CBMT Study Guide Questions with Correct Answers

Alzheimer's Disease - Answer-A progressive, degenerative disease with insidious onset, characterized by multiple cognitive deficits and significant decline in functioning. Attention Deficit Disorder - Answer-A disorder characterized by maladaptive inattention, hyperactivity, or impulsiveness which results in pervasive and clinically significant impairment. Some symptoms should have presented before seven years of age, although it may be diagnosed in adulthood. Auditory Discrimination - Answer-The ability to hear similarities and differences between sounds. Distinguishing between sounds or changes in sounds. Auditory Memory - Answer-The ability to retain and recall that which is heard. Auditory-motor match - Answer-The process where by awareness of sound results in a movement or response. Autistic - Answer-an individual with autistic disorder, beginning in infancy, which is characterized by self-absorption, preoccupation with inanimate objects, and/or dysfunctional, distructive, or ritualistic beahaviors. Autism is a type of pervasive developmental disorder. Behavior disorder - Answer-A problem in social behavior which is sufficiently extreme as to interfere with the learning process. Cerebral Palsy - Answer-A series of disorders characterized by problems in movement, posture, and loss of voluntary muscle control, which are caused by brain injury early in life. Communication Disorder - Answer-A disability which is characterized by the inability to transfer thought through speech, written word or bodily gestures. Conduct Disorder - Answer-A persistent pattern of behavior characterized by the breaking of social norms, including serious violations, aggression, destruction or deceitfulness. Dementia - Answer-A set of symptoms characterized by deterioration in cognitive functioning, particularly memory, abstract thinking, judgment and problem solving. Developmental Disability - Answer-A disorder originating before the age of 18 which constitutes a substantial handicap and continues indefinitely. The disabilities include mental retardation, autism, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and severe learning disabilities if the origins are related to mental retardation. Disruptive Behavior Disorders - Answer-A type of conduct disorder characterized by oppositional and defiant behavior which does not meet criteria for other conduct disorders. Down's Syndrome - Answer-A congenital abnormality of the trisomy 21 gene (an extra chromosome), resulting in mental retardation and physical abnormalities. Fine Motor Dexterity (Coordination