Exam 15: Disorders of Childhood

The term learning disability covers which DSM disorders?

The intelligence scores of individuals with learning disabilities are typically:

What term is used to describe the following communication: Teacher: "What are you playing with, Carl?" Carl: "He's playing ball."

Describe the classifications of intellectual disability. What is the utility of such a range, and how has the position of the American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities changed this position?

Medication can be effective in curing children of learning disabilities.

What have Pepler and Sedighdeilami (1998)reported about the problems of aggressive girls?

The three domains of adaptive functioning are:

The Parkers read about Ivar Lovaas' pioneering work with autistic children and were relieved when he agreed to accept their son into his program. What type of treatment would the Parker's autistic boy be likely to receive in Lovaas' clinic?

Children who are high in callousness tend to have parents who are:

According to a biopsychosocial model of the development of conduct disorder, biological predisposition and sociocultural context operate as:

A diagnosis of intellectual disability disorder may not be made if the problem begins:

Normal childhood fears (e.g., fear of the dark)is diagnosed as an anxiety disorder if the child recognizes the fear as unreasonable.

Cognitive-behavioural therapy is the treatment of choice for children with anxiety disorders.

Children with problems of undercontrol are most likely to come to therapy:

Cognitive misattributions, such as assuming that a neutral action by a peer was really meant to be aggressive, is common to individuals with ADHD; however, similar misattributions are found in some children with ________________ .

Autism was first identified by:

A meta-analysis by Fabiano et al. (2009)revealed the following regarding the behavioural treatments of ADHD:

Peticlerc and Tremblay (2009)from the Université de Montréal identified risk factors in pregnant mothers who later have children with conduct disorders. Some of these risk factors are:

A change in DSM-5, is that ______ can now be diagnosed with separation anxiety disorder.

Early theorists such as Bettelheim emphasized the role of ____________ in the etiology of autism.