Exam 1 Brain Story MODs Test with Verified Answers Graded A+
1. Neural tube The brain begins as an embryonic structure called the:
a. brain stem
b. neocortex
c. neural tube
d. spinal cord
2. 25 Bain developmental starts shortly after conception. The
brain is considered mature around the age of:
a. 6
b. 18
c. 25
d. 60
3. 1. sensory abili- Different abilities, and their underlying neural circuits, de-
ties velop in a bottom-up sequence during sensitive periods.
2. motor skills Put the following abilities in the correct sequence of devel-
3. emotional opment: sensory abilities, motor skills, executive function
skills skills, emotional skills
4. executive func-
tion skills
4. Early child- Order the stages of development from greatest plasticity
hood, late child- to least plasticity
hood, adoles-
ence, adulthood
5. 3 The age at which brain has the most connections between
its neurons is:
a. 3
b. 6
c. 25
d. 50
6. They influence How do experiences shape the developing brain?
which neur-
al connections
are strengthened
and which are
pruned away
, Exam 1 Brain Story MODs Test with Verified Answers Graded A+
7. At any stage of At what stage of development do negative experiences
development influence the architecture of the developing brain?
8. Parents without One outcome of addiction in familes is:
the capacity to
parent in healthy
ways leads to
the intergenera-
tional transmis-
sion of toxic
stress
9. A system that is What is the defining feature of an addicted family?
structed to pro-
tect teh accic-
tion in the fami-
ly because doing
anything else be-
comes too threat-
ening
10. False T or F:
Parents of an addicted adolescent will develop their own
addiction to protect their childs addiction
11. The need to Dr. Goodwine Fisher states that the recovery process
break apart the creates a constant tension within families. What does she
current family say this is largely due to?
structure so that
each member
can focus on
their individual
recovery
12. bc they do not Why did mainstream psychiatry continue to reject, for
have a prominent many years, the notion that gambling and overeating could
physical with- be addictive?
drawal syndrome
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