Emotional Disturbance

Question 1

What disability does the following definition describe: “the inability to learn not related to other factors, inability to build or maintain satisfactory peer or teacher relationships, innappropriate feeling or behavior under normal conditions, a general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression, a tendency to develop physical symptoms….

Answer 1

Emotional Disturbance

Question 2

What psychological disorder does not fall under the emotional disturbance category?

Answer 2

Socially maladjusted.

Question 3

What are the two primary behavior excesses of those who are emotionally disturbed?

Answer 3

Internalizing or externalizing

Question 4

What are externalizing behaviors?

Answer 4

Behaviors such as lying, throwing temper tantrums, stealing, making threats, or destroying property.

Question 5

What are internalizing behaviors?

Answer 5

Behaviors such as overly shyness, withdrawn, hypochondria, easily upset, crying, anger, difficulty to calm down.

Question 6

Can emotional disturbances coexist with other disabilities?

Answer 6

Yes.