EXAM 1 BRAIN STORY MODS EXAM
ACTUAL EXAM 55 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
The brain begins as an embryonic structure called the:
a. brain stem
b. neocortex
c. neural tube
d. spinal cord - ✔✔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 - ✔✔25
Different abilities, and their underlying neural circuits, develop in a bottom-up
sequence during sensitive periods. Put the following abilities in the correct
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,sequence of development: sensory abilities, motor skills, executive function
skills, emotional skills - ✔✔1. sensory abilities
2. motor skills
3. emotional skills
4. executive function skills
Order the stages of development from greatest plasticity to least plasticity -
✔✔Early 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 - ✔✔3
How do experiences shape the developing brain? - ✔✔They 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? - ✔✔At any stage of development
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, One outcome of addiction in familes is: - ✔✔Parents 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? - ✔✔A 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 - ✔✔False
Dr. Goodwine Fisher states that the recovery process creates a constant tension
within families. What does she say this is largely due to? - ✔✔The 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? - ✔✔bc 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
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ACTUAL EXAM 55 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
The brain begins as an embryonic structure called the:
a. brain stem
b. neocortex
c. neural tube
d. spinal cord - ✔✔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 - ✔✔25
Different abilities, and their underlying neural circuits, develop in a bottom-up
sequence during sensitive periods. Put the following abilities in the correct
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,sequence of development: sensory abilities, motor skills, executive function
skills, emotional skills - ✔✔1. sensory abilities
2. motor skills
3. emotional skills
4. executive function skills
Order the stages of development from greatest plasticity to least plasticity -
✔✔Early 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 - ✔✔3
How do experiences shape the developing brain? - ✔✔They 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? - ✔✔At any stage of development
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, One outcome of addiction in familes is: - ✔✔Parents 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? - ✔✔A 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 - ✔✔False
Dr. Goodwine Fisher states that the recovery process creates a constant tension
within families. What does she say this is largely due to? - ✔✔The 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? - ✔✔bc 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
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