Brain Story Certification, Questions with Correct Answers (Grade
A+)
Question 1:
12. Which of the following are core symptoms of PTSD?
Answer: Numbing, hyperarousal, functional impairment
Question 2:
12. Why do problems like substance misuse, disordered eating, and self-harm behaviors often accompany
complex PTSD?
Answer: Because they help regulate intense emotional states
Question 3:
12. Which of the following is NOT a factor that increases vulnerability for PTSD?
Answer: Male gender
Question 4:
12. Emotional over-modulation in PTSD is associated with
Answer: A decrease in amygdala activation
Question 5:
12. The interpersonal dysfunction that is part of PTSD includes
Answer: All of the above: social isolation, difficulties with child rearing, problems functioning at work
Question 6:
12. Two key brain structures involved in depression are
Answer: The amygdala and hippo campus
Question 7:
12. What common signaling system most likely underlies the strong association between depression and
physical illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, and obesity?
Answer: Stress system
Question 8:
4. Human infants need to be taught how to react to social cues by:
Answer: Nothing - Infants have an innate ability to respond to social cues (trick question suckka)
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, Question 9:
4. How do social interactions with attentive adults support learning in children?
Answer: All of the above: They direct the child's attention to important aspects of the task, they make
learning fun for the child, they can be used to adapt the learning to meet an individual child's needs.
Question 10:
4. In child development, joint attention refers to:
Answer: The infant co-ordinates his or her attention with an adult and another object in the environment.
Question 11:
4. Which of the following factors is most likely to increase the quality and quantity of serve-and-return
interactions for a child?
Answer: Secure attachment
Question 12:
4. Which aspect of development is NOT affected by social interactions?
Answer: None of the above
Question 13:
4. What brain region is most involved in behavioral inhibition?
Answer: The amygdala
Question 14:
10. Which of the following adverse childhood experiences was not included as part of the ACE Study?
Answer: Growing up in a neighbourhood with community violence.
Question 15:
10. If ACE's could be prevented, which of the following would most likely also occur?
Answer: Economic productivity would increase.
Question 16:
10. What mechanism helps to explain the association between ACE's and cardiovascular disease in adulthood?
Answer: Activation of inflammatory pathways
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A+)
Question 1:
12. Which of the following are core symptoms of PTSD?
Answer: Numbing, hyperarousal, functional impairment
Question 2:
12. Why do problems like substance misuse, disordered eating, and self-harm behaviors often accompany
complex PTSD?
Answer: Because they help regulate intense emotional states
Question 3:
12. Which of the following is NOT a factor that increases vulnerability for PTSD?
Answer: Male gender
Question 4:
12. Emotional over-modulation in PTSD is associated with
Answer: A decrease in amygdala activation
Question 5:
12. The interpersonal dysfunction that is part of PTSD includes
Answer: All of the above: social isolation, difficulties with child rearing, problems functioning at work
Question 6:
12. Two key brain structures involved in depression are
Answer: The amygdala and hippo campus
Question 7:
12. What common signaling system most likely underlies the strong association between depression and
physical illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, and obesity?
Answer: Stress system
Question 8:
4. Human infants need to be taught how to react to social cues by:
Answer: Nothing - Infants have an innate ability to respond to social cues (trick question suckka)
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, Question 9:
4. How do social interactions with attentive adults support learning in children?
Answer: All of the above: They direct the child's attention to important aspects of the task, they make
learning fun for the child, they can be used to adapt the learning to meet an individual child's needs.
Question 10:
4. In child development, joint attention refers to:
Answer: The infant co-ordinates his or her attention with an adult and another object in the environment.
Question 11:
4. Which of the following factors is most likely to increase the quality and quantity of serve-and-return
interactions for a child?
Answer: Secure attachment
Question 12:
4. Which aspect of development is NOT affected by social interactions?
Answer: None of the above
Question 13:
4. What brain region is most involved in behavioral inhibition?
Answer: The amygdala
Question 14:
10. Which of the following adverse childhood experiences was not included as part of the ACE Study?
Answer: Growing up in a neighbourhood with community violence.
Question 15:
10. If ACE's could be prevented, which of the following would most likely also occur?
Answer: Economic productivity would increase.
Question 16:
10. What mechanism helps to explain the association between ACE's and cardiovascular disease in adulthood?
Answer: Activation of inflammatory pathways
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