Hijacked Brain Quiz

Question 1

What percentage of American adolescents had used an illicit drug sometime during their lifetime?

a. 25%
b. 35.5%
c. 48.3%
d. 50%

Answer 1

c. 48.3%

Question 2

What addictive substance starts in adolescence which has highly addictive properties & can be hard to quit throughout the life cycle?

a. alcohol
b. tobacco
c. marijuana
d. all of the above

Answer 2

b. tobacco

Question 3

What two neurotransmitters mediate the rewarding effects of illicit use of drugs (drug addiction)?

a. Dopamine and Opioid Peptides
b. Dopamine and Norepinephrine
c. Dopamine and Serotonin
d. Dopamine and GABA

Answer 3

a. Dopamine and Opioid Peptides

Question 4

The major brain areas hijacked by substance use and abuse are?

a. Prefrontal, anterior cingulate gyrus, hippocampus, amygdala, cerebellum
b. Prefrontal, anterior cingulate gyrus, hypothalamus, amygdala, cerebellum
c. Prefrontal, anterior cingulate gyrus, hippocampus, inferior frontal gyrus, cerebellum
d. Prefrontal, anterior cingulate gyrus, hippocampus, amygdala, cerebrum

Answer 4

a. Prefrontal, anterior cingulate gyrus, hippocampus, amygdala, cerebellum

Question 5

Alcohol effects on neuro-developmental learning involve which one of the following?

a. deficits in executive functioning involving day to day life
b. deficits in inhibitory control, initiation, and working memory
c. decreased flexibility in thinking and difficulty remembering
d. all of the above

Answer 5

d. all of the above

Question 6

When the cerebellum is hijacked by illicit substances, which of the following is true?

a. Is responsible for coordinating the brain’s outgoing motor signals (motor control via generate some desired movement or action).
b. Plays an important role in balance and coordination - when hijacked - enhances balance and coordination/gait. Usually has a narrow base stance for balance.
c. Even the act of smiling requires the coordination of 47 muscles and the cerebellum facilitates such a process. Therefore, it may not be able to exercise all the muscles to smile when under the influence resulting in a half smile & slow speech.
d. Speed of cognitive integration fast thinking but poor coordinated learning.

Answer 6

c. Even the act of smiling requires the coordination of 47 muscles and the cerebellum facilitates such a process. Therefore, it may not be able to exercise all the muscles to smile when under the influence resulting in a half smile & slow speech.

Question 7

What is involved in the neuro-physiological effects of cocaine?

a. First, blocks serotonin reuptake, increasing dopamine levels in the synapse. Which chronic use depletes the normal stores of serotonin in the brain.
b. First, blocks dopamine reuptake, increasing dopamine levels in the synapse. With chronic use depletes the normal stores of dopamine in the brain.
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above

Answer 7

b. First, blocks dopamine reuptake, increasing dopamine levels in the synapse. With chronic use depletes the normal stores of dopamine in the brain.

Question 8

Opiods impact on neuro-bahavioral circuitry involves which of the following?

a. Disrupts frontal cortical behavioral control mechanisms and increases limbic negative affect, craving, and anxiety
b. Enhances frontal cortical behavioral control mechanisms and increase limbic positive affect, craving, and anxiety.
c. both a and b
d. None of above.

Answer 8

a. Disrupts frontal cortical behavioral control mechanisms and increases limbic negative affect, craving, and anxiety

Question 9

Abuse of OxyContin can impact the following neurocognitive learning processes?

a. Information processing when conceptualizing items due to deficits in understanding what is.
b. psychomotor speed reduction.
c. simple problem-solving involving life events (e.g., what to do if locked out of a room)
d. All of the above

Answer 9

d. All of the above

Question 10

What are the prevention measures or approaches in the treatment of substance abuse and addiction?

a. Motivational interviewing, CBT, group counseling, solution-focused therapy, and Rogerian therapy.
b. Motivational interviewing, CBT, group counseling, solution-enhanced therapy, and Rogerian therapy.
c. Motivational interviewing, CBT, group counseling, solution-solving therapy, and Rogerian therapy.
d. Motivational interviewing, CBT, group counseling, solution-solving therapy, and Adlerian therapy.

Answer 10

d. Motivational interviewing, CBT, group counseling, solution-solving therapy, and Adlerian therapy.