Chapter 8 Flashcards
What type of disorder is ADHD
Neurodevelopmental disorder
Inattention
Inability to sustain attention ov stick to tasks/ play activities; difficulties in planning and organization
Attentional capacity
Amount of information we can remember and attend to for short time; childrent with ADHD do not have a deficit in attentional capacity
Selective attention
Ability to concentrate on relevant stimuli and ignore task-irrelevant stimuli
Distractibility
Indicate a deficit in selective attention; children with ADHD more likely than, others to be distracted by stimuli that highly are salient and appealing
Sustained attention
Ability to maintain a persistent focus over time on unchallenging uninteresting tasks when fatigue
Alerting
Initial reaction to a stimulus; involves ability to prepare for what is about to happen
Hyperactivity-impulsivity
Undercontrol of motor behavior, poor sustained inhibition of behavior, inability to delay a response or defer gratification, inability to inhibit dominant responses
Predominantly inattentive presentation ( ADHD -pi )
Children who meet symptom criteria for inattention but not hyperactivity-impulsivity
Predominantly hyperactive-implosive presentation (adhd-hi)
Describes children who meet symptom criteria for hyperactivity- impulsivity but not inattention
Combined presentation (adhd-c)
Children who meet criteria for both inattention and hyperactivity-implusivity
Sluggish cognitive tempo (sct)
Cluster that includes symptoms such as daydreams, sleepy/drowsy
Executive functions
Cognitive processes in the brain that activate, integrate, and manage other brain functions
Developmental coordination disorder ( dcd)
Condition characterized by marked motor incordination and delays
In achieving motor milestones
Frontostriatal circuitry ot the brain
Structure of brain consisting of prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia; abnormalities within structure have been linked to ADHD
