CBIS Human Development and Behavior 2

Question 1

Which Erikson stage is most commonly disrupted when a young adult sustains a TBI that impairs their ability to form intimate relationships?

Accepted Answer

Intimacy vs. Isolation

Answer

Erikson's Intimacy vs. Isolation stage (young adulthood) involves forming close relationships, which TBI-related social cognition deficits directly impair.

Question 2

A 45-year-old TBI survivor exhibits childlike dependency and refuses age-appropriate responsibilities. This regression is best understood through which psychological framework?

Accepted Answer

Psychodynamic defense mechanisms

Answer

Regression is a psychodynamic defense mechanism where an individual reverts to earlier developmental behaviors under stress or following neurological injury.

Question 3

Which aspect of Vygotsky's theory is most applicable when designing rehabilitation tasks for a TBI survivor with executive function deficits?

Accepted Answer

Zone of Proximal Development

Answer

Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development guides therapists to assign tasks just beyond current ability with scaffolded support, optimizing neuroplastic learning.

Question 4

Post-TBI behavioral disinhibition in a 30-year-old male most likely reflects injury to which brain region involved in adult behavioral regulation?

Accepted Answer

Prefrontal cortex

Answer

The prefrontal cortex governs impulse control, social judgment, and behavioral inhibition, and is frequently damaged in TBI causing disinhibition.

Question 5

According to attachment theory, a TBI survivor who becomes excessively clingy and fears abandonment during recovery most likely had which premorbid attachment style?

Accepted Answer

Anxious-preoccupied attachment

Answer

Anxious-preoccupied attachment involves fear of abandonment and excessive dependence on others, which TBI-related vulnerability can intensify.

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CBIS Human Development and Behavior 2