ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY FINAL PAPER
SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
◉ Which of the following effects is least likely to occur when an
individual is malnourished?.
Answer: A decrease in the release of growth hormone
◉ An individual's balance of energy expenditure is referred to as
their ___.
Answer: metabolic rate
◉ If fat levels decrease below our body's normal range, the
hypothalamus ___.
Answer: slows metabolism
◉ Approximately 50% to 75% of growth hormone production
occurs ___.
Answer: after the onset of deep sleep
◉ Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorders in childhood are most
characterized by ___.
,Answer: significant weight loss
◉ Failure to thrive is more common among ___.
Answer: children from disadvantaged environments
◉ Early onset of feeding disorders is often associated with ___.
Answer: inadequate caregiving
◉ ___ have been identified as a specific risk factor for an infant's
eating or feeding disorder.
Answer: Maternal eating disorders
◉ A child who eats insects and wood chips is likely to be diagnosed
with ___.
Answer: pica
◉ Pica is often seen in individuals with ___.
Answer: intellectual disability
◉ Pica among young children (without intellectual disability) often
remits ___.
Answer: when the child experiences increased stimulation
,◉ Pica in the first and second years of life among otherwise
normally developing infants and toddlers is likely due to ___.
Answer: exploration
◉ Failure to thrive is categorized by ___.
Answer: growth and eating problems
◉ Mothers of infants with failure to thrive have been found to be ___
than mothers of infants without failure to thrive.
Answer: more insecurely attached
◉ Studies have found that failure to thrive may affect physical
growth in childhood, but does not affect future ___.
Answer: cognitive