Just before displaying a particular problem behavior, a developmentally disabled child typically looks at a caregiver and smiles. These indicators suggest that the problem behavior is maintained by:

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self-stimulation

external sensory positive reinforcement

attention from others

escape from demands


attention from others

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Prospective studies of children and adolescents have found that the age of onset for the first depressive episode is usually ____ years

a. 7 to 10 b. 10 to 12 c. 13 to 15 d. 16 to 18

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When a child utters the word "mama," it may signify meanings as varied as "There goes Mama," "Come here, Mama," and "You are my Mama." Such single words used by children to express complex meanings are known as _____

A) prototypes B) anagrams C) holophrases D) heuristics

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After the death of her grandmother, six-year-old Janie was reluctant to get out of the car when her mother dropped her off at school, refused to go over to her best friend's house to play, and tended to cling to her parents after school and on the weekends. Janie appears to be showing signs of

a. inappropriate social referencing. b. an insecure-avoidant attachment. c. separation anxiety disorder. d. abnormal imprinting.

Psychology

A child who can't answer as many items correctly on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale as other children of the same age has a(n)

a. CA lower than his/her MA. c. MA equal to his/her CA. b. MA lower than his/her CA. d. None of these.

Psychology