SOCW6101 ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR
SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 2026
COMPLETE LEARNING RESOURCE
◉ Deep brain stimulation might be used for all of the following
disorders except:
Answer: Anxiety disorders
◉ Kisler's et al., (2017) study of the degeneration of what are known
as gatekeeper cells, which control the flow of blood inside the brain,
and is partly responsible for Alzheimer's disease, in which people
suffer a slow decline in memory and other thinking skills, is an
example of ______ level of analysis.
Answer: cellular
◉ Gila coated with a special fatty substance called ______ increases
electrical conductivity for message transmission.
Answer: myelin
,◉ According to Yorke and Bergere (2018), social workers should
learn about neuroscience
Answer: All answers are correct.
◉ Yehuda et al. (2016) found that ______ epigenetic changes in
holocaust survivors who were imprisoned and tortured in
concentration camps during World War II were passed on to their
children.
Answer: trauma-related
◉ Inferring brain function using MRI technology to image the brain
in a way that detects the amount of oxygen used by neurons is ______.
Answer: fMRI
◉ ______ is a method of stimulating or inhibiting neurons using light.
Answer: Optogenics
◉ A measurement technique known as positron emission
tomography (PET) scan detects the consumption of ______ by
neurons.
Answer: glucose
◉ Environmental factors in the form of substances that adversely
affect normal brain development are known as ______.
, Answer: teratogens
◉ Considerable evidence suggests that most of the multifactorial
and diverse events likely linked to the development of psychiatric
disorders involve glia in some way.
Answer: True
◉ ______ is conduction of action potentials in the direction from the
axon terminals to the soma.
Answer: Orthodromic propagation
◉ __________ is the scientific study of cells and tissues using special
staining techniques combined with microscopy.
Answer: Histology
◉ Each ______ is associated with certain functions in both the central
and peripheral nervous system.
Answer: neurotransmitter
◉ Schwann cells are ______ glia in the ______ nervous system.
Answer: myelin-producing; peripheral
SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 2026
COMPLETE LEARNING RESOURCE
◉ Deep brain stimulation might be used for all of the following
disorders except:
Answer: Anxiety disorders
◉ Kisler's et al., (2017) study of the degeneration of what are known
as gatekeeper cells, which control the flow of blood inside the brain,
and is partly responsible for Alzheimer's disease, in which people
suffer a slow decline in memory and other thinking skills, is an
example of ______ level of analysis.
Answer: cellular
◉ Gila coated with a special fatty substance called ______ increases
electrical conductivity for message transmission.
Answer: myelin
,◉ According to Yorke and Bergere (2018), social workers should
learn about neuroscience
Answer: All answers are correct.
◉ Yehuda et al. (2016) found that ______ epigenetic changes in
holocaust survivors who were imprisoned and tortured in
concentration camps during World War II were passed on to their
children.
Answer: trauma-related
◉ Inferring brain function using MRI technology to image the brain
in a way that detects the amount of oxygen used by neurons is ______.
Answer: fMRI
◉ ______ is a method of stimulating or inhibiting neurons using light.
Answer: Optogenics
◉ A measurement technique known as positron emission
tomography (PET) scan detects the consumption of ______ by
neurons.
Answer: glucose
◉ Environmental factors in the form of substances that adversely
affect normal brain development are known as ______.
, Answer: teratogens
◉ Considerable evidence suggests that most of the multifactorial
and diverse events likely linked to the development of psychiatric
disorders involve glia in some way.
Answer: True
◉ ______ is conduction of action potentials in the direction from the
axon terminals to the soma.
Answer: Orthodromic propagation
◉ __________ is the scientific study of cells and tissues using special
staining techniques combined with microscopy.
Answer: Histology
◉ Each ______ is associated with certain functions in both the central
and peripheral nervous system.
Answer: neurotransmitter
◉ Schwann cells are ______ glia in the ______ nervous system.
Answer: myelin-producing; peripheral
