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78. According to the APA’s Clinical Practice Guideline, cultural and diversity competence involves: a. Learning about your client and regular self- reflection on your ability to be respectful and appreciative of differences. b. Active engagement in advocacy efforts for marginalized groups. c. Completion of continuing education credits on the topic of diversity. d. Working with clients who share your cultural background. 79. Which statement related to trauma is true? a. Trauma exposure always results in PTSD. b. Individuals exposed to the same trauma may respond in different ways. c. Once present, symptoms of PTSD are lifelong. d. An individual’s risk of developing PTSD is based solely on biological factors. 80. Resilience is: a. The opposite of psychopathology. b. The ability to withstand developing a disorder. c. Present in all aspects of a person’s life. d. The potential to overcome and respond to trauma. 81. Posttraumatic growth (PTG) is NOT necessarily related to: a. An increased sense of personal strength. b. A deeper appreciation for life. c. Decreased PTSD symptoms. d. Improved interpersonal relationships. 82. Children are especially vulnerable to which type of trauma? a. Natural disasters b. Car crashes c. Medical traumas d. Interpersonal traumas 83. A common misdiagnosis of childhood trauma is: a. Resilience. b. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. c. Obsessive-compulsive disorder. d. Trichotillomania. 84. Attachment failures occur when the parent is: a. Not perfect 100% of the time. b. Emotionally attuned to the child. c. Nonresponsive to the child’s needs. d. Congruent with the child’s gaze and affect. 85. What would be considered a “little t” trauma? a. Mass shootings b. Natural disasters c. Attachment failures d. Assaults 86. Developmental trauma disorder is distinct from PTSD in its focus on: a. Intrusive, numbing, and hyperarousal clusters. b. Caregiving-related stressors and traumas. c. Dissociative symptoms. d. Re-experiencing symptoms. 87. According to the field of infant mental health, the best way for clinicians to assess for trauma symptoms in infants is to: a. Look for delays or deviance from normative development. b. Administer one of many infant mental health assessment scales. c. Use DSM-5 PTSD criteria. d. Look for signs that they even remember the trauma.

88. Regarding trauma exposure in infants: a. Infants cannot experience trauma.

b. Due to limited development, infants likely cannot experience symptoms of PTSD in line with current diagnostic criteria. c. Infants who are exposed to trauma cannot recover. d. Infant reactions to trauma are well researched and understood. 89. It is important for clinicians to have a working knowledge of basic brain anatomy and neurology because it: a. Can inform the nature of trauma treatment methods. b. Is the sole focus of first responders to traumatic events. c. Validates hypnosis as a treatment method. d. Explains why one person is resilient and another is not. 90. The amygdala is known as the: a. Brake of the limbic system. b. Center of factual memory processing. c. Key part of the cortex. d. Alarm bell of the limbic system. 91. The window of affect tolerance refers to the: a. Area where memory is stored in the brain. b. Range in which emotions are well tolerated. c. Limbic system’s processing of traumatic memory. d. Intrusive recollections of original trauma. 92. The three parts of the brain that are central to the regulation of affect and involved in the processing of trauma are: a. Hypothalamus, corpus collosum, and cerebellum. b. Amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex. c. Nucleus accumbens, frontal cortex, and olfactory bulb. d. Brainstem, orbitofrontal cortex, and amygdala. 93. In instances of chronic stress, the HPA axis can become dysregulated. Which part of the brain is NOT part of the HPA axis? a. Hypothalamus b. Adrenal glands c. Prefrontal cortex d. Pituitary gland 94. The bodily “wear and tear” of chronic trauma is called: a. Allostatic load. b. Epigenetics. c. Polyvagal insufficiency. d. Biodysregulation. 95. Implicit memory contains elements of: a. Day-to-day memory. b. Linear mathematical thought processes. c. Sensations, emotions, and dreams. d. Cause-and-effect connections. 96. The smell of alcohol on someone’s breath can trigger an individual’s recollection of abuse by an alcoholic parent. This is an example of: a. Explicit memory. b. State-dependent memory. c. Cortical memory. d. Parasympathetic nervous system memory. 97. The field that examines the role of trauma in inflammatory and autoimmune disease is known as: a. Psychology.

b. Psychophysiology. c. Neuropsychiatry. d. Psychoneuroimmunology.

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