Lecture 13

Question 1

two common elimination disorders

Answer 1

enuresis (bed-wetting)

encopresis (defacating in clothes)

Question 2

common cause of school phobia

Answer 2

separation anxiety (afraid parents won’t come back or be there when they return)

Question 3

3 clusters of ADHD symptoms

Answer 3

inattention (most easily underdiagnosed)

hyperactive

impulsivity

Question 4

what type of stimulants work best for ADHD

Answer 4

slow release ritalin

help avoid too much dopamine at once

Question 5

3 big environmental conditions that enhance treatment of ADHD

Answer 5

be organized

be clear

be consistent

Question 6

6 core features of ASD

Answer 6

lack of responsiveness

language and communication problems

self-stimulatory behaviors

overstimulated/understimulated

preservation of sameness (limited changes in behavior)

strongly attached to material objects

Question 7

3 common autism “boy types”

Answer 7

rules boys (need rules to follow in order to function)

logic boys (need rational reasons as to why to do something)

emotion boys (needs to be motivated to act)

Question 8

3 areas of dysfunction in intellectual disability

Answer 8

conceptual domain (dysfunction in skills involving language, reading, math, knowledge, and memory)

social domain (dysfunction having empathy or retaining friends)

practical domain (daily responsibilities)

Question 9

DSM-V IQ cutoffs for mild and severe intellectual disabilities

Answer 9

mild (IQ 50-70)

moderate (IQ 35-49)

severe (IQ 20-34)

profound (IQ<10)

Question 10

main causes for mild intellectual disability

Answer 10

poor and unstimulating caregiving enviroments

mom’s diet during pregnancy

Question 11

main causes for severe intellectual disability

Answer 11

chromosomal causes (down syndrome)

metabolic causes (2 defective recessive genes paired together)

prenatal and birth related causes (fetal alcohol syndrome)

childhood issues til age of 6 (infection or poisoning)

Question 12

brain area and dysfunction associated with parkinson’s

Answer 12

basal ganglia

too much dopamine firing

Question 13

senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles contribution to alzheimers

Answer 13

senile plaques (sphere shaped deposits of protein in the spaces between cells in the hippocampus)

neurofibrillary tangles are twisted protein fibers found within the cells of the hippocampus

these two together cause neurotransmitter changes

Question 14

4 subtypes of conduct disorder

Answer 14

overt destructive (most likely to develop into antisocial disorder; aggressive behavior)

overt nondestructive (oppositional; defies, anger, stubborn, annoys)

covert destructive (property violations; hidden destructive actions)

covert nondestructive (status offenses; truancy, runaway, substance abuse)