BRAIN STORY LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔The amygdala - ✔✔What brain region has been shown to be overactive in
behaviorally inhibited children?
✔✔Whether they are high on inattention or hyperactivity/impulsivity dimensions
compared to other children of the same age and sex - ✔✔Of the answers below, which
one is the most important to remember when considering an ADHD diagnosis for a
child?
✔✔Insecure attachment - ✔✔Which of the following is NOT a risk factor for extremes of
inattention and impulse control problems in children?
✔✔Inattention - ✔✔What behavioral dimension in children best predicts both academic
failure and substance misuse disorders in adolescence?
✔✔Poor impulse control - ✔✔Which of the following behaviors is NOT typically shown
by behaviorally inhibited children?
✔✔Severity of symptoms and negativity of parent-child interactions - ✔✔In the study
described in Video 6, what two factors predicted whether 3 to 4 year old children who
already scored high on measures of inattention and impulsivity went on to develop
ADHD?
✔✔Working memory - ✔✔What element of executive function is the most important in
following multi-step processes?
✔✔25 - ✔✔Executive function skills finish maturing at about what age?
✔✔Criminal convictions, physical health problems, and substance misuse disorders -
✔✔Which set of adult outcomes are associated with low childhood inhibitory control?
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔What role do adults play in helping children build their
executive function skills?
✔✔Keeping executive function activities separate from other academic content -
✔✔What would be the least helpful when implementing an executive function curriculum
in an early education program?
✔✔3-5 years - ✔✔Between what ages do executive function skills show the most
dramatic period of growth?
, ✔✔Because they help to regulate intense emotional stress - ✔✔Why do problems like
substance misuse, disordered eating, and self-harm behaviors often accompany
complex PTSD?
✔✔Male gender - ✔✔Which of the following is NOT a factor that increases vulnerability
for PTSD?
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔The interpersonal dysfunction that is part of PTSD includes:
✔✔The amygdala and hippocampus - ✔✔Two key brain structures involved in
depression are:
✔✔A decrease in amygdala activation - ✔✔Emotional over-modulation in PTSD is
associated with:
✔✔Numbing, hyperarousal, functional impairment - ✔✔Which of the following are core
symptoms of PTSD?
✔✔Stress system - ✔✔What common signaling system most likely underlies the strong
association between depression and physical illness such as heart disease, diabetes, or
obesity?
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔It is important to provide prevention programs for children of
parents with depression because:
✔✔Has been tested sufficiently through research to be called an evidence-based
therapy - ✔✔Compared to usual care, an evidence-based therapy (EBT)
✔✔Integrating various EBTs to address co-morbidity, clinical caseload, and the need to
potentially adjust treatment while underway - ✔✔The application of EBTs in real-world
clinical settings can be improved by:
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔What is the answer that best describes what is included in the
Modular Approach to Treatment for Children (MATCH)?
✔✔A biologically-based theory of the disorder that allows for personalized, predictive
tools such as biomarkers - ✔✔Which key factor is unique to a pre-emptive approach to
mental disorders?
✔✔A focus on two generational approaches with a population impact - ✔✔Key
elements of successful prevention programs are:
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔The amygdala - ✔✔What brain region has been shown to be overactive in
behaviorally inhibited children?
✔✔Whether they are high on inattention or hyperactivity/impulsivity dimensions
compared to other children of the same age and sex - ✔✔Of the answers below, which
one is the most important to remember when considering an ADHD diagnosis for a
child?
✔✔Insecure attachment - ✔✔Which of the following is NOT a risk factor for extremes of
inattention and impulse control problems in children?
✔✔Inattention - ✔✔What behavioral dimension in children best predicts both academic
failure and substance misuse disorders in adolescence?
✔✔Poor impulse control - ✔✔Which of the following behaviors is NOT typically shown
by behaviorally inhibited children?
✔✔Severity of symptoms and negativity of parent-child interactions - ✔✔In the study
described in Video 6, what two factors predicted whether 3 to 4 year old children who
already scored high on measures of inattention and impulsivity went on to develop
ADHD?
✔✔Working memory - ✔✔What element of executive function is the most important in
following multi-step processes?
✔✔25 - ✔✔Executive function skills finish maturing at about what age?
✔✔Criminal convictions, physical health problems, and substance misuse disorders -
✔✔Which set of adult outcomes are associated with low childhood inhibitory control?
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔What role do adults play in helping children build their
executive function skills?
✔✔Keeping executive function activities separate from other academic content -
✔✔What would be the least helpful when implementing an executive function curriculum
in an early education program?
✔✔3-5 years - ✔✔Between what ages do executive function skills show the most
dramatic period of growth?
, ✔✔Because they help to regulate intense emotional stress - ✔✔Why do problems like
substance misuse, disordered eating, and self-harm behaviors often accompany
complex PTSD?
✔✔Male gender - ✔✔Which of the following is NOT a factor that increases vulnerability
for PTSD?
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔The interpersonal dysfunction that is part of PTSD includes:
✔✔The amygdala and hippocampus - ✔✔Two key brain structures involved in
depression are:
✔✔A decrease in amygdala activation - ✔✔Emotional over-modulation in PTSD is
associated with:
✔✔Numbing, hyperarousal, functional impairment - ✔✔Which of the following are core
symptoms of PTSD?
✔✔Stress system - ✔✔What common signaling system most likely underlies the strong
association between depression and physical illness such as heart disease, diabetes, or
obesity?
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔It is important to provide prevention programs for children of
parents with depression because:
✔✔Has been tested sufficiently through research to be called an evidence-based
therapy - ✔✔Compared to usual care, an evidence-based therapy (EBT)
✔✔Integrating various EBTs to address co-morbidity, clinical caseload, and the need to
potentially adjust treatment while underway - ✔✔The application of EBTs in real-world
clinical settings can be improved by:
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔What is the answer that best describes what is included in the
Modular Approach to Treatment for Children (MATCH)?
✔✔A biologically-based theory of the disorder that allows for personalized, predictive
tools such as biomarkers - ✔✔Which key factor is unique to a pre-emptive approach to
mental disorders?
✔✔A focus on two generational approaches with a population impact - ✔✔Key
elements of successful prevention programs are:
