Exam 13: Intelligence and Cognitive Functioning

What is the heritability rate for ADHD?

The antipsychotic drug risperidone acts as an antagonist to both ______, thus improving several autism symptoms.

______ is the most common childhood-onset behavioral disorder, with estimates that ______.

Identify the correct order of structures in the Parieto-Frontal Integration Theory (P-FIT): ______.

What is intelligence, and how is it measured? What are some criticisms of IQ tests?

It has been observed that among older individuals, compensatory neural activity occurs in the ______ during a memory recognition task.

Define intellectual disability and summarize its causes, including Down syndrome and fragile X.

Summarize the research findings that looked at the relationship between size, neuronal numbers, and intelligence.

Humans show ______ white matter to gray matter ratio compared to other animals.

The prevalence of ASD from 2000 to 2012 has ______.

In completing a multistep mental arithmetic task, male participants show more activation in their right occipital area than do female participants. This difference highlights gender differences in ______.

A mutation in the FMR1 gene causes ______.

Individuals with ADHD show an increased risk for other problems, where 35% seeking treatment for ______ have been diagnosed with the disorder during childhood.

Young children who were stunted in growth but who received early brain stimulation through social interactions, books, and toys showed all of the following EXCEPT ______.

One possible explanation for the deficits in social, language, and emotional functioning among autistic individuals is ______.

The rapid increases in IQ levels over the past few decades show evidence that ______ play an important role in intelligence.

In a test of spatial ability, women showed less gray matter volume in the parietal lobes, which was correlated with poorer spatial performance.

Men who maintain their testosterone levels beyond the age of ______ show better preservation of visual, verbal, and visual-spatial abilities.

Since it is almost certain that the underlying mechanism of environmental effects on autism is epigenetic, there is hope that an effective treatment for the disorder will be developed.

Autistic individuals are more likely to treat people in much the same way as they would treat objects.