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Exam Covering Chapters 15-18 Flashcards

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Asperger’s Disorder

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High functioning autism

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

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Communication and social interaction problems, and restricted, repetitive behaviors

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Intelectual disability

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deficitis in intellectual functioning, adaptive functioning, and before 18yr

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Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

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test’s rating of an individual’s intellectual ability

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Normal distribution

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bell shaped curve

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Standard deviation

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standard deviation from the mean

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Down Syndrome

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Extra chromosome that fails to separate during cell devision, substantial variation in their intellectual level

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Fragile-X Syndrome

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weakening of break on one arm of the X sex chromosome

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Phenylketonuria

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abnormally high levels of the amino acid phenylalanine, normal at birth, foods with this will build up and cause brain damage

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Fetal Alcohol syndrome

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retarded physical development, a small head, narrow eyes, cardiac defects and cognitive impairment, mild to normal intellectual ability

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Cultural-familial retardation

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intellectual disabilities of unknown etiology

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Eugenics

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movement dedicated to the “genetic improvement” of the human stock

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normalization

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people with intellectual disabilities are entitles to live as much as a normal life as possible

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Mainstreaming

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placing children with intellectual disabilities in the classroom with everyone else, rather than special taught classes

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Savant performance

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an exceptional ability in a highly specialized area of functioning

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developmental psychology

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abnormal behavior within the context of normal development

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Developmental Norms

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behavior that is typical for children of a given age

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Externalizing disorders

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difficulties for the child’s external world

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Internalizing disorder

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psychological problems that primarily affect the child’s internal world

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Hyperactivity

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involves squirming, fidgeting, and restless behavior

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Attention deficits

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Distractibility, frequent shifts from one uncompleted activity to another, careless mistakes, poor organization or effort, and general “spaciness”

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Oppositional defiant disorder

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a pattern of angry, defiant, and vindictive behavior

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Learning disability

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students who perform substantially below their ability in a specific area of learning

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Conduct disorder

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persistant, and repetitive pattern of serious rule violations, most of which are illegal and antisocial

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Status offenses

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acts that are illegal only because of the child’s age

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Temperament

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behavioral characteristics, activity level, emotionality, and sociability

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representative sample

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sample that accurately represents some larger group of people

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Coercion

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interaction in which parents and children reciprocally reinforce children misbehavior and parent capitulation

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Psychostimulants

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medications that increase central nervous system activity

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recidivism

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repeat offending

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Separation anxiety disorder

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excessive worry for the safety of an attachment figure, fears of getting lost or being kidnapped, nightmares with separation themes, and refusal to be alone

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Anxious attachments

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fearful about exploration and are not easily comforted by their attachment figures

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resilience

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their ability to bounce back

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Emotion regulation

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process of learning to identify, evaluate, and control your feelings

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Life-cycle Transitions:

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Adult life, Family transitions, transition to later life

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Transition to adult life issues

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identity, career, and relationships

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Family transition

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middle adult years, happy events like first child, and/or sad events like divorce

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Transition to later life

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retirement, grief over lost loved ones, conflicts about aging, mortality, life one has lived

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Adjustment disorders

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clinically significant symptoms in response to stress that are not severe enough to warrant classification as a mental disorder

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Identity crisis resolution

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a comprehensive answer to the question “Who am I?”

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Social clocks

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age related goals for ourselves (like achievements accomplished on time)

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Identity crisis

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psychological conflict to the transition to adult life

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Moratorium

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a time of uncertainty about themselves and their goals

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Family life cycle

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developmental course of family relationships throughout life

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Heritability

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the relative contribution of genes to a characteristic

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heritability ratio

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variance due to genetic factors/total variance

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Gene environment correlation

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an association between inborn propensities and environmental experiences

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ageism

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misconceptions and prejudices about aging

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Menopause

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cessation of menstruation

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Bereavement

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form of grieving in response to death of a loved one

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gerontology

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multidisciplinary study of aging

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Expert witnesses

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specialists allowed to testify about matters of opinion

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criminal responsibility

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because people act out of free will they are accountable for their actions when they violate the law

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Insanity

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exception to criminal responsibility

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Insanity defense

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mental disability should limit criminal responsibility

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Competence

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defendants ability to understand the legal proceedings that are taking place against them and to participate in their own defense

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Civil commitment

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the involuntary hospitalization of the mentally ill

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base rates

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population frequencies

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Informed consent (1)

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Clinician must tell a patient about a procedure and its risks

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Informed consent (2)

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the patient understands the information and freely consents to the procedure

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Informed consent (3)

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the patient must be competent to give consent

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Outpatient commitment

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mandatory court-ordered treatment in the community

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Advance psychiatric directives

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legal instruments to declare their treatment preferences, or appoint a surrogate to make decisions for them

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deinstitutionalization

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embraced the philosophy that many patients can be better red for in their community than in a large mental hospital

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professional responsibilities

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Obligations to meet the ethical standards of their profession and to uphold the laws of the state in which they practice in

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Confidentiality

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the ethical obligation not to reveal private communications

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