Fill in the blanks

Question 1

A diagnosis of Intellectual disability requires an IQ of ____ or lower and deficits of ______ functioning.

Answer 1

70 (2 SD below the mean)

Adaptive functioning

Question 2

_____ causes 10-30% of moderate to severe retardation and is caused by an extra_____.
____% of cases for intellectual disability are of unknown origin.

Answer 2

Down syndrome
chromosome 21
30-40%

Question 3

_______ is often the diagnosis for individuals with IQ that is between 71-84.

Answer 3

Borderline Intellectual Functioning

Question 4

A learning disorder is diagnosed when a persons achievement in reading, math, or written expression is _____ lower on a ____ test compared to IQ.

Answer 4

2 SD

achievement type

Question 5

Those with a learning disorder are most frequently comorbid with ____ disorder in ____% of cases. A learning disorder also increases risk for ____.

Answer 5

ADHD
20-30%
antisocial behavior

Question 6

Those with learning disorders continue to have trouble in adulthood in about ___% of cases

Answer 6

33% (about 1/3 of the time)

Question 7

The average age of onset for tourette’s disorder is ___ years of age

Answer 7

6 to 7

Question 8

Tourette’s is most commonly associated with ___disorder, and those with tourette’s also have school related problems such as ____

Answer 8

OCD

impulsivity, hyperactivity.

Question 9

Alzheimer’s accounts for ___% of cases of dementia

Answer 9

65

Question 10

Delirium is to ____ as dementia is to ______

Answer 10

alterations in consciousness

memory, executive functioning (or aphasia, apraxia, agnosia)

Question 11

In alzheimer’s stage 1 difficulties are noted in anterograde amnesia, deficits in _____ as well as indiference, irritability, sadness, and

Answer 11

visuospatial skills

anomia

Question 12

In alzheimer’s stage 2 there is a worsening of retrograde amnesia , ___ or ____ mood; restlessness and agitation delusions____ and _____ as well as ideomotor apraxia.

Answer 12

flat or labile

fluent aphasia and acalculia

Question 13

ideomotor apraxia is to _____ ideational apraxia is to ______

Answer 13

inability to translate idea to movement (can’t imitate gesture in response to verbal command)
can’t plan/carry out complex sequence of movements .

Question 14

In alzheimer’s stage 3 there is sever deterioration of intellectual functioning. Person may be ___ show limb rigidity and ___

Answer 14

apathetic

be unable to control bowel movements.