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The brain begins as an embryonic structure called the:
a. brain stem
b. neocortex
c. neural tube
d. spinal cord - ✔✔Neural tube
Bain developmental starts shortly after conception. The brain is considered
mature around the age of:
a. 6
b. 18
c. 25
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,d. 60 - ✔✔25
Different abilities, and their underlying neural circuits, develop in a
bottom-up sequence during sensitive periods. Put the following abilities in
the correct sequence of development: sensory abilities, motor skills,
executive function skills, emotional skills - ✔✔1. sensory abilities
2. motor skills
3. emotional skills
4. executive function skills
Order the stages of development from greatest plasticity to least plasticity -
✔✔Early childhood, late childhood, adolesence, adulthood
The age at which brain has the most connections between its neurons is:
a. 3
b. 6
c. 25
d. 50 - ✔✔3
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, How do experiences shape the developing brain? - ✔✔They influence
which neural connections are strengthened and which are pruned away
At what stage of development do negative experiences influence the
architecture of the developing brain? - ✔✔At any stage of development
One outcome of addiction in familes is: - ✔✔Parents without the capacity
to parent in healthy ways leads to the intergenerational transmission of
toxic stress
What is the defining feature of an addicted family? - ✔✔A system that is
structed to protect teh acciction in the family because doing anything else
becomes too threatening
T or F:
Parents of an addicted adolescent will develop their own addiction to
protect their childs addiction - ✔✔False
Dr. Goodwine Fisher states that the recovery process creates a constant
tension within families. What does she say this is largely due to? - ✔✔The
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The brain begins as an embryonic structure called the:
a. brain stem
b. neocortex
c. neural tube
d. spinal cord - ✔✔Neural tube
Bain developmental starts shortly after conception. The brain is considered
mature around the age of:
a. 6
b. 18
c. 25
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,d. 60 - ✔✔25
Different abilities, and their underlying neural circuits, develop in a
bottom-up sequence during sensitive periods. Put the following abilities in
the correct sequence of development: sensory abilities, motor skills,
executive function skills, emotional skills - ✔✔1. sensory abilities
2. motor skills
3. emotional skills
4. executive function skills
Order the stages of development from greatest plasticity to least plasticity -
✔✔Early childhood, late childhood, adolesence, adulthood
The age at which brain has the most connections between its neurons is:
a. 3
b. 6
c. 25
d. 50 - ✔✔3
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, How do experiences shape the developing brain? - ✔✔They influence
which neural connections are strengthened and which are pruned away
At what stage of development do negative experiences influence the
architecture of the developing brain? - ✔✔At any stage of development
One outcome of addiction in familes is: - ✔✔Parents without the capacity
to parent in healthy ways leads to the intergenerational transmission of
toxic stress
What is the defining feature of an addicted family? - ✔✔A system that is
structed to protect teh acciction in the family because doing anything else
becomes too threatening
T or F:
Parents of an addicted adolescent will develop their own addiction to
protect their childs addiction - ✔✔False
Dr. Goodwine Fisher states that the recovery process creates a constant
tension within families. What does she say this is largely due to? - ✔✔The
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