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1
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What affects what is normal child behavior

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Culture

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Do americans or thai people find child behaviors for serious

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Americans

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With there a significant difference in ADHD prevalence rates when comparing the US to other countries

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No

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Do diagnosis rates cary substantially by nation for ADHD

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Yes

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Are drug interventions on the rise in Europe

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Yes

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What is autism spectrum disorder

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Carious deficits in domains of COMMUNICATION, SOCIAL behavior, fixated INTERESTS and REPETITIVE behaviors

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How can people with autism spectrum disorder be classified

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MIld, moderate or severe

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What did people with the milder range of autism be diagnosed with

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Asperger’s syndrome

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Do people with autism usually have intellectual impairment

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Yes

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How many people with autism are boys

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75-80%

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What are some examples in the DSM for deficits in social communication and social interaction with autsim

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Social-emotional reciprocity, nonverbal communicative, relationships

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What are some examples in the DSM for restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior in people with autsim

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Motor movements, sameness, fixated interests, hyper/hyporeacitivy to sensory input

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Symptoms of autsism usally show in early development by what can hide that until later

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Untill social demands are too much or they have learned to mask

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What are the biological aspects of autism

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AMYGDALA overreacts to FACES which leads to feeling THREATENED

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What are oversized in the brain in people with autism

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Amygdala and jippocampus

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What is the fusiform area and how is it different for people with autism

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Face perception, doesn’t get enough stimulation

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What side of the brain has deficits with autistic people

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Right

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18
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What does the right side of the brain do

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emotional while left is logical

19
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What do people with autism test similarly to

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People with right-brain stroke

20
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What two biological issues happen with autism

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More common with older fathers, biomarkers for neural inflammation which leads to hyperactive immune responses

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What is the cognitive-learning perspective of autism

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Only process one STIMULUS at a time, RIGHT side INTEGRATES

22
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Are autism rate rising

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Change in diagnostic criteria

23
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What are sutism clusters

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Areas that have a high rate of people with autism. Ex. silicone valley

24
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What is autisic savantism

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Exceptional talent

25
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What are the treatment options for autism

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Applied behavior analysis, TOKEN economies

26
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What did intellectual disability use to be called

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mental retardation

27
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What is the IQ of a person with intellectual disability

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70 or below, impaired skills relative to PEERS

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What can a person with mild intellectual disability do

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50-70, 85% of cases, not noticeable, SLOWER, more SUPPORT, BASIC life skills

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What can a person with moderate intellectual disability so

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35-49, 10%, noticeable DELAYS, LIMITED skills, can still function ALONE sometimes

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What can a person with severe intellectual disability do

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20-34, 3-4%, delayed MOTOR skills, little COMMUNICATION skills, only SIMPLE life skills, lots of SUPPORT

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What can a person with profound intellectual disability do

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<20, 1-2%, NURSING care, CLOSE supervision, no communication skilss of life skills

32
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What is the Flynn effect

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IQ shifts higher over time

33
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What is inattention with ADHD

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Inappropriate for developmental level

34
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What is the list of inattentions with ADHD in the DSM

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no CLOSE attention, holding, doesn’t listen, doesn’t do instructions, organizing, no mental effort, loses thing, distracted, forgetful

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What is the list of hyperactivity and impulsivity with ADHD in the DSM

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fidgets, leaves seat, cuns around, RESTLESS, can’t be quiet, one the go, talks a lot, blurts out, waiting for turn, interrupts

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What are the issues with DSM symptoms of ADHD

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Large focus on ACADEMICS (problem wiht what school expect), outgrow hyperactivity, oversight of EMOTIONS

37
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What is the most widely diagnosed childhood disorder

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ADHD in boys 3-5%

38
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Why is there inequities in disgnosis in ADHD

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Usally diganosed with hyperactivity symptoms but girls will usually only have inattention

39
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Is there a brain level difference with children who have ADHD

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Yes

40
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Have diagnosis rates increased over time for ADHD

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Yes

41
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Why might ADHD be overdiagnosed

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VARIABLE criteria, SUBJECTIVE tools, family spysicans

42
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What are the treatments options for ADHD

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Stimulants like RITALINE and ADDERAKK, STRATTERA norepi reuptake inhibitor

43
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Do actual drugs achive more than the placebo for treating ADHD

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Yes

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