ASD Exam with all Correct & 100% Verified Answers |
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What does stimming stand for? ✔Correct Answer-self-stimulation
What is the concept of "social stories"? ✔Correct Answer-to preview how something will happen
in the future that is different from their usual routine
The DSM-5 lists three required symptoms for social communication and interaction. Which of the
following is most likely not an example of the diagnostic criteria for this domain? ✔Correct
Answer-Shouting the name of a companion animal more than once whenever it is observed
3 required:
Hysterical refusal to be toilet trained
An inability to follow a gesture, such as pointing at an object
Pointing at mouth to indicate that one is hungry
Why did the APA reduce the number of domains from three to two for diagnosing ASD? ✔Correct
Answer-Clinicians found it hard to separate deficits in communication and social interaction, such as
where to assign a deficit if a child could only speak but while looking at the ground rather than at the
person addressing him.
Despite the rigorous, two-domain standard for diagnosing ASD, why is it important not to see ASD as
an "all or nothing" condition? ✔Correct Answer-ASD is a spectrum disorder.
Despite remarkable examples of high-functioning individuals with autism spectrum disorder, most
people with ASD ✔Correct Answer-exhibit most of the core features of the disorder and rarely
display special talents or high intelligence
Manon, who is being diagnosed for ASD, more often ignores the other children at the play-table
stacking blocks. She seems not to notice them or the blocks and only looks over with a startled
expression when she "decides to hear." What is the best way to describe her deficit based on this
anecdotal description? ✔Correct Answer-. Manon is not monitoring the social interactions around
her
Why might a therapist describe Julie's inability to look into her teacher's eyes as a "defense
mechanism" ✔Correct Answer-Research suggests that children with ASD avoid looking at the eye
region because it is perceived as threatening.
What does research reveal about the ability of children with ASD to form bonds with their parents
and like caregivers? ✔Correct Answer-Children with ASD can tell the difference between their
primary caregivers and other adults and tend to bond with them
As a toddler, whenever Hannah needed "Puff the Bear," she walked over to the television—where he
had to be or else the stuffed animal "didn't exist"—and extended her hand and "grasped at empty air
without looking at me," according to her mother. What kind of gesture did Hannah demonstrate?
✔Correct Answer-Hannah demonstrated a protoimperative gesture.
According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), __________ of the children with
ASD have co-occurring intellectual disability. ✔Correct Answer-70 percent
, Because of the challenges of testing the intelligence of children with ASD, the assessment tool most
often used is? ✔Correct Answer-The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
At what age do normally developing children actually comprehend when a parent is making a face at
them and expecting a response? ✔Correct Answer-Around 12 months
Paraphrasing an old saying, to say that a child with ASD sees "this one blade of grass through the
forest" is indicative of a deficit in what area? ✔Correct Answer-Central coherence
In addition to co-occuring intellectual disability, a coexisting medical condition may play some part in
about __________ percent of children with ASD. ✔Correct Answer-10
The Centers for Disease Control as well as other sources suggest the prevalence of children with ASD
in the world's population. ✔Correct Answer-Estimates range as high as 1 percent to 2 percent of
children
Autism spectrum disorder is found in found __________ to ___________ in boys than in girls.
✔Correct Answer-4/5 times more
Which of the following best describes the extreme male brain theory of ASD and what it proposes
about the disorder? ✔Correct Answer-The alleged dominance of the systemizing dimension of the
male brain and the alleged dominance of the empathy dimension of the female brain might explain
the high ratio of males with ASD.
Given the anecdotal observations of their own children, what do parents tell us about the earliest
point of onset for ASD? ✔Correct Answer-The age of onset seems to be no later than the second
birthday, after the first symptoms in most children diagnosed with ASD have presented and are seen
by parents as a cause for concern.
Which of the following is a logical theory for a cause of autism that is now obsolescent? ✔Correct
Answer-parental neglect
Why do premature infants exhibit a higher incidence of ASD than children born full term according to
some studies? ✔Correct Answer-The exact reason is unknown beyond their gestational age being
less than 26 weeks.
