Question 1

Children with autism are bound by ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  separation anxiety 
B)  psychotic episodes 
C)  ritual 
D)  fantasy playmates 
A)  separation anxiety 
B)  psychotic episodes 
C)  ritual 
D)  fantasy playmates

Question 2

______ children have problems in forming healthy peer relationships and developing empathy and a sense of conscience.

Accepted Answer

A)  Overprotected 
B)  Dyslexic 
C)  Pushed and overly scheduled 
D)  Physically abused 
A)  Overprotected 
B)  Dyslexic 
C)  Pushed and overly scheduled 
D)  Physically abused

Question 3

Compared to conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder tends to be ______ and begins______.

Accepted Answer

A)  milder, earlier 
B)  milder, later 
C)  more severe, earlier 
D)  more severe, later 
A)  milder, earlier 
B)  milder, later 
C)  more severe, earlier 
D)  more severe, later

Question 4

Billy is two years old and rarely speaks or uses gestures. He does not like to be cuddled by his parents nor anyone else for that matter. He does not play with his siblings, but prefers to play
Alone. His play is repetitious and without emotional expression or imagination. Billy meets the
Criteria for ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  Rett's disorder 
B)  autism 
C)  Asperger's disorder 
D)  childhood disintegrative disorder 
A)  Rett's disorder 
B)  autism 
C)  Asperger's disorder 
D)  childhood disintegrative disorder

Question 5

______ is a new diagnostic classification in the DSM-5.

Accepted Answer

A)  Neurodevelopment disorders 
B)  Autism 
C)  Separation anxiety disorder 
D)  Major depressive disorder 
A)  Neurodevelopment disorders 
B)  Autism 
C)  Separation anxiety disorder 
D)  Major depressive disorder

Question 6

Which of the following is true of children with cultural-familial retardation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their parents do not lack the necessary skills to provide the child with appropriate reading and communication skills. 
B)  Their parents often are unable to spend quality time with them to provide the stimulation necessary for proper social and intellectual growth. 
C)  Removing the child from the home and increasing protein in the child's diet seem to be the only approaches that can treat the intellectual deficit. 
D)  Even when provided with stimulating books and toys, these children fail to follow a path of normal intellectual development. 
A)  Their parents do not lack the necessary skills to provide the child with appropriate reading and communication skills. 
B)  Their parents often are unable to spend quality time with them to provide the stimulation necessary for proper social and intellectual growth. 
C)  Removing the child from the home and increasing protein in the child's diet seem to be the only approaches that can treat the intellectual deficit. 
D)  Even when provided with stimulating books and toys, these children fail to follow a path of normal intellectual development.

Question 7

Which of the following is true of PKU?

Accepted Answer

A)  PKU causes damage to the central nervous system. 
B)  PKU is almost always fatal unless diagnosed immediately after birth. 
C)  Most children grow out of PKU by adolescence. 
D)  PKU is not apparent in a child's urine or blood work until age four or five. 
A)  PKU causes damage to the central nervous system. 
B)  PKU is almost always fatal unless diagnosed immediately after birth. 
C)  Most children grow out of PKU by adolescence. 
D)  PKU is not apparent in a child's urine or blood work until age four or five.

Question 8

Children with conduct disorder show nearly identical behavior patterns as children with ADHD.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Children with ADHD tend to be below average in intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Investigators linked increased risk of both autism and schizophrenia in children with older mothers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Fred is a human calendar. Although he has intellectual developmental disorder and cannot add two numbers correctly, when asked he can correctly calculate the day of the week for virtually any date named in the past or the future. Fred is best described as having _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  savant syndrome 
B)  Wernicke's syndrome 
C)  idiopathic autism 
D)  Stockholm syndrome 
A)  savant syndrome 
B)  Wernicke's syndrome 
C)  idiopathic autism 
D)  Stockholm syndrome

Question 12

Learning disorders are typically chronic disorders that affect development well
into adulthood.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In most cases, ______ disorder develops after a life stress such as illness, a change in home address or school attended, or death of a family member or a pet.

Accepted Answer

A)  separation anxiety 
B)  phobic 
C)  overanxious 
D)  attention-deficit hyperactivity 
A)  separation anxiety 
B)  phobic 
C)  overanxious 
D)  attention-deficit hyperactivity

Question 14

Failure to achieve control over urination beyond the "normal" age for attaining bladder control which cannot be explained by physical causes is called ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  general paresis 
B)  encopresis 
C)  enuresis 
D)  nocturnal enuresis 
A)  general paresis 
B)  encopresis 
C)  enuresis 
D)  nocturnal enuresis

Question 15

The major cause of autism appears to be parents who are cold, distant, and rejecting
toward their child.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Research has ______ supported the notion that autism in children is caused by cold and detached parents.

