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Quiz: The Brain
Due Oct 8 at 11:59pm Points 10 Questions 10
Time Limit 20 Minutes
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The quiz:
Covers theTextbookmaterial fromModule 7: Week 7.
Contains10multiple-choice and true/falsequestions.
Islimitedto 20 minutes.
Allows1 attempt.
Isworth 10 points.
You may refer to your notes and textbook at any time during the quiz.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module 7: Week 7.
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Question 1
You are addressing affect regulation with a client. According to
Polyvagal Theory, all of the following are true except:
Social interactional behavior plays a role.
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When a client’s historical experience of relationships contains
trauma or other negative interactions, the neural pathways that
were created contribute to the misreading of threat levels in
relationships.
Porges indicated that social engagement excites the sympathetic
nervous system, resulting in a sense of danger.
Social engagement involves elements of social communication,
such as vocalization, facial expression, and listening.
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Question 2
You are counseling a client who struggles with addiction. The
client asks why it takes greater efforts and higher dosages of the
addictive substance in order to feel the same level of pleasure over
time. You explain that, in the addictions literature, this is often
referred to as:
The Porges polyvagal effect
Tolerance
Hebb’s principle
Sufferance
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You are counseling a client regarding the benets of life skills. You
refer to the balance of physiological processes in the body which
is known as:
Synaptogenesis
Neurological articulation
Homeostasis
Harmonious equipoise.
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Question 4
A client discloses the recent onset of serious problems with
balance. Based on your understanding of brain structure and
function, you recommend that the client speak with the primary
care provider regarding the possibility of needing a neurological
consult as the client may be experiencing problems in which part
of the brain?
Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Temporal lobe
Cerebellum
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Question 5
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The brain stem controls the ow of information between the brain
and the rest of the body. It regulates basic body functions
including breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, swallowing,
consciousness and wakefulness. It includes:
Kuhnley's Plexus.
The Reticulum of Hebb.
The pons, the reticular formation, the tegmentum, and the medulla
oblongata.
The hypothalamus, the pallidum, and the putamen.
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Question 6
A client asks you whether they are a “right-brain person” or a “left-
brain person”. You offer the following responses.
There is a substantial evidence base indicating that a “right brain
person” is creative and a “left-brain person” is analytical.
There is a substantial evidence base indicating that a “right brain
person” is analytical and a “left-brain person” is creative.
The theory of a person being a “right-brain person” or a “left-brain
person” is popular despite the lack of an evidence base.
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Research demonstrates that a “right-brain person” is more focused
and attentive than a “left-brain person”.
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Question 7
You are discussing with a client how neurotransmitters affect our
functions. Which of the following statements is not true?
Adrenaline increases heart rate and blood ow in stressful
situations to provide a physical boost and heightened awareness.
GABA (gamma-Aminobutyric acid) is excitatory with high levels
causing anxiety and low levels improving focus.
Dopamine increases the experience of pleasure and is involved in
movement, motivation and addiction.
Serotonin contributes to well-being and happiness.
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Question 8
In a review of interventions to improve adherence to self-
administered medications for chronic diseases in the United
States in 2012 in the Annals of Internal Medicine by Visnawathan
et al. (2012), the authors reported all the following except:
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Studies have consistently shown that 20% to 30% of medication
prescriptions are never lled
Approximately 50% of medications for chronic disease are not
taken as prescribed
In the United States, non-adherence to medication causes
approximately 125,000 deaths, at least 10% of hospitalizations,
and a substantial increase in morbidity and mortality with an
estimated cost to the U.S. healthcare system of up to $289 billion
annually.
Medications have demonstrated superiority to all other forms of
treatment.
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Question 9
You have a client who engages in the use of addictive substances
and wants to know about brain function. Which of the following
does not comprise the brain’s reward system?
The nucleus accumbens.
The cerebral cortex.
The amygdala.
The Pavlovian nucleus
The hippocampus
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Question 10
Hebbian theory is a neuroscientic theory claiming that an
increase in synaptic ecacy arises from a presynaptic cell's
repeated and persistent stimulation of a postsynaptic cell. Or,
more simplistically, what wires together res together. How might
you apply this concept in a session with a client?
Help the client realize that once a neuronal pattern is established it
cannot be unwired and the client must learn to live with it.
Discuss the power of neurogenesis and neuroplasticity with the
use therapeutic methods to develop new wiring to override old
unwanted wiring.
Both a and b.
Neither a nor b.
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