BRAIN STORY UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔what is meant by a "serve and return" interaction - ✔✔it is the interaction between a
child and adult where various activities and communication pass back and forth
✔✔in child development, joint attention refers to - ✔✔the infant coordinates their
attention with an adult and another object in the environment, emerges in the first year
of life
✔✔which of the following factors is most likely to increase the quality of sever and
return interactions for a child - ✔✔secure attachment increases a child's ability to
interact with their caregiver and with others around them, even if they are unfamiliar
✔✔what brain region is most involved in behavioral inhibition - ✔✔the amygdala
mediates the responses to fear and anxiety and is over-active in children with
behavioral inhibition
✔✔which two hormones are involved in initiating our response to stress - ✔✔cortisol
and adreneline
✔✔what is cortisols activity during stress - ✔✔its release is shut down in negative
feedback
✔✔which parts of the brain are involved in mediating our responses to stress - ✔✔the
prefrontal cortex, hippocampus,and amygdala are involved in determining whether or
not a stimulus is stressful hypothalamus, and pituitary gland are responsible for initiating
stress response
✔✔what is the difference between tolerable and toxic stress in a child - ✔✔tolerable
stress is buffered by supportive adult relationships but toxic stress is not
✔✔what is the most common source of childhood toxic stress in western countries -
✔✔neglect because it occurs on its own but also as a result of parental difficulties such
as maternal depression and parental substance misuse
✔✔silencing of the glucocorticoid receptor gnee occurs through what kind of process -
✔✔an epigenetic one, not an allostatic one
✔✔early life stress is associated with what physiological change in adulthood -
✔✔increased sensitivity to stress, increased levels of inflammation, and glucocorticoid
resistance
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔what is meant by a "serve and return" interaction - ✔✔it is the interaction between a
child and adult where various activities and communication pass back and forth
✔✔in child development, joint attention refers to - ✔✔the infant coordinates their
attention with an adult and another object in the environment, emerges in the first year
of life
✔✔which of the following factors is most likely to increase the quality of sever and
return interactions for a child - ✔✔secure attachment increases a child's ability to
interact with their caregiver and with others around them, even if they are unfamiliar
✔✔what brain region is most involved in behavioral inhibition - ✔✔the amygdala
mediates the responses to fear and anxiety and is over-active in children with
behavioral inhibition
✔✔which two hormones are involved in initiating our response to stress - ✔✔cortisol
and adreneline
✔✔what is cortisols activity during stress - ✔✔its release is shut down in negative
feedback
✔✔which parts of the brain are involved in mediating our responses to stress - ✔✔the
prefrontal cortex, hippocampus,and amygdala are involved in determining whether or
not a stimulus is stressful hypothalamus, and pituitary gland are responsible for initiating
stress response
✔✔what is the difference between tolerable and toxic stress in a child - ✔✔tolerable
stress is buffered by supportive adult relationships but toxic stress is not
✔✔what is the most common source of childhood toxic stress in western countries -
✔✔neglect because it occurs on its own but also as a result of parental difficulties such
as maternal depression and parental substance misuse
✔✔silencing of the glucocorticoid receptor gnee occurs through what kind of process -
✔✔an epigenetic one, not an allostatic one
✔✔early life stress is associated with what physiological change in adulthood -
✔✔increased sensitivity to stress, increased levels of inflammation, and glucocorticoid
resistance
