How does poverty affect a child’s developing brain?
What will be an ideal response?
Poverty can shrink the child’s brain from birth, exposure to toxic trauma (e.g., abuse, neglect), lack of nutrition, increase in cortisol levels which can lead to changing the structure of the child’s brain. This toxic stress and high cortisol levels have been linked to brain damage, poor social skills, low verbal skills, memory impairment, aggression, impulsiveness, and difficulties with emotional regulation.
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Projective personality assessments are:
a. Structured b. Helpful c. Unstructured d. Unhelpful
A neuropsychologist working in the rehabilitation setting with a multi-disciplinary team may provide the following services:
a. guidance to the treatment team when working with an individual who is described as "difficult." b. a brief screen of neuropsychological functioning. c. evaluation of orientation. d. co-treatment with physical therapy with an individual who is not progressing well. e. two of the above f. three of the above g. all of the above
The Exner Comprehensive System, which examines location, determinants, and content, is associated with which projective technique?
A) ?Rorschach Inkblot Test B) ?Early Memories Procedure C) ?Thematic Apperception Test D) ?Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank
Which of the following is not one of the three processes a family uses to absorb the undifferentiation energy of the family projection process?
a. emotional cutoff b. illness in a spouse c. marital conflict d. impairment in a child