10. What mechanism helps to explain the association between ACEs and cardiovascular disease in adulthood?: Activation of inflammatory pathways. 11. What explanation does Dr. Felitti give for the cause of addiction?: Addiction is a solution to a problem caused by exposure to stressful life experiences, particularly in childhood 12. What reason does Dr. Felitti give to explain why addiction is so challenging to treat?: Treating the solution to someone's problem may be threatening and cause them to flee treatment 13. Which of the following is NOT a parental capacity that is mediated by the executive function system?: None of the above 14. What system is activated when a parent views images of their own baby?- : both A and C 15. Imaging studies have shown grey matter increases in mothers' brains from 2-4 weeks to 3-4 months postpartum. What best predicts this increase?: The mother's positive perception of her baby 16. What predicts how much oxytocin a mother releases in response to her own baby?: The mother's attachment style 17. Dr. Mayes describes the attachment system as performing what key function for a child?: regulating stress 18. Substance misusing mothers typically withdraw from their baby's distress and show more negative affect and heightened physical provocation in interactions. What is this most likely due to?: a heightened stress respon