Chapter 14: Neurocognitive Disorders

Chapter 14: Neurocognitive Disorders

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below 

 

Chapter 14: Neurocognitive Disorders

 

Multiple-Choice Questions

 

14.1-1. Which of the following statements about the brain is true?

1. The skull is designed to support as much as 3 tons of weight.
2. The brain is protected only by the skull.
3. The human brain typically weights about 5 pounds.
4. Brain damage rarely results in cognitive changes.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 14.1-1

Page Ref: 483

Topic: Neurocognitive Disorders

Skill: Factual

Answer: a. The skull is designed to support as much as 3 tons of weight.

 

14.1-2. It is important that mental health professionals have an understanding of the effects of brain damage because

1. most of their patients will have brain damage.
2. brain damage can result in symptoms that look like psychological conditions.
3. many of the medications used to treat psychopathology cause brain damage.
4. the effects of most forms of brain damage are reversible.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 14.1-2

Page Ref: 483

Topic: Neurocognitive Disorders

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: b. brain damage can result in symptoms that look like psychological conditions.

 

14.1-3. All of the following are reasons why cognitive disorders are addressed in an abnormal text EXCEPT

1. these disorders are considered to be psychopathological conditions.
2. some brain disorders cause symptoms that look like mood and anxiety disorders.
3. psychological conditions can signal the onset of brain damage.
4. brain damage can lead to psychological symptoms.

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 14.1-3

Page Ref: 483

Topic: Neurocognitive Disorders

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: c. psychological conditions can signal the onset of brain damage.

 

14.1-4. According to your text, what can double the risk of acquiring Alzheimer’s Disease?

1. anxiety.
2. psychosis.
3. blindness

d.depression.

Difficulty: 3

Question ID: 14.1-4

Page Ref: 484

Topic: Brain Impairment in Adults/Clinical Signs of Brain Damage

Skill: Factual

Answer: d. depression.

 

14.1-5. In the DSM-5, the disorders now known as “Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders” will be part of a newly proposed category called ________________.

1. Delirium and Dementia Disorders
2. Cognitive Disorders
3. Neurological Disorders
4. Neurocognitive Disorders

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 14.1-5

Page Ref: 484

Topic: Brain Impairment in Adults

Skill: Factual

Answer: d. Neurocognitive Disorders

 

14.1-6. The extent of the deficits seen after brain damage are determined in part by

1. genetic factors.
2. how one is functioning before the damage occurs.
3. chemical imbalances in the brain.
4. the drugs a person was on.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 14.1-6

Page Ref: 484

Topic: Brain Impairment in Adults/Clinical Signs of Brain Damage

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: b. how one is functioning before the damage occurs.

 

14.1-7. Major brain damage

1. causes major changes.
2. causes minor changes.
3. causes changes to personality only.
4. sometimes causes minor changes and sometimes major ones.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 14.1-7

Page Ref: 485

Topic: Brain Impairment in Adults/Clinical Signs of Brain Damage

Skill: Factual

Answer: d. sometimes causes minor changes and sometimes major ones.

 

14.1-8. A person who has experienced destruction of brain tissue may have widespread or limited behavioral deficits. The outcome depends upon which of the following?

1. Gender
2. Ethnicity
3. Predisorder intellectual competence
4. Income

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 14.1-8

Page Ref: 484

Topic: Brain Impairment in Adults/Clinical Signs of Brain Damage

Skill: Applied

Answer: c. Predisorder intellectual competence

 

14.1-9. Which of the following could occur as a result of exposure to formaldehyde?

1. high blood pressure
2. epilepsy
3. asthma.
4. attention deficits

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 14.1-9

Page Ref: 485

Topic: Brain Impairment in Adults/Diffuse Versus Focal Damage

Skill: Factual

Answer: d. attention deficits

 

14.1-10. When Mrs. Thomason experienced a stroke, a small area of her brain was deprived of oxygenated blood. This resulted in a

1. diffuse brain injury.
2. focal brain lesion.
3. psychopathological dementia.
4. diffuse lesion.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 14.1-10

Page Ref: 485

Topic: Brain Impairment in Adults/Diffuse Versus Focal Damage

Skill: Applied

Answer: b. focal brain lesion.

 

14.1-11. Mild to moderate diffuse brain damage is most likely to result in

1. mood disturbance.
2. attention deficits.
3. visual distortions.
4. altered sleep patterns.

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 14.1-11

Page Ref: 485

Topic: Brain Impairment in Adults/Diffuse Versus Focal Damage

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: b. attention deficits.