Exam 14: Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Though dominant inheritance of intellectual disability is very rare, the text mentions two disorders transmitted in this manner. Which of the following is such a disorder?

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Describe the impairments/problems that children with FASD exhibit. What are the difficulties associated with identifying FASD?

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Children with FASD exhibit a range of problems at varying stages of development, including cognitive and executive functioning problems that are enduring. Cognitive functioning varies from relatively minor learning problems to severe intellectual disability. Behavioural challenges may be present, including problems with impulse control, attention deficit, hyperactivity and social difficulties, enuresis, eating and sleeping difficulties. Problems typically continue into adulthood, such as poor judgment, inappropriate sexual behaviour, drug use, delinquency, unemployment and a variety of psychiatric problems. It is difficult to determine whether such effects reflect FASD, inherited tendencies, or the effects of environmental deprivation, resulting from ongoing alcoholism in the family.

The damaging effects of PKU can be

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Which of the following is NOT an "essential daily ingredient" for the development of young children as expressed by Ramey and Ramey in their summary of early intervention studies?

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What is the "cloak of competence"?

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Perceiving deviant behaviours to be a function of a neurodevelopmental disorder is called

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Inheriting intellectual disability through dominant inheritance is common.

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__________ approaches are generally the intervention of choice for maladaptive behaviours such as aggression and self-injury.

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Neurodevelopmental disorders occur in __________ percent of children with HIV who do not receive appropriate treatment.

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According to the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities definition, intellectual disability refers to significantly subaverage intellectual functioning accompanied by

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What does the term "dignity of risk" refer to?

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Some persons diagnosed with intellectual disability have significantly below-average IQ yet display normal adaptive functioning.

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Which of the following is NOT a perinatal factor associated with risk of intellectual disability?

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Deficits in mathematics is also known as

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Question 14

Research findings about the etiology of learning disorders suggest they are multifactorial, but according to the text it is generally believed that

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Until the 1980s, it was common for a person with intellectual disability to be diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder.

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Children with autism often do not seek or enjoy physical contact, such as hugs from their parents.

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Question 17

Which of the following is NOT true concerning phenylketonuria (PKU)?

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Evidence suggests that an effective predictor of outcome among people with autism spectrum disorder is

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In the past 30 years, the research focus concerning the etiology of autism spectrum disorder has shifted from biological factors to psychogenic factors.

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Though dominant inheritance of intellectual disability is very rare, the text mentions two disorders transmitted in this manner. Which of the following is such a disorder?

Describe the impairments/problems that children with FASD exhibit. What are the difficulties associated with identifying FASD?

The damaging effects of PKU can be

Which of the following is NOT an "essential daily ingredient" for the development of young children as expressed by Ramey and Ramey in their summary of early intervention studies?

What is the "cloak of competence"?

Perceiving deviant behaviours to be a function of a neurodevelopmental disorder is called

Inheriting intellectual disability through dominant inheritance is common.

__________ approaches are generally the intervention of choice for maladaptive behaviours such as aggression and self-injury.

Neurodevelopmental disorders occur in __________ percent of children with HIV who do not receive appropriate treatment.

According to the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities definition, intellectual disability refers to significantly subaverage intellectual functioning accompanied by

What does the term "dignity of risk" refer to?

Some persons diagnosed with intellectual disability have significantly below-average IQ yet display normal adaptive functioning.

Which of the following is NOT a perinatal factor associated with risk of intellectual disability?

Deficits in mathematics is also known as

Research findings about the etiology of learning disorders suggest they are multifactorial, but according to the text it is generally believed that

Until the 1980s, it was common for a person with intellectual disability to be diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder.

Children with autism often do not seek or enjoy physical contact, such as hugs from their parents.

Which of the following is NOT true concerning phenylketonuria (PKU)?

Evidence suggests that an effective predictor of outcome among people with autism spectrum disorder is

In the past 30 years, the research focus concerning the etiology of autism spectrum disorder has shifted from biological factors to psychogenic factors.

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