Provide two examples of how impaired social cognition may be observed in a child diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder
What will be an ideal response?
• Children who develop ODD or CD have less accurate and more hostile/aggressive interpretations of everyday social information; process social situations differently than peers
• Another possibility is that a child with callous-unemotional traits does understand social situations and uses that understanding to their own advantage.
• Examples – a child walking down the hallway meant to run into me instead of it was an accident; others are out to get me
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a. a paradox b. genetically wired c. is rational d. a clear sign of a mental disorder
Whenever your English professor refers to a page in the textbook, you observe the student next to you marking the page with a paper clip. Writing down future references to page numbers in your notebook would be an example of
a. specific imitation. b. specific counterimitation. c. general imitation. d. general counterimitation.
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A. sterotype threat B. discriminant validity C. face validity D. mutual exclusivity
James and McDougall were proponents of which of the following theories of motivation?
a. drive theory b. incentive theory c. instinct theory d. cognitive theory