neurodevelopment disorders Flashcards

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What is the disease causing poor visuo-spacial skill but the sufferers are fluent in language ?

A- williamsons disease
B- williams syndrome
c- Autism

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B- Williams Syndrome

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A person with Williams syndrome will have the following symptoms :

A- unfriendly , scared and fearful, artistic
B- Aggressive, empathetic , less stranger aware
C-over friendly , empathetic , less stranger aware

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C- people with Williams Syndrome will be over friendly , highly empathetic and less stranger aware

they also have characteristic features

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The triad of impairments for autism include :

A-low mental age, bad social skills , repetitive behaviours
B- narrow arteries , resricted and repetitive behaviours, non verbal communication
C- reciprocal social interaction, restricted and repetitive behaviours and verbal and non verbal communication

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C- reciprocal social interaction, restricted and repetitive behaviours and verbal and non verbal communication

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The triad of impairments was established by :

A- wing and Gould 1999
B- Wing and Gould 1979
C- Wing and hould 1979

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b - the triad of impairments relating to the impairments in autism were established by wing and gould in 1979

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An autistic child doing the Sally - Anne task will :

A- complete the task with no problems
B- fail the task
c-get aggressive while doing the task

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B- Autistic children and adults will fail the Sally Anne task as they are not able to understand other peoples perspectives and the thoughts of others

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