BHS 175 questions with correct answers
provided
According to Dr. Herman, "disasters" is the common name used for traumatic
occurrences derived from human design ✔✔false
Childhood abuse includes neglectfully withholding medical care or other necessities to
sustain life ✔✔true
Throughout human history, hysteria was believed to be caused by ✔✔A wandering
uterus
Substance Being retained in the uterus
Unbearable emotions stemming from psychological trauma
Sexual deprivation
Jean-Martin Charcot was a student of Sigmund Freud. ✔✔false
The feminist movement helped officially recognize that post-traumatic stress disorder
can result from the hideous acts of perpetrators (e.g., rape, domestic violence, etc ✔✔
true
Who proposed that the symptoms of hysteria were caused by perverted acts of
childhood sexual abuse but later recanted ✔✔Sigmund Freud
Who was one of the first to humanely treat soldiers suffering from war neurosis ✔✔
William Rivers
During World War II, what was the primary goal of treatment? ✔✔Return the soldier to
the battlefield
From World War I to Vietnam, soldiers who exhibited trauma-induced symptoms were
considered psychologically ill or predisposed to be mentally ill, even weak and cowardly,
by mental health professionals ✔✔true
During what decade did the DSM recognize post-traumatic stress disorder as an actual
condition ✔✔The 1980s
The sympathetic nervous system manages the body's ______________ ✔✔Energy
and survival systems
The parasympathetic nervous system manages the body's _______ ✔✔Rest and
relaxation systems
, The Sympathetic-Adrenomedullary System is built to deal with what type of stressors ✔
✔Immediate
_________ functions as the ignition system that activates the body's security system ✔
✔Periaqueductal gray
________ is the brain's unconscious process of scanning the environment for clues of
safety or danger ✔✔Neuroception
Cells that fire together wire together" is known as the _________ ✔✔neuronal
ensembles
The body's alarm system determines if we are safe or in danger. ✔✔true
The sympathetic nervous system prepares or supplies the body with energy for
_________ and __________ ✔✔Fight or flight
Which component of the body's alarm system has a low road pathway to quickly
activate the body's stress and defense systems ✔✔Amygdala
The shut-down process is part of what system in the body ✔✔Dorsal vagal system
What causes the body's alarm system to become hypersensitive long after the traumatic
event? ✔✔Structural and functional changes in the brain
Trauma-induced symptoms only occur if someone experiences a traumatic even
firsthand ✔✔false
What is the meaning of the concept traumagenesis ✔✔The etiology or cause of trauma
Trauma refers to an event that causes psychological harm ✔✔false
Traumatic stress has the potential to rewrite the neurocircuitry in the nervous system ✔
✔true
Trauma-informed professionals view trauma-induced symptomatic behaviors caused by
disease, disorder, or intentionality. ✔✔false
If someone personally experienced a traumatic event, what classification would it be ✔
✔Primary traumatic stress
If someone heard about a friend's traumatic experience, what classification would it be
✔✔Secondary traumatic stress
provided
According to Dr. Herman, "disasters" is the common name used for traumatic
occurrences derived from human design ✔✔false
Childhood abuse includes neglectfully withholding medical care or other necessities to
sustain life ✔✔true
Throughout human history, hysteria was believed to be caused by ✔✔A wandering
uterus
Substance Being retained in the uterus
Unbearable emotions stemming from psychological trauma
Sexual deprivation
Jean-Martin Charcot was a student of Sigmund Freud. ✔✔false
The feminist movement helped officially recognize that post-traumatic stress disorder
can result from the hideous acts of perpetrators (e.g., rape, domestic violence, etc ✔✔
true
Who proposed that the symptoms of hysteria were caused by perverted acts of
childhood sexual abuse but later recanted ✔✔Sigmund Freud
Who was one of the first to humanely treat soldiers suffering from war neurosis ✔✔
William Rivers
During World War II, what was the primary goal of treatment? ✔✔Return the soldier to
the battlefield
From World War I to Vietnam, soldiers who exhibited trauma-induced symptoms were
considered psychologically ill or predisposed to be mentally ill, even weak and cowardly,
by mental health professionals ✔✔true
During what decade did the DSM recognize post-traumatic stress disorder as an actual
condition ✔✔The 1980s
The sympathetic nervous system manages the body's ______________ ✔✔Energy
and survival systems
The parasympathetic nervous system manages the body's _______ ✔✔Rest and
relaxation systems
, The Sympathetic-Adrenomedullary System is built to deal with what type of stressors ✔
✔Immediate
_________ functions as the ignition system that activates the body's security system ✔
✔Periaqueductal gray
________ is the brain's unconscious process of scanning the environment for clues of
safety or danger ✔✔Neuroception
Cells that fire together wire together" is known as the _________ ✔✔neuronal
ensembles
The body's alarm system determines if we are safe or in danger. ✔✔true
The sympathetic nervous system prepares or supplies the body with energy for
_________ and __________ ✔✔Fight or flight
Which component of the body's alarm system has a low road pathway to quickly
activate the body's stress and defense systems ✔✔Amygdala
The shut-down process is part of what system in the body ✔✔Dorsal vagal system
What causes the body's alarm system to become hypersensitive long after the traumatic
event? ✔✔Structural and functional changes in the brain
Trauma-induced symptoms only occur if someone experiences a traumatic even
firsthand ✔✔false
What is the meaning of the concept traumagenesis ✔✔The etiology or cause of trauma
Trauma refers to an event that causes psychological harm ✔✔false
Traumatic stress has the potential to rewrite the neurocircuitry in the nervous system ✔
✔true
Trauma-informed professionals view trauma-induced symptomatic behaviors caused by
disease, disorder, or intentionality. ✔✔false
If someone personally experienced a traumatic event, what classification would it be ✔
✔Primary traumatic stress
If someone heard about a friend's traumatic experience, what classification would it be
✔✔Secondary traumatic stress
