Exam 13: Abnormal Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence

Many children are misdiagnosed when clinicians ________________.

Many theorists believe that oppositional defiant disorder stems from being born with ___temperament.

Nationwide, the population of institutions for people with intellectual developmental disorder ______ from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Compared to girls, boys are ______ likely to be diagnosed with dyslexia.

Major depression is diagnosed ______ often in girls than boys in childhood.

Which of the following is one of the three diagnostic criteria from the DSM-5 which must be met for a person to be labeled intellectual developmental disorder?

Bedwetting is most likely to happen during the ______, and soiling is most likely to happen during the ______.

Turner's syndrome involves a single ______.

______ are classified as neurodevelopment disorders in the DSM-5.

Patsy has intellectual developmental disorder. She has minimal capacity for functioning in sensorimotor areas and needs nursing care. She shows basic emotional responses and responds to skills training in the use of her legs, hands, and jaw. She walks and has primitive speech capabilities. She is incapable of self-maintenance and has an IQ of 14. The severity of her intellectual developmental disorder is best described as ______.

Which U.S. vice president suffered from dyslexia?

Adult forms of ADHD primarily involve______.

Currently, scientists' suspicions are focused on ______ as the primary cause of autism.

Alvin is blind and suffers from autism and intellectual developmental disorder. He can play extremely complicated musical pieces on the piano, however, after hearing them only once, even though he has no formal musical training. Alvin is best described as having ______.

Discuss the cause, prevalence, features, and characteristics of fragile X syndrome.

Children and adolescents who have survived suicide attempts are unlikely to try it again.

Which of the following is true of psychotherapy with children?

Lack of control over bowel movements that is not due to a physical disorder in a child is called ______.

The most common treatment for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is ______.

Dyslexia affects ______ percent of school-age children in the United States.