EXAM 1 BRAIN STORY MODS EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM 55 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A
The brain begins as an embryonic structure called the:
a. brain stem
b. neocortex
c. neural tube
d. spinal cord - correct answer Neural tube
Bain developmental starts shortly after conception. The brain is considered mature around the
age of:
a. 6
b. 18
c. 25
d. 60 - correct answer 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 - correct answer 1. sensory
abilities
2. motor skills
3. emotional skills
4. executive function skills
Order the stages of development from greatest plasticity to least plasticity - correct answer
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 - correct answer 3
How do experiences shape the developing brain? - correct answer 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? - correct answer At any stage of development
One outcome of addiction in familes is: - correct answer 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? - correct answer 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 - correct answer False
Dr. Goodwine Fisher states that the recovery process creates a constant tension within families.
What does she say this is largely due to? - correct answer The need to break apart the current
family structure so that each member can focus on their individual recovery
Why did mainstream psychiatry continue to reject, for many years, the notion that gambling
and overeating could be addictive? - correct answer bc they do not have a prominent physical
withdrawal syndrome
Which quality does food have to have in order for it to potentially addictive?
a. it needs to taste good
b. it needs to contain high-fructose corn syrup
c. it needs to contain fat
d. all of the above - correct answer a. it needs to taste good
From a neurobiological perspective, why are behaviors like eating and sex potentially addictive
just as drugs of abuse are potentially addictive?
a. bc they can evoke a highly sensorial experience
b. bc their overuse can cause feelings of shame and guilt
c. bc we turn to them to alleviate stress
d. bc they produce an increase in dopamine levels in the reward system - correct answer d. bc
they produce an increase in dopamine levels in the reward system
According to Dr. Montgomery, why do people recovering from process addictions like to run
yellow lights? - correct answer They have not yet learned how to feel normal emotions, so they
seek out situations that give them a rush of exhilaration
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