Exam 13: Abnormal Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence

Which of the following is true of mainstreaming children with intellectual developmental disorder?

Which of the following is true of speech sound disorder?

______ percent of U.S. adults are affected with ADHD at some point in their lives.

In previous decades, children with _________ disorder have been misdiagnosed as having ADHD or ODD.

Darcy has intellectual developmental disorder. Most people, however, don't notice it, although she walks, talks, and feeds herself more slowly than most children. She needs occasional guidance when under unusual social or economic stress, but normally she can function on her own. She is capable of reading at a 6th grade level. Her IQ is 67. The severity of her intellectual developmental disorder is best described as ______.

Males are ______ as likely as females to stutter.

Children who are eventually diagnosed with autism are often described by their parents as having been ______ babies early in infancy.

Summarize the types of medications used to treat ADHD. What are the limitations of this therapy? What other types of therapy can be combined with medication in order to provide more effective treatment.

Difficulties at school, problem behaviors, and physical complaints may actually be signs of depression in children.

A recent telephone survey of American youth aged 12 to17 found that girls were ______ as likely as boys to suffer from major depression in the 6 months preceding the survey.

What types of social and academic interventions have been effective in working with persons with an intellectual developmental disorder?

What characterizes Down syndrome? Describe the physical appearance of the individual with Down's, the causes of the disorder and general outcome of those with Down syndrome.

Nelson Rockefeller suffered from ______.

Psychodynamic theorists look at oppositional defiant disorder as a sign of fixation at the ______ stage of development.

Which childhood behavior problem is least likely to result in treatment?

It is normal for children who have acquired daytime control over their bladders to have accidents in the nighttime for a year or more.

Children who are hyperactive are often given central nervous system depressants to help calm them down.

In the previous version of the DSM, ___________ were used to describe distinct disorders within the autism spectrum.

Suicide is unfortunately quite common among young teens around the time of puberty.

Girls are at greater risk for developing many childhood disorders, ranging from autism to hyperactivity to elimination disorders.