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1. The brain begins as an embryonic structure called Neural tube
the:
a. brain stem
b. neocortex
c. neural tube
d. spinal cord
2. Bain developmental starts shortly after conception. 25
The brain is considered mature around the age of:
a. 6
b. 18
c. 25
d. 60
3. Different abilities, and their underlying neural cir- 1. sensory abilities
cuits, develop in a bottom-up sequence during sensi- 2. motor skills
tive periods. Put the following abilities in the correct 3. emotional skills
sequence of development: sensory abilities, motor 4. executive func-
skills, executive function skills, emotional skills tion skills
4. Order the stages of development from greatest plas- Early childhood,
ticity to least plasticity late childhood,
adolesence, adult-
hood
5. The age at which brain has the most connections 3
between its neurons is:
a. 3
b. 6
c. 25
d. 50
6. How do experiences shape the developing brain? They influence
which neural
connections are
strengthened and
which are pruned
away
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7. At what stage of development do negative experi- At any stage of de-
ences influence the architecture of the developing velopment
brain?
8. One outcome of addiction in familes is: Parents without
the capacity to
parent in healthy
ways leads to
the intergenera-
tional transmission
of toxic stress
9. What is the defining feature of an addicted family? A system that is
structed to pro-
tect teh accic-
tion in the fami-
ly because doing
anything else be-
comes too threat-
ening
10. T or F: False
Parents of an addicted adolescent will develop their
own addiction to protect their childs addiction
11. Dr. Goodwine Fisher states that the recovery process The need to break
creates a constant tension within families. What does apart the current
she say this is largely due to? family structure so
that each member
can focus on their
individual recovery
12. Why did mainstream psychiatry continue to reject, for bc they do not
many years, the notion that gambling and overeating have a prominent
could be addictive? physical withdraw-
al syndrome