EXAM 1 BRAIN STORY MODS EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 55 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
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 - (answer) 25
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 - (answer) 1. sensory abilities
2. motor skills
3. emotional skills
4. executive function skills
Order the stages of development from greatest plasticity to least plasticity - (answer) 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 - (answer) 3
, EXAM 1 BRAIN STORY MODS EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 55 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
How do experiences shape the developing brain? - (answer) 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? - (answer) At any stage of development
One outcome of addiction in familes is: - (answer) 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? - (answer) 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 -
(answer) False
Dr. Goodwine Fisher states that the recovery process creates a constant tension within families. What
does she say this is largely due to? - (answer) 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? - (answer) 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
b. it needs to contain high-fructose corn syrup
c. it needs to contain fat
d. all of the above - (answer) a. it needs to taste good
ANSWERS
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 - (answer) 25
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 - (answer) 1. sensory abilities
2. motor skills
3. emotional skills
4. executive function skills
Order the stages of development from greatest plasticity to least plasticity - (answer) 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 - (answer) 3
, EXAM 1 BRAIN STORY MODS EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 55 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
How do experiences shape the developing brain? - (answer) 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? - (answer) At any stage of development
One outcome of addiction in familes is: - (answer) 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? - (answer) 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 -
(answer) False
Dr. Goodwine Fisher states that the recovery process creates a constant tension within families. What
does she say this is largely due to? - (answer) 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? - (answer) 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
b. it needs to contain high-fructose corn syrup
c. it needs to contain fat
d. all of the above - (answer) a. it needs to taste good
