Children with ADHD have difficulty with all of the following except
A) intelligence.
B) impulse control.
C) activity levels.
D) sustained attention.
A) intelligence. Children with ADHD are excessively active, and they have difficulty sustaining attention and controlling impulses to a degree that is unusual for their developmental levels.
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If Dr. Maple is a behaviorist, he would MOST likely believe that the cause of a child's disruptive behavior in school is the result of
a. a learning disability. b. his genetic inheritance. c. his prior experiences. d. a combination of his genetic inheritance and his prior experiences.
Choose a specific hormone or class of hormones and discuss the impact it has on behavior and how it does so
What will be an ideal response?
According to your text, treatment of dependent personality disorder is a. generally successful with a cognitive-behavioral approach
b. well researched, though no effective treatments have been established. c. successful when based on systematic desensitization and social skills training. d. problematic because the patient's submissiveness often negates one of the major goals of the therapy.
Regarding teratogens, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. No direct intermixing of blood takes place between a mother and her unborn child. b. If a mother is addicted to morphine, heroin, or methadone, her baby may be born with an addiction. c. Children with fetal alcohol syndrome are born with fluid on the brain and an abnormally large head. d. Children of smoking mothers score lower on tests of language and mental ability.