Class 15

Question 1

childhood maltreatment is one part of

Answer 1

childhood truama

Question 2

sections of child maltreatment

Answer 2

physical abuse
sexual abuse
emotional abuse
neglect
domestic violence (not just IPV)

Question 3

T/F: neglect and abuse are different

Answer 3

true

Question 4

types of neglect

Answer 4

physical (food, clothes, etc)
emotional

Question 5

most common type of child maltreatment in canada

Answer 5

physical neglect (then IPV)

Question 6

brain area affected by abuse

Answer 6

**hippocampus - learning and memory problems

Question 7

effect of abuse on children’s functioning

Answer 7

lower overall cognitive functions
- especially math and reading
- PTSD, problems w/ executive functioning, attention, verbal skills, visuospatial skills

Question 8

______ attachment more common in maltreated children

Answer 8

disorganized

Question 9

disorganized attachment linked to

Answer 9

dissociation

Question 10

relationship btwn # of developmental periods children were victims and outcomes

Answer 10

the great number of developmental periods that children were victims in, the more severe the outcomes

Question 11

polyvictimization in early childhood = _______ risk to be in a polyvictim in middle childhood

Answer 11

severely increased

Question 12

sexual abuse most prevalent in

Answer 12

middle childhood

Question 13

girls ___ as likely as boys to more from low exposure in middle childhood to polyvictim in adolescence

Answer 13

twice

Question 14

as # of developmental periods as polyvictim increased, chances of adolescence psychopathy _______ in ____________ fashion

Answer 14

increased, dose response (staircase)

Question 15

more significant effects w/ neglect or abuse

Answer 15

neglect

Question 16

hippocampus:

Answer 16

• helps navigate visuospatial situations
• makes association btwn environmental cue and outcome
• adds in sensory info to memories
• remembers context
• smaller hippocampus = risk factor for more problems following trauma, but we don’t know if one causes the other

Question 17

4+ ACEs = ___ more likely for depression

Answer 17

12x

Question 18

trauma on brain

Answer 18

smaller gray matter, amygdala emotion regulation problems, autonomic functioning under/over active, hard time paying attention, etc.