PSYC 319 - Developmental Differences +
Neurodiversity Exam Questions and Answers
Executive function - ✅✅Mental processes to control and regulate thought,
emotion, and behaviour
- planning, organization, self-control, task initiation, time management,
metacognition, working memory, attention, flexibility, perseverance
Marshmallow test results in Cameroonian, German, Yucatec Mayan, Japanese,
and American children - ✅✅- Cameroonian: 2x more likely to wait for
marshmallow than German children
- Yucatec Mayan: very little interest in EF tasks, poor performance
- Japanese children: compared to US, wait longer for food, but wait less for
presents
Neurodiversity - ✅✅the concept that there is natural variation in the human
brain that leads to differences in how we think and behave
Neurodiversity movement - ✅✅Led by autistic and and ADHD individuals
1) Neurodiversity exists
2) Neurodiveristy is valuable
3) social model of disability
Medical model approach to disability - ✅✅: disability is the problem
- Internal to the person
Neurodiversity Exam Questions and Answers
Executive function - ✅✅Mental processes to control and regulate thought,
emotion, and behaviour
- planning, organization, self-control, task initiation, time management,
metacognition, working memory, attention, flexibility, perseverance
Marshmallow test results in Cameroonian, German, Yucatec Mayan, Japanese,
and American children - ✅✅- Cameroonian: 2x more likely to wait for
marshmallow than German children
- Yucatec Mayan: very little interest in EF tasks, poor performance
- Japanese children: compared to US, wait longer for food, but wait less for
presents
Neurodiversity - ✅✅the concept that there is natural variation in the human
brain that leads to differences in how we think and behave
Neurodiversity movement - ✅✅Led by autistic and and ADHD individuals
1) Neurodiversity exists
2) Neurodiveristy is valuable
3) social model of disability
Medical model approach to disability - ✅✅: disability is the problem
- Internal to the person
