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NR 546/ NR546 MIDTERM EXAM: (NEW
2026/ 2027 UPDATE) ADVANCED
PHARMACOLOGY: PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
FOR THE PMHNP REVIEW| QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
1. What area of the brain is associated with cognitive symptoms?
ANSWER: Dorsolateral
2. What area of the brain is associated with aggressive, impulsive symptoms?
ANSWER: Orbitofrontal and connections to the amygdala
Non-selectively blocks dopamine D2 receptors, specifically in mesolimbic
pathway. Improves Positive Symptoms
3. Use: Acute & Chronic Schizophrenia & Psychosis ANSWER: First
generation antipsychotics
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4. are associated with movement, intelligence, abstract thinking, the ability to
organize, personality, behavior, and emotional control. Traumatic brain
injuries can result in personality changes, difficulty controlling emotions,
and other cognitive functions ANSWER: Frontal Lobes
5. responsible for proprioception, is the home of the somatic senses. This
part of the brain helps a person to identify spatial relationships, interpret
pain and touch in the body, and identify and give meaning to objects
ANSWER: Parietal Lobe (Middle Brain)
6. Damage to the anterior portion may cause asterogenesis, the loss of ability
to recognize objects via the sense of touch. This may be experienced by
patients with post cerebral vascular accidents ANSWER: parietal Lobe
7. and involved in short-term memory, speech, auditory signals, and smell
recognition. It identifies "what" things are - object identification. It
contains the limbic system, amygdala, and hippocampus. ANSWER:
Temporal Lobe
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8. Disorders from this lobe include dementia, affective disorders, and
attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD). ANSWER: Temporal
Lobe
9. controls visual processing. Damage to this lobe results in the inability to
form visual memories. Bilateral lobe damage results in the inability to
recognize items by sight even though vision is normal. ANSWER:
Occipital Lobe
10. This separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe. ANSWER:
Central sulcus
11. This controls the communication between the two brain hemispheres. Is
involved in attention, impulse control, and emotion regulation. It
integrates impulses from both sides of the brain. ANSWER: corpus
callosum
12. This is located deep in the temporal lobes and is involved in anxiety and
memory, and shifting short-term to long-term memory. ANSWER:
Hippocampus
NR 546/ NR546 MIDTERM EXAM: (NEW
2026/ 2027 UPDATE) ADVANCED
PHARMACOLOGY: PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
FOR THE PMHNP REVIEW| QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
1. What area of the brain is associated with cognitive symptoms?
ANSWER: Dorsolateral
2. What area of the brain is associated with aggressive, impulsive symptoms?
ANSWER: Orbitofrontal and connections to the amygdala
Non-selectively blocks dopamine D2 receptors, specifically in mesolimbic
pathway. Improves Positive Symptoms
3. Use: Acute & Chronic Schizophrenia & Psychosis ANSWER: First
generation antipsychotics
, 2
4. are associated with movement, intelligence, abstract thinking, the ability to
organize, personality, behavior, and emotional control. Traumatic brain
injuries can result in personality changes, difficulty controlling emotions,
and other cognitive functions ANSWER: Frontal Lobes
5. responsible for proprioception, is the home of the somatic senses. This
part of the brain helps a person to identify spatial relationships, interpret
pain and touch in the body, and identify and give meaning to objects
ANSWER: Parietal Lobe (Middle Brain)
6. Damage to the anterior portion may cause asterogenesis, the loss of ability
to recognize objects via the sense of touch. This may be experienced by
patients with post cerebral vascular accidents ANSWER: parietal Lobe
7. and involved in short-term memory, speech, auditory signals, and smell
recognition. It identifies "what" things are - object identification. It
contains the limbic system, amygdala, and hippocampus. ANSWER:
Temporal Lobe
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8. Disorders from this lobe include dementia, affective disorders, and
attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD). ANSWER: Temporal
Lobe
9. controls visual processing. Damage to this lobe results in the inability to
form visual memories. Bilateral lobe damage results in the inability to
recognize items by sight even though vision is normal. ANSWER:
Occipital Lobe
10. This separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe. ANSWER:
Central sulcus
11. This controls the communication between the two brain hemispheres. Is
involved in attention, impulse control, and emotion regulation. It
integrates impulses from both sides of the brain. ANSWER: corpus
callosum
12. This is located deep in the temporal lobes and is involved in anxiety and
memory, and shifting short-term to long-term memory. ANSWER:
Hippocampus
