BHS 175 FINAL PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Emotional contagion occurs through a process known as somatic empathy -
✔✔True
✔✔___________ is passed on to future generations - ✔✔Epigenetic trauma
✔✔When exposed to traumatic stress, why does the body shut down its health-
sustaining systems - ✔✔To divert energy to self-preservation systems for survival
✔✔Neurochemical-peptide-hormonal cocktail mixes produced when exposed to
traumatic stress can create structural and functional changes in the nervous system. -
✔✔True
✔✔Errors in memory can be activated by environmental triggers that resemble past
traumatic experiences - ✔✔true
✔✔An inescapable shock of trauma can cause the thalamus to oscillate in union with
the outer cortex to interrupt the integration process - ✔✔false
✔✔What theory explains how the body's security system is strengthened with repeated
use - ✔✔Hebbian theory
✔✔Strengthening the body's security system can improve reaction time but decrease
your level of tolerance. - ✔✔true
✔✔Which neural network system focuses on what is relevant to our safety? -
✔✔Salience network
✔✔The ___________ is area of the brain that recognizes the consequence of our
actions - ✔✔Orbital prefrontal cortex
✔✔What system forms part of the body's social engagement system? - ✔✔Ventral
vagal
✔✔The ___________ is an area of the brain that gives us a sense of time. -
✔✔Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
✔✔The scientific work of psychiatry places a strong emphasis on cultivating good
mental health - ✔✔false
, ✔✔Trauma-induced symptoms were once clustered into three categories but are now
clustered into - ✔✔4
✔✔The clustered symptoms called constriction were split into which two categories -
✔✔Numbing and avoidance
✔✔The trauma-induced symptoms of hyperarousal can include recurring thoughts,
emotions, dreams, and actions - ✔✔false
✔✔Which cluster of trauma-induced symptoms causes someone to evade sounds or
smells associated with the traumatic event - ✔✔Avoidance
✔✔Which cluster of trauma-induced symptoms includes flashbacks common in PTSD?
- ✔✔Numbing
✔✔In the DSM-4, PTSD was classified as an anxiety disorder. - ✔✔true
✔✔Traumatic stress injury is an official diagnosis recently accepted in the DSM-5 -
✔✔false
✔✔Symptoms must present within _____ months of the stressful event or situation to
be considered an adjustment disorder - ✔✔3
✔✔The work of _______ influenced the development of exposure therapy. - ✔✔Wolpe
✔✔_______ developed the tri-phasic model - ✔✔Herman
✔✔How many phases are found in the tri-phasic model - ✔✔3
✔✔The Veteran Administration/Department of Defense recommends trauma-focused
cognitive behavioral therapy to treat soldiers with PTSD - ✔✔false
✔✔Brief eclectic psychotherapy involves back-and-forth movement. - ✔✔false
✔✔_______ developed the eye movement desensitization and repressing. - ✔✔Shapiro
✔✔Because eye movement dissemination effectively treats traumatic stress, it does not
require self-regulation skills. - ✔✔false
✔✔Which trauma-based model has the strongest research support for treating
traumatized children - ✔✔TF-CBT
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Emotional contagion occurs through a process known as somatic empathy -
✔✔True
✔✔___________ is passed on to future generations - ✔✔Epigenetic trauma
✔✔When exposed to traumatic stress, why does the body shut down its health-
sustaining systems - ✔✔To divert energy to self-preservation systems for survival
✔✔Neurochemical-peptide-hormonal cocktail mixes produced when exposed to
traumatic stress can create structural and functional changes in the nervous system. -
✔✔True
✔✔Errors in memory can be activated by environmental triggers that resemble past
traumatic experiences - ✔✔true
✔✔An inescapable shock of trauma can cause the thalamus to oscillate in union with
the outer cortex to interrupt the integration process - ✔✔false
✔✔What theory explains how the body's security system is strengthened with repeated
use - ✔✔Hebbian theory
✔✔Strengthening the body's security system can improve reaction time but decrease
your level of tolerance. - ✔✔true
✔✔Which neural network system focuses on what is relevant to our safety? -
✔✔Salience network
✔✔The ___________ is area of the brain that recognizes the consequence of our
actions - ✔✔Orbital prefrontal cortex
✔✔What system forms part of the body's social engagement system? - ✔✔Ventral
vagal
✔✔The ___________ is an area of the brain that gives us a sense of time. -
✔✔Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
✔✔The scientific work of psychiatry places a strong emphasis on cultivating good
mental health - ✔✔false
, ✔✔Trauma-induced symptoms were once clustered into three categories but are now
clustered into - ✔✔4
✔✔The clustered symptoms called constriction were split into which two categories -
✔✔Numbing and avoidance
✔✔The trauma-induced symptoms of hyperarousal can include recurring thoughts,
emotions, dreams, and actions - ✔✔false
✔✔Which cluster of trauma-induced symptoms causes someone to evade sounds or
smells associated with the traumatic event - ✔✔Avoidance
✔✔Which cluster of trauma-induced symptoms includes flashbacks common in PTSD?
- ✔✔Numbing
✔✔In the DSM-4, PTSD was classified as an anxiety disorder. - ✔✔true
✔✔Traumatic stress injury is an official diagnosis recently accepted in the DSM-5 -
✔✔false
✔✔Symptoms must present within _____ months of the stressful event or situation to
be considered an adjustment disorder - ✔✔3
✔✔The work of _______ influenced the development of exposure therapy. - ✔✔Wolpe
✔✔_______ developed the tri-phasic model - ✔✔Herman
✔✔How many phases are found in the tri-phasic model - ✔✔3
✔✔The Veteran Administration/Department of Defense recommends trauma-focused
cognitive behavioral therapy to treat soldiers with PTSD - ✔✔false
✔✔Brief eclectic psychotherapy involves back-and-forth movement. - ✔✔false
✔✔_______ developed the eye movement desensitization and repressing. - ✔✔Shapiro
✔✔Because eye movement dissemination effectively treats traumatic stress, it does not
require self-regulation skills. - ✔✔false
✔✔Which trauma-based model has the strongest research support for treating
traumatized children - ✔✔TF-CBT
