Chapter 2: Neurobiological Theory of Psychiatric Disorders: Brain functioning, brain development and prenatal and perinatal factors disrupting brain development

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

 

____     1.   On evaluation, the patient appears to be having difficulty with working memory, planning, and insight into his problems.  The psychiatric advanced practice nurse recognizes that these symptoms are associated with problems with the

A.	Frontal lobe
B.	Temporal lobe
C.	Parietal lobe
D.	Occipital lobe

 

 

____     2.   On mental status examination, the patient’s thoughts reveal lack of directedness, excessive details, and difficulty with closure. This pattern is called

A.	Concrete thinking
B.	Circumstantiality
C.	Perseveration
D.	Thought blocking

 

 

____     3.   The brain structure that is believed to have a gating/filtering function and is the area of the brain through which all sensory information passes en route to various cortical areas is which of the following:

A.	Brainstem
B.	Reticular activating system
C.	Thalamus
D.	Hypothalamus

 

 

____     4.   Which area of the brain is a very primitive in terms of evolution and is involved in swallowing, arousal, and breathing?

A.	Parietal lobe
B.	Insula
C.	Cerebellum
D.	Brainstem

 

 

____     5.   Which of these brain structures puts emotional meaning on a stimulus, forms emotional memories, and is involved with rage and fear?

A.	Hippocampus
B.	Temporal lobe
C.	Amygdala
D.	Midbrain

 

Answer Section

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. ANS:  A                    PTS:   1

 

2. ANS:  B                    PTS:   1

 

3. ANS:  C                    PTS:   1

 

4. ANS:  D                    PTS:   1

 

5. ANS:  C                    PTS:   1