NR606 Week 7 Exam Questions with Verified Answers (Correct
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Question 1: ___ in ___ adults have experienced four or more types of ACEs
Answer: one in six
Question 2: How Trauma Impacts Four Different Types of Memory: Semantic Memory
Answer: What it is: memory of general knowledge & facts. -Explicit Memory -Example: You
remember what a bicycle is. -How trauma can affect it: Trauma can prevent info (like words,
images, sounds, etc.) from different parts of the brain from combining to make a semantic
memory. -Related brain area: The temporal lobe and inferior parietal cortex collect information
from different brain areas to create semantic memory.
Question 3: How Trauma Impacts Four Different Types of Memory: Episodic Memory
Answer: What it is: The autobiographical memory of an event of experience - including the who,
what, and where. -Explicit Memory -Example: You remember who was there and what street you
were on when you fell off your bicycle in front of a crowd. -How trauma can affect it: Trauma
can shutdown episodic memory and fragment the sequence of events. -Related brain area: The
hippocampus is responsible for creating and recalling episodic memory.
Question 4: How Trauma Impacts Four Different Types of Memory: Emotional Memory
Answer: What it is: The memory of the emotion you felt during an experience. -Implicit Memory
-Example: When a wave of shame or anxiety grabs you the next time you see your bicycle after
the big fall. -How trauma can affect it: After trauma, a person may get triggered and experience
painful emotions, often without context. -Related brain area: The amygdala plays a key role in
supporting memory for emotionally charged experiences.
Question 5: How Trauma Impacts Four Different Types of Memory: Procedural Memory
Answer: What it is: The memory of how to perform a common task without activtely thinking
about it. -Implicit Memory -Example: You can ride a bicycle automatically without having to
stop and recall how it's done. -How trauma can affect it: Trauma can change patterns of
procedural memory. For example, a person might tense up and unconsciously alter their posture,
which could lead to pain or even numbness. -Related brain area: The striatum is associated with
producing procedural memory and creating new habits.
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Question 1: ___ in ___ adults have experienced four or more types of ACEs
Answer: one in six
Question 2: How Trauma Impacts Four Different Types of Memory: Semantic Memory
Answer: What it is: memory of general knowledge & facts. -Explicit Memory -Example: You
remember what a bicycle is. -How trauma can affect it: Trauma can prevent info (like words,
images, sounds, etc.) from different parts of the brain from combining to make a semantic
memory. -Related brain area: The temporal lobe and inferior parietal cortex collect information
from different brain areas to create semantic memory.
Question 3: How Trauma Impacts Four Different Types of Memory: Episodic Memory
Answer: What it is: The autobiographical memory of an event of experience - including the who,
what, and where. -Explicit Memory -Example: You remember who was there and what street you
were on when you fell off your bicycle in front of a crowd. -How trauma can affect it: Trauma
can shutdown episodic memory and fragment the sequence of events. -Related brain area: The
hippocampus is responsible for creating and recalling episodic memory.
Question 4: How Trauma Impacts Four Different Types of Memory: Emotional Memory
Answer: What it is: The memory of the emotion you felt during an experience. -Implicit Memory
-Example: When a wave of shame or anxiety grabs you the next time you see your bicycle after
the big fall. -How trauma can affect it: After trauma, a person may get triggered and experience
painful emotions, often without context. -Related brain area: The amygdala plays a key role in
supporting memory for emotionally charged experiences.
Question 5: How Trauma Impacts Four Different Types of Memory: Procedural Memory
Answer: What it is: The memory of how to perform a common task without activtely thinking
about it. -Implicit Memory -Example: You can ride a bicycle automatically without having to
stop and recall how it's done. -How trauma can affect it: Trauma can change patterns of
procedural memory. For example, a person might tense up and unconsciously alter their posture,
which could lead to pain or even numbness. -Related brain area: The striatum is associated with
producing procedural memory and creating new habits.
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