Despite the fact that some children with ASD have fragile-X anomaly and other chromosomal
defects, why hasn't a "ASD gene" been identified? ✔Correct Answer-There is no "ASD gene"
because ASD has been associated with more than one chromosome
Family members of children with ASD have been shown to express certain ASD-like traits that are
mild enough to be simply interpreted as eccentricities. These traits, however, may be genetic
evidence for ASD and are called __________. ✔Correct Answer-Broader autism phenotypes
Research has localized what regions of the brain that likely contribute to the neurological
impairments of ASD? ✔Correct Answer-The cortical and subcortical levels
The Interactive Autism Network estimates that people with ASD use __________ different therapies,
behavioral programs, and other kinds of treatment. ✔Correct Answer-about 400
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What does stimming stand for? ✔Correct Answer-self-stimulation
What is the concept of "social stories"? ✔Correct Answer-to preview how something will happen
in the future that is different from their usual routine
The DSM-5 lists three required symptoms for social communication and interaction. Which of the
following is most likely not an example of the diagnostic criteria for this domain? ✔Correct
Answer-Shouting the name of a companion animal more than once whenever it is observed
3 required:
Hysterical refusal to be toilet trained
An inability to follow a gesture, such as pointing at an object
Pointing at mouth to indicate that one is hungry
Why did the APA reduce the number of domains from three to two for diagnosing ASD? ✔Correct
Answer-Clinicians found it hard to separate deficits in communication and social interaction, such as
where to assign a deficit if a child could only speak but while looking at the ground rather than at the
person addressing him.
Despite the rigorous, two-domain standard for diagnosing ASD, why is it important not to see ASD as
an "all or nothing" condition? ✔Correct Answer-ASD is a spectrum disorder.
Despite remarkable examples of high-functioning individuals with autism spectrum disorder, most
people with ASD ✔Correct Answer-exhibit most of the core features of the disorder and rarely
display special talents or high intelligence
Manon, who is being diagnosed for ASD, more often ignores the other children at the play-table
stacking blocks. She seems not to notice them or the blocks and only looks over with a startled
expression when she "decides to hear." What is the best way to describe her deficit based on this
anecdotal description? ✔Correct Answer-. Manon is not monitoring the social interactions around
her
Why might a therapist describe Julie's inability to look into her teacher's eyes as a "defense
mechanism" ✔Correct Answer-Research suggests that children with ASD avoid looking at the eye
region because it is perceived as threatening.
What does research reveal about the ability of children with ASD to form bonds with their parents
and like caregivers? ✔Correct Answer-Children with ASD can tell the difference between their
primary caregivers and other adults and tend to bond with them
As a toddler, whenever Hannah needed "Puff the Bear," she walked over to the television—where he
had to be or else the stuffed animal "didn't exist"—and extended her hand and "grasped at empty air
without looking at me," according to her mother. What kind of gesture did Hannah demonstrate?
✔Correct Answer-Hannah demonstrated a protoimperative gesture.
According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), __________ of the children with
ASD have co-occurring intellectual disability. ✔Correct Answer-70 percent
, Because of the challenges of testing the intelligence of children with ASD, the assessment tool most
often used is? ✔Correct Answer-The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
At what age do normally developing children actually comprehend when a parent is making a face at
them and expecting a response? ✔Correct Answer-Around 12 months
Paraphrasing an old saying, to say that a child with ASD sees "this one blade of grass through the
forest" is indicative of a deficit in what area? ✔Correct Answer-Central coherence
In addition to co-occuring intellectual disability, a coexisting medical condition may play some part in
about __________ percent of children with ASD. ✔Correct Answer-10
The Centers for Disease Control as well as other sources suggest the prevalence of children with ASD
in the world's population. ✔Correct Answer-Estimates range as high as 1 percent to 2 percent of
children
Autism spectrum disorder is found in found __________ to ___________ in boys than in girls.
✔Correct Answer-4/5 times more
Which of the following best describes the extreme male brain theory of ASD and what it proposes
about the disorder? ✔Correct Answer-The alleged dominance of the systemizing dimension of the
male brain and the alleged dominance of the empathy dimension of the female brain might explain
the high ratio of males with ASD.
Given the anecdotal observations of their own children, what do parents tell us about the earliest
point of onset for ASD? ✔Correct Answer-The age of onset seems to be no later than the second
birthday, after the first symptoms in most children diagnosed with ASD have presented and are seen
by parents as a cause for concern.
Which of the following is a logical theory for a cause of autism that is now obsolescent? ✔Correct
Answer-parental neglect
Why do premature infants exhibit a higher incidence of ASD than children born full term according to
some studies? ✔Correct Answer-The exact reason is unknown beyond their gestational age being
less than 26 weeks.
Despite the fact that some children with ASD have fragile-X anomaly and other chromosomal
defects, why hasn't a "ASD gene" been identified? ✔Correct Answer-There is no "ASD gene"
because ASD has been associated with more than one chromosome
Family members of children with ASD have been shown to express certain ASD-like traits that are
mild enough to be simply interpreted as eccentricities. These traits, however, may be genetic
evidence for ASD and are called __________. ✔Correct Answer-Broader autism phenotypes
Research has localized what regions of the brain that likely contribute to the neurological
impairments of ASD? ✔Correct Answer-The cortical and subcortical levels
The Interactive Autism Network estimates that people with ASD use __________ different therapies,
behavioral programs, and other kinds of treatment. ✔Correct Answer-about 400
