Exam 11: Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders

Vaughn has violent outbursts that scare his coworkers. He has even destroyed property and been arrested for assault. His outbursts are disproportionate to the amount of frustration the incident should generate and has now led to him being fired as well as a no contact order being placed on him from his girlfriend. He may well meet the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for:

Raine, et al. (2000) found that differences in the brains between males and females with antisocial personality disorder accounted for the differences in the number of antisocial symptoms they had. Specifically, it was differences in the volume of the:

Approximately _____ percent of individuals diagnosed with childhood-onset conduct disorder are also diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder as adults.

Tristan's peers described him as being resentful of others, touchy, and having a short temper. These are characteristics of the oppositional defiant disorder under the _____ criterion.

Which of the following statements is true regarding drug therapies for conduct disorder?

Define psychopathy/sociopathy and the overlap with antisocial personality disorder.

People with antisocial personality disorder:

Estella's therapist has her repeat phrases to help her avoid reacting negatively to situations. Her therapist's use of self-talk is trying to:

Suzanne has been diagnosed with conduct disorder. Her therapist has been teaching her to talk to herself when she is faced with difficult situations. By repeating phrases that help to calm her down and control her impulsive behaviors, she learns to avoid reacting negatively to situations. Which technique is Suzanne's therapist using?

How is conduct disorder different from oppositional defiant disorder?

Many children with antisocial tendencies:

Children with oppositional defiant disorder show abnormalities in the _____.

Which of the following parenting styles is likely to increase a child's vulnerability to conduct disorder?

What are some of the psychosocial contributors to conduct and oppositional defiant disorder?

Humberto often loses his temper, argues with his teacher and parents, and his parents report that he is vindictive. He is not aggressive toward others of his age nor does he shoplift or steal. Humberto is likely to have a _____ disorder.

Her teachers and peers consider Lily aggressive. While walking down the hall at school, she is accidentally bumped by another child. She assumes that the other girl bumped her on purpose and meant to provoke a fight. According to Dodge and Pettit, the primary issue is with Lily's:

While the conduct problems of some youth diminish with age, many children with conduct disorder continue to violate social norms in adolescence and adulthood in a pattern called _____ behavior.

Limited prosocial emotions, like lack of remorse or guilt for ones actions, lack of empathy, and lack of concern for performance at school or work, are specifiers for _____ disorder in the DSM-5.

What are some of the biological contributors to conduct and oppositional defiant disorder?

The DSM-5 criteria for oppositional defiant disorder involve several categories of behaviors. Which of the following is NOT a category of criteria?