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Traumatic Attachment and the Early Origins of PTSD - Test
by Allan N. Schore, Ph.D.

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1. In DSM-III-R the key precipitant to PTSD was the severity of the trauma. In DSM-IV this has shifted to: Help
Genetic factors
 Developmental factors
 Characteristics of the victim including reaction to the trauma
 Psychopharmacological variables
2. The right hemisphere is dominant for: Help
Verbal processing
 Analytical processing
 Explicit memory
 Human stress response
3. Current trauma models are focusing on which defense mechanism? Help
Repression
 Sublimation
 Disavowal
 Dissociation
4. Attachment transactions impact the experience-dependent maturation of: Help
Limbic-autonomic circuits of the right brain
 Limbic-autonomic circuits of the left brain
 Broca's area
 Wernicke's area
5. Bowlby's internal working models are: Help
Stored in explicit memory
 Fundamentally represented in conscious verbal schemas
 Expressed in implicit expectations that homeostatic disruptions will be set right
 Can not be expressed nonverbally
6. Catecholamines are increased in which stage of infant trauma: Help
Extinction
 Sympathetic hyperarousal
 Dissociation
 Metabolic shutdown
7. In chronic stress prolonged dorsal vagal activity associated with pathological dissociation is accompanied by: Help
Increased brain dopamine
 Increased cortisol
 Decreased cortisol
 Increased noradrenaline
8. Which statement is correct? Help
The female brain matures more slowly than the male brain
 Insecure avoidant infants show the highest cortisol levels in the Strange Situation
 Dissociation and conservation-withdrawal are associated with extreme alterations of brain bioenergetics
 Infants raised in neglectful environments show high cortisol patterns
9. Which structure is not a part of the rostral limbic system? Help
Parietal cortex
 Amygdala
 Orbitofrontal cortex
 Anterior cingulate
10. Which statement does not apply to somatoform dissociation? Help
It is associated with early onset traumatization
 It often involves physical abuse and survival threat
 It is expressed in a lack of integration of sensorimotor experiences
 It is mainly manifested in amnesia and fugue states
11. According to Wang and her colleagues, which of the following does not appear in chronic PTSD? Help
Impairments in hyperarousal
 Decreased spontaneity in facial expression
 Heightened self esteem dysregulation
 Increased attachment and insight
12. When stressed chronic PTSD patients show: Help
No impairments in recognizing facial expressions
 Optimal empathy with others in pain
 Poor capacities to recover from negative emotional states
 Reductions in IQ

 

 

  
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