Exam 11: Abnormal Behaviour Across the Lifespan

Alzheimer's disease is the second most common cause of dementia.

Maternal smoking during pregnancy has been linked to the development of ________ in children.

About 1 person in ________ within the population of people with an intellectual disability has savant syndrome.

Describe the clinical and diagnostic features of dementia.

The Learning Disabilities Association of Canada's definition of learning disabilities includes all of the following features EXCEPT _________.

Some children refuse to go to school because they believe terrible things may happen to their parents while they're away.

Research indicates that the unusual abilities of savants are linked to ________ functioning.

Dyslexia is predominately found in North America.

Rachel takes her child to a psychiatrist for an evaluation.The psychiatrist suggests that her child has autism spectrum disorder which developed as a result of perceptual deficits.According to this argument,rather than associating Rachel with food,warmth,and the clothing she provides,her child focuses exclusively on the food or the clothing,and is thus unable to develop normal emotional bonds with Rachel.This psychiatrist is most likely a ________.

Psychologist O.Ivar Lovaas and his colleagues offer a cognitive-behavioural perspective on Autism spectrum disorder.They suggest that children with the disorder have perceptual deficits that limit them to processing only one stimulus at a time.

Each of the following is a subtype of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder EXCEPT ________.

The mutation of fragile X syndrome does not always manifest itself.

Apraxia is __________.

Children with autism spectrum disorder learn well using classical conditioning.

Although there is no cure for autism spectrum disorder,_____ treatment programs have yielded the best results.

Oppositional defiant disorder is ________ common among boys than girls before the age of 12.It is ________ common among boys than girls after age 12.

Discuss approaches to remediating learning disorders.

In some cases,people with delirium naturally recover.

Treatment for delirium includes all of the following EXCEPT __________.

Psychotherapy has generally been shown to help disruptive children change their behaviour.