Abnormal Psychology Chapter 13
Final Test Questions And 100%
Correct Answers 2025 Update.
Donna Williams, an autistic woman, was taken to a doctor at the age of three because her
parents were concerned that she ____.
1) was malnourished
2) would not play with them
3) lacked interest in other children
4) had too many temper tantrums - Answer was malnourished
Many disorders with children are first identified _____.
1) during yearly check with the children's pediatrician
2) by relative of the child
3) when the child enters school
4) when the child is found to have trouble making friends - Answer when the child enters
school
Many children are misdiagnosed when clinicians ____
a) fail to take developmental expectation into account
b) fail to take the child's economic background into account
c) limit information-gathering about the child from the parents
d) do not consider the impact of the child's school on how the behaves - Answer fail to take
developmental expectations into account
_____ is a new diagnostic classification in the DSM-5
a) Neurodevelopment Disorders
b) Autism
c) Separation anxiety Disorder
, a) Enuresis
b) Encopresis
c) Separation anxiety disorder
d) Autism spectrum disorder - Answer Autism spectrum disorder
____ are classified as neurodevelopment disorders in the DSM-5
a) Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and pica
b) Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder
c) Pica and separation anxiety disorder
d) Enuresis and Encopresis - Answer Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism
spectrum disorder
In a research study comparing America and Thai parents' attitudes to children's "over control"
and "under-control," the Thai parents rated _____ as compared to the American parents.
1) overcontrol as a problem but not undercontrol
2) undercontrol as a problem but not overcontrol
3) both sets of problems as less serious
4) both sets of problems as more serious - Answer both sets of problems as less serious
Play therapy, in which a child enacts family conflicts through play activities, such as play-acting
with dolls or puppets, was developed by ______.
a) psychodynamic therapist
b) behavioral therapist
c) humanistic therapists
d) cognitive therapists - Answer psychodynamic therapists
Which of the following is true of psychotherapy with children?
Final Test Questions And 100%
Correct Answers 2025 Update.
Donna Williams, an autistic woman, was taken to a doctor at the age of three because her
parents were concerned that she ____.
1) was malnourished
2) would not play with them
3) lacked interest in other children
4) had too many temper tantrums - Answer was malnourished
Many disorders with children are first identified _____.
1) during yearly check with the children's pediatrician
2) by relative of the child
3) when the child enters school
4) when the child is found to have trouble making friends - Answer when the child enters
school
Many children are misdiagnosed when clinicians ____
a) fail to take developmental expectation into account
b) fail to take the child's economic background into account
c) limit information-gathering about the child from the parents
d) do not consider the impact of the child's school on how the behaves - Answer fail to take
developmental expectations into account
_____ is a new diagnostic classification in the DSM-5
a) Neurodevelopment Disorders
b) Autism
c) Separation anxiety Disorder
, a) Enuresis
b) Encopresis
c) Separation anxiety disorder
d) Autism spectrum disorder - Answer Autism spectrum disorder
____ are classified as neurodevelopment disorders in the DSM-5
a) Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and pica
b) Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder
c) Pica and separation anxiety disorder
d) Enuresis and Encopresis - Answer Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism
spectrum disorder
In a research study comparing America and Thai parents' attitudes to children's "over control"
and "under-control," the Thai parents rated _____ as compared to the American parents.
1) overcontrol as a problem but not undercontrol
2) undercontrol as a problem but not overcontrol
3) both sets of problems as less serious
4) both sets of problems as more serious - Answer both sets of problems as less serious
Play therapy, in which a child enacts family conflicts through play activities, such as play-acting
with dolls or puppets, was developed by ______.
a) psychodynamic therapist
b) behavioral therapist
c) humanistic therapists
d) cognitive therapists - Answer psychodynamic therapists
Which of the following is true of psychotherapy with children?
