Exam 13: Abnormal Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence

Autism is a ______ condition.

Problems of persistent bedwetting in childhood generally persist into adolescence.

New drug treatments appear to foster cognitive and language development among autistic children.

One in ______ children suffers from a mental disorder severe enough to impair personal development.

Conduct disorders are more common among boys than girls.

Down syndrome can often be traced to ________.

Young people in ______ are at greatest risk for committing suicide.

A deficiency in a specific learning ability in the context of normal intelligence that is not due to a general medical condition is a(n) ______.

Many depressed children neither report nor are aware of feelings of depression.

Fragile X syndrome usually has a more profound effect upon males than upon females.

Most people with Down syndrome tend to die ______.

Which of the following is true?

Which factor would result in a poorer prognosis for autistic children?

Many disorders with children are first identified__________.

Which one of the following statements is true?

Todd is six years old. His behavior is characterized by inattention, bullying, temper tantrums, stubbornness, and fidgeting. He is easily distracted, fails to finish anything he starts, often acts Impulsively, and requires constant supervision. He is constantly on the go, running and Climbing on things, and he cannot wait his turn in games or lines. He is suffering from ______ disorder.

Ivar Lovaas has suggested that children with autism have perceptual deficits that limit them to processing only one stimulus at a time.

The disorder that characterizes children who have persistent bedwetting and have never established urinary control is ______.

Deinstitutionalization of people with intellectual developmental disorder has largely resulted in massive social problems and swelled the ranks of America's homeless population.

Children who have continuing and profound difficulties communicating verbally and nonverbally with other people in their natural contexts would be diagnosed as having _____________.