Lesson 17 (abnormal psychology)

Question 1

A child with autism is laughing, but sees another child crying. When asked what the other child is feeling, the child with autism is MOST likely to say

Answer 1

“happiness” because of mindblindness

Question 2

A child is extremely aggressive. She is always fighting with her peers and is frequently very cruel to them. She never tells the truth when a lie will do. Her most likely diagnosis is

Answer 2

conduct disorder

Question 3

You read a case study about a ten year old girl from a poor background who was sexually abused. This case is

Answer 3

fairly common; girls, regardless of their socioeconomic group, are the most common victims of sexual abuse

Question 4

Biological factors appear not to be the most important causes of which level of mental retardation

Answer 4

mild

Question 5

Compared to white American children, African and Hispanic American children with similar levels of activity and attention problems are

Answer 5

less likely to be diagnosed with ADHD, and less likely to receive effective treatment

Question 6

Conduct disorder has most often been associated with

Answer 6

poor parent-child relationships

Question 7

“relational aggression” is a term used to describe a pattern of aggression most common among

Answer 7

girls diagnosed with conduct disorder

Question 8

Imagine that I just subbed my toe and said “ouch.” A child with autism, when asked if I was hurt, said “no,” because he wasn’t hurt. The inability to take the perspective of another is referred to as

Answer 8

mindblindness

Question 9

An iodine deficiency in the diet of a pregnant woman may lead to a condition in which the baby has a dwarf like appearance and defective thyroid gland. This disorder is called

Answer 9

cretinism

Question 10

Current thinking in the area suggests that those who want to treat children MOST successfully need to

Answer 10

advocate for children