Identify the features and epidemiology of developmental disorders
What will be an ideal response?
- people with pervasive or limited developmental disorders experience delays in key areas of functioning and impaired cognitive ability or intelligence
- intellectual disability is a common form of developmental disorder involving early deficits in cognitive ability and adaptive functioning
- autism is a pervasive developmental disorder involving severe impairments in social interaction and communication as well as bizarre behavior patterns
- learning disorders are limited developmental disorders involving deficits in a subject like reading, math, spelling, or writing
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The best conclusion concerning age differences in pain sensitivity
a. pain sensitivity increases with age. b. pain sensitivity decreases with age. c. pain sensitivity is constant throughout life. d. pain sensitivity varies across body locations and with types of stimulation.
General features of personality disorder include all of the following EXCEPT a. an enduring pattern of experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of theindividual's culture
b. a pattern of thinking, behaving, and feeling that is flexible and occurs only in specific situations. c. an enduring pattern of thought, emotion, and behavior that leads to clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. d. a pattern of behavior that is stable over time, and whose onset can be traced back to at least adolescence or early adulthood.
Disorders that affect a person’s ability to read, write, speak, or understand language are known as ____
a. ?anomias b. ?aprosodia c. ?aphasias d. ?apraxia
_________ social motives direct us toward seeking positive social rewards, whereas _________ social motives drive us to behaviors in order to move away from negative social consequences
a) Extrinsic; intrinsic b) Approach; avoidance c) Primary; secondary d) Drive-reduction; incentive