SPCE 680 Final Exam 2025

According to Hans Asperger, children with autistic psychopathy may present with __________________ . - Correct Ans-Motor clumsiness, limited or inappropriate non-verbal communication, all-absorbing, narrow interests, often to the exclusion of other activities. By the mid-1970's, which of the following theories about Autism Spectrum Disorder was disproved? - Correct Ans-Autism is a form of psychosis & Autism is a form of neurosis Creak's 'Nine Points' is a list of diagnostic criteria for what condition? - Correct Ans-Childhood Schizophrenia In the early years, what mental disorder was often diagnosed instead of autism? - Correct Ans-Schizophrenia Infantile autism (as it was called then) was formally recognized as a distinct condition in 1980 by which diagnostic nominclature? - Correct Ans-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Third Addition (DSM-III) Neurosis is - Correct Ans-A term that in the past was used to characterize ASD & a personality or mental disturbance not resulting from any known biological cause Prior to recognizing ASD as a distinct condition, the less able of these children with ASD were most likely described as - Correct Ans-feeble-minded Although Hans Asperger's paper ('Autistic Psychopathy in Childhood' ) was originally published in German in 1944, when did his work become well known in English-speaking countries? - Correct Ans-Over 40 years later When was "Infantile autism" first recognized as a distinct condition? - Correct Ans-in 1980 Which of the following is in the Creak's Nine Points diagnostic list for schizophrenia? - Correct Ans-Gross and sustained impairment of emotional relationships Diagnostic criteria for ASD are now supplemented by _________________ . - Correct Ans-Descriptors If a person is part of the aloof group, which would be one of their behaviors? - Correct Ans-Behavior as though others don't exist Self-stimulatory stereotypic movements include all the behaviors of: - Correct Ans-Rocking, Biting, hand-flapping. Does not include repetitive utterances. Terms previously used when referencing autism include all except which of the following: - Correct Ans-Cognitive disorder. Does include childhood schizophrenia, pervasive developmental disorder, early childhood/infantile autism The term dissociable is used when referring to the ability to _____________ communication and language? - Correct Ans-Separate What was the major problem with the concept of autism subtypes? - Correct Ans-It proved difficult in practice to make unambiguous distinctions between them If communication difficulties sufficient for the diagnosis of Social Communication Disorder (SCD) are not noticed until the child enters school, the diagnosis... - Correct Ans-may still be made if these difficulties were found to have been present from a very early age Which is not one of the Wing's four types of autism-related social behavior? - Correct Ans-The quiet group; does include the aloof group, passive group, and overly formal group Which of the following are changes from the DSM-IV to DSM-5 diagnostic criteria? - Correct Ans-A new diagnostic condition, Social Communication Disorder was introduced, The severity of symptoms is specified as descriptors, Unlike DSM-IV, the DSM-5 abandoned the PDD subtypes concept in favor of the spectrum concept Which is not an accurate description of a reaction to the changes from DSM-IV to DSM-5 in the diagnosis of autism? - Correct Ans-The changes were accepted as wonderful and forward-thinking by all.; It does include some people with what was called Aspergers lost their identity, clinicians largely welcomed the changes, some researchers argued against the changes What can be said about reliability when making decisions about special educational placement? - Correct Ans-a higher reliability would be best in this situation When two measures are being compared, it is important that both have high reliability coefficients because... - Correct Ans-High reliabilities help ensure that differences are not due to chance. For an initial test of a scale, a standardization sample should be used. Which of the following best describes why this is done? - Correct Ans-A standardized sample allows for a representative sample to be used to determine standard scores and to identify abnormal scores. After a scale has been tested and retested, it is important to look at the reliability of each section and subsections. In the development of the ADOS, when an item was deemed to have lower than acceptable reliability, what was the next step for those items? - Correct Ans-Remove items OR Edit items (Either a or b) The Autism Diagnostic Interview, Revised (ADI-R) assesses all of the following EXCEPT? - Correct Ans-Developmental History; it DOES assess language/communication, reciprocal social interactions, restricted repetitve and stereotyped behaviors The Autism Spectrum Rating Scale, (ASRS) is usually filled out by which of the following? - Correct Ans-all of the above; parents, teachers, clinicians Which of the following is the age range appropriate for using Psychoeducational Profile, Third Edition (PEP-3)? - Correct Ans-6 months of 7 years What ages are not recommended for Social Responsiveness Scale, Second Edition (SRS-2) to be used to diagnosis ASD? - Correct Ans-Under 2 years Which of the following scales does not use children with suspected or verified psychological disorders as a comparison group? - Correct Ans-ASRS What distinguishes the ADOS-2 from most other scales used to assess ASD? - Correct Ans-Both B and C; it is a measure that involves direct observation of the person being assessed & it provides 5 separate modules geared for the subject's particular developmental and expressive language level According to our text, if a test has a reliability of .80 what kind of decision should it be used for? - Correct Ans-Screening Kanner's early descriptions of autism included _________________ . - Correct Ans-muteness and superior rote memory skills Which of the following is the correct sequence of steps to take in developing a scale to assess ASD? - Correct Ans-Develop clear definitions of behaviors, create a pool of items, run a pilot study Asperger's early descriptions of autism included which of the following - Correct Ans-Severe impairment of social interaction, narrow interests, good vocab, motor clumsiness The primary reason autism subtypes were eliminated within the DSM-5 was due to _________________ . - Correct Ans-difficulties making a diagnosis because of the ambiguous distinctions between the various subtypes. According to the DSM-5, marked deficits in verbal and nonverbal social communication skills requiring substantive support would be considered a severity level of _________. - Correct Ans-2 The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria now allows older individuals to be classified with ASD; however, the signs of autism must have been present _______________ . - Correct Ans-from quite early in childhood Why is it important to know the reliability of a test? - Correct Ans-Both a & b; it helps you determine the amount of accuracy in a score & it helps you calculate the amount of error in a score Identify the autism subtype the D