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NSG527/NSG 527 FINAL EXAM 2025/2026
UPDATE) PSYCHOPATHOLOGY ,THEORIES
AND ADVANCED CLINICAL MODALITIES
REVIEW | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS |GRADED A+
What are norms? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- A pattern of behavior thought to be
viewed in society as socially right or correct
What are family value conflicts? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Social class,
personal difference, and generational issues
What are the main functions of the frontal lobe? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- The
working memory, insight, and planning
What are the main functions of the thalamus? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Gating
and filtering function, sensory information passes through
What are the main functions of the brainstem? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Primitive part of the brain. Concerned with breathing, swallowing, and arousal
What are the main functions of the amygdala? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Forms
your emotional memories. Involved in fear and rage. Can put emotional meaning
to stimulus
What are the main functions of the hippocampus? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Learning, processing of information to memories. Can also assign a time and place
to your memories
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What is included in the central nervous system? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Brain and spinal cord
What are the afferent neurons? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Sensory neurons;
carry the sensory information towards the central nervous system
What is GABA? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- An inhibitory neurotransmitter in
the nervous system that decreases neuronal excitability
What are oligodendrocytes? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- A type of cell mainly
responsible for the myelin formation in the central nervous system
What is Parkinson's disease? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- A disease of the nerve
cells that lead to the basal ganglia in the brain
Results in tremors and shuffling gait
What is the limbic system? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- The area of the brain that
is made up of the innermost portions of the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes
and that overlies the brainstem
What does termination of a neurotransmitter action in the sympathetic nervous
system lead to? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Reuptake in the presynaptic neuron
What is the purpose of family psychoeducation? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- -
Helps improve knowledge base of any type of illness
- Provides information about recovery stages
NSG527/NSG 527 FINAL EXAM 2025/2026
UPDATE) PSYCHOPATHOLOGY ,THEORIES
AND ADVANCED CLINICAL MODALITIES
REVIEW | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS |GRADED A+
What are norms? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- A pattern of behavior thought to be
viewed in society as socially right or correct
What are family value conflicts? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Social class,
personal difference, and generational issues
What are the main functions of the frontal lobe? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- The
working memory, insight, and planning
What are the main functions of the thalamus? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Gating
and filtering function, sensory information passes through
What are the main functions of the brainstem? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Primitive part of the brain. Concerned with breathing, swallowing, and arousal
What are the main functions of the amygdala? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Forms
your emotional memories. Involved in fear and rage. Can put emotional meaning
to stimulus
What are the main functions of the hippocampus? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Learning, processing of information to memories. Can also assign a time and place
to your memories
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What is included in the central nervous system? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Brain and spinal cord
What are the afferent neurons? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Sensory neurons;
carry the sensory information towards the central nervous system
What is GABA? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- An inhibitory neurotransmitter in
the nervous system that decreases neuronal excitability
What are oligodendrocytes? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- A type of cell mainly
responsible for the myelin formation in the central nervous system
What is Parkinson's disease? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- A disease of the nerve
cells that lead to the basal ganglia in the brain
Results in tremors and shuffling gait
What is the limbic system? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- The area of the brain that
is made up of the innermost portions of the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes
and that overlies the brainstem
What does termination of a neurotransmitter action in the sympathetic nervous
system lead to? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Reuptake in the presynaptic neuron
What is the purpose of family psychoeducation? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- -
Helps improve knowledge base of any type of illness
- Provides information about recovery stages