Accepted Answer

A)  not 
B)  partly 
C)  mostly 
D)  completely 
A)  not 
B)  partly 
C)  mostly 
D)  completely

Question 17

The most common type of genetically inherited intellectual developmental disorder is ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  Klinefelter's syndrome 
B)  Turner's syndrome 
C)  fragile X syndrome 
D)  Korsakoff's syndrome 
A)  Klinefelter's syndrome 
B)  Turner's syndrome 
C)  fragile X syndrome 
D)  Korsakoff's syndrome

Question 18

Encephalitis and meningitis during infancy can cause ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  ADHD 
B)  Tourette's syndrome 
C)  Asperger's disorder 
D)  intellectual developmental disorder 
A)  ADHD 
B)  Tourette's syndrome 
C)  Asperger's disorder 
D)  intellectual developmental disorder

Question 19

A behavior disorder characterized by impulsivity, excessive motor activity, and inability to focus one's attention is known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  conduct disorder 
B)  attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder 
C)  oppositional defiant disorder 
D)  sensorimotor disorder 
A)  conduct disorder 
B)  attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder 
C)  oppositional defiant disorder 
D)  sensorimotor disorder

Question 20

The number of reported cases of autism spectrum disorders has ______ in the past twenty years and _________ since 2007.

Accepted Answer

A)  increased slightly; increased dramatically 
B)  increased slightly; decreased slightly 
C)  decreased slightly; increased slightly 
D)  increased dramatically; increased even more dramatically 
A)  increased slightly; increased dramatically 
B)  increased slightly; decreased slightly 
C)  decreased slightly; increased slightly 
D)  increased dramatically; increased even more dramatically

Children with autism are bound by ______.

______ children have problems in forming healthy peer relationships and developing empathy and a sense of conscience.

Compared to conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder tends to be and begins.

______ is a new diagnostic classification in the DSM-5.

Which of the following is true of children with cultural-familial retardation?

Which of the following is true of PKU?

Children with conduct disorder show nearly identical behavior patterns as children with ADHD.

Children with ADHD tend to be below average in intelligence.

Investigators linked increased risk of both autism and schizophrenia in children with older mothers.

Fred is a human calendar. Although he has intellectual developmental disorder and cannot add two numbers correctly, when asked he can correctly calculate the day of the week for virtually any date named in the past or the future. Fred is best described as having _______.

Learning disorders are typically chronic disorders that affect development well into adulthood.

In most cases, ______ disorder develops after a life stress such as illness, a change in home address or school attended, or death of a family member or a pet.

Failure to achieve control over urination beyond the "normal" age for attaining bladder control which cannot be explained by physical causes is called ______.

The major cause of autism appears to be parents who are cold, distant, and rejecting toward their child.

Research has ______ supported the notion that autism in children is caused by cold and detached parents.

The most common type of genetically inherited intellectual developmental disorder is ______.

Encephalitis and meningitis during infancy can cause ______.

A behavior disorder characterized by impulsivity, excessive motor activity, and inability to focus one's attention is known as ______.

The number of reported cases of autism spectrum disorders has in the past twenty years and ___ since 2007.

Introduction and Methods of Research

Contemporary Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior

Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior

Stress-Related Disorders

Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders

Dissociative Disorders, Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders, and Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Health

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

Eating Disorders and Sleep-Wake Disorders

Disorders Involving Gender and Sexuality

Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders

Neurocognitive Disorders and Disorders Related to Aging

Abnormal Psychology and the Law

Filters

Exam 13: Abnormal Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence

Children with autism are bound by ______.

______ children have problems in forming healthy peer relationships and developing empathy and a sense of conscience.

Compared to conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder tends to be ______ and begins______.

______ is a new diagnostic classification in the DSM-5.

Which of the following is true of children with cultural-familial retardation?

Which of the following is true of PKU?

Children with conduct disorder show nearly identical behavior patterns as children with ADHD.

Children with ADHD tend to be below average in intelligence.

Investigators linked increased risk of both autism and schizophrenia in children with older mothers.

Fred is a human calendar. Although he has intellectual developmental disorder and cannot add two numbers correctly, when asked he can correctly calculate the day of the week for virtually any date named in the past or the future. Fred is best described as having _______.

Learning disorders are typically chronic disorders that affect development well into adulthood.

In most cases, ______ disorder develops after a life stress such as illness, a change in home address or school attended, or death of a family member or a pet.

Failure to achieve control over urination beyond the "normal" age for attaining bladder control which cannot be explained by physical causes is called ______.

The major cause of autism appears to be parents who are cold, distant, and rejecting toward their child.

Research has ______ supported the notion that autism in children is caused by cold and detached parents.

The most common type of genetically inherited intellectual developmental disorder is ______.

Encephalitis and meningitis during infancy can cause ______.

A behavior disorder characterized by impulsivity, excessive motor activity, and inability to focus one's attention is known as ______.

The number of reported cases of autism spectrum disorders has ______ in the past twenty years and _________ since 2007.

Introduction and Methods of Research

Contemporary Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior

Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior

Stress-Related Disorders

Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders

Dissociative Disorders, Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders, and Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Health

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

Eating Disorders and Sleep-Wake Disorders

Disorders Involving Gender and Sexuality

Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders

Neurocognitive Disorders and Disorders Related to Aging

Abnormal Psychology and the Law

Filters

Compared to conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder tends to be and begins.

The number of reported cases of autism spectrum disorders has in the past twenty years and ___ since 2007.