Exam 1 Brain Story MODs
The brain begins as an embryonic structure called the:
a. brain stem
b. neocortex
c. neural tube
d. spinal cord - answer Neural tube
Bain developmental starts shortly after conception. The brain is considered mature
around the age of:
a. 6
b. 18
c. 25
d. 60 - answer25
Different abilities, and their underlying neural circuits, develop in a bottom-up sequence
during sensitive periods. Put the following abilities in the correct sequence of
development: sensory abilities, motor skills, executive function skills, emotional skills -
answer1. sensory abilities
2. motor skills
3. emotional skills
4. executive function skills
Order the stages of development from greatest plasticity to least plasticity - answerEarly
childhood, late childhood, adolesence, adulthood
The age at which brain has the most connections between its neurons is:
a. 3
b. 6
c. 25
d. 50 - answer3
How do experiences shape the developing brain? - answerThey influence which neural
connections are strengthened and which are pruned away
At what stage of development do negative experiences influence the architecture of the
developing brain? - answerAt any stage of development
One outcome of addiction in familes is: - answerParents without the capacity to parent
in healthy ways leads to the intergenerational transmission of toxic stress
What is the defining feature of an addicted family? - answerA system that is structed to
protect teh acciction in the family because doing anything else becomes too threatening
, T or F:
Parents of an addicted adolescent will develop their own addiction to protect their childs
addiction - answerFalse
Dr. Goodwine Fisher states that the recovery process creates a constant tension within
families. What does she say this is largely due to? - answerThe need to break apart the
current family structure so that each member can focus on their individual recovery
Why did mainstream psychiatry continue to reject, for many years, the notion that
gambling and overeating could be addictive? - answerbc they do not have a prominent
physical withdrawal syndrome
Which quality does food 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 - answera. it needs to taste good
From a neurobiological perspective, why are 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 - answerd. bc
they produce an increase in dopamine levels in the reward system
According to Dr. Montgomery, why do people recovering from process addictions like to
run yellow lights? - answerThey have not yet learned how to feel normal emotions, so
they seek out situations that give them a rush of exhilaration
Addiction interaction disorder is characterized by many different patterns of behavior.
Which of the folllowing best describes disinhibiting behavior?
a. using one substance or behavior to counter the effects of another
b. using one substance or behavior to alleviate the withdrawal from another
c. using one substance or behavior to lower boundaries to using another
d. simultaneous increase in use of 2 substances or behaviors - answerc. using one
substance or behavior to lower boundaries to using another
Trauma is at the core of many process and substance addictions, and many people with
addictions show particular patterns of trauma reactions. Which of the following best
describes trauma splitting?
a. dissociating from painful experiences and not integrating them into the self or daily
life
b. numbing or blocking out residual feelings from the trauma
c. dysfunctional attachment to people who are sorces of danger, shame, or exploitation
The brain begins as an embryonic structure called the:
a. brain stem
b. neocortex
c. neural tube
d. spinal cord - answer Neural tube
Bain developmental starts shortly after conception. The brain is considered mature
around the age of:
a. 6
b. 18
c. 25
d. 60 - answer25
Different abilities, and their underlying neural circuits, develop in a bottom-up sequence
during sensitive periods. Put the following abilities in the correct sequence of
development: sensory abilities, motor skills, executive function skills, emotional skills -
answer1. sensory abilities
2. motor skills
3. emotional skills
4. executive function skills
Order the stages of development from greatest plasticity to least plasticity - answerEarly
childhood, late childhood, adolesence, adulthood
The age at which brain has the most connections between its neurons is:
a. 3
b. 6
c. 25
d. 50 - answer3
How do experiences shape the developing brain? - answerThey influence which neural
connections are strengthened and which are pruned away
At what stage of development do negative experiences influence the architecture of the
developing brain? - answerAt any stage of development
One outcome of addiction in familes is: - answerParents without the capacity to parent
in healthy ways leads to the intergenerational transmission of toxic stress
What is the defining feature of an addicted family? - answerA system that is structed to
protect teh acciction in the family because doing anything else becomes too threatening
, T or F:
Parents of an addicted adolescent will develop their own addiction to protect their childs
addiction - answerFalse
Dr. Goodwine Fisher states that the recovery process creates a constant tension within
families. What does she say this is largely due to? - answerThe need to break apart the
current family structure so that each member can focus on their individual recovery
Why did mainstream psychiatry continue to reject, for many years, the notion that
gambling and overeating could be addictive? - answerbc they do not have a prominent
physical withdrawal syndrome
Which quality does food 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 - answera. it needs to taste good
From a neurobiological perspective, why are 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 - answerd. bc
they produce an increase in dopamine levels in the reward system
According to Dr. Montgomery, why do people recovering from process addictions like to
run yellow lights? - answerThey have not yet learned how to feel normal emotions, so
they seek out situations that give them a rush of exhilaration
Addiction interaction disorder is characterized by many different patterns of behavior.
Which of the folllowing best describes disinhibiting behavior?
a. using one substance or behavior to counter the effects of another
b. using one substance or behavior to alleviate the withdrawal from another
c. using one substance or behavior to lower boundaries to using another
d. simultaneous increase in use of 2 substances or behaviors - answerc. using one
substance or behavior to lower boundaries to using another
Trauma is at the core of many process and substance addictions, and many people with
addictions show particular patterns of trauma reactions. Which of the following best
describes trauma splitting?
a. dissociating from painful experiences and not integrating them into the self or daily
life
b. numbing or blocking out residual feelings from the trauma
c. dysfunctional attachment to people who are sorces of danger, shame, or exploitation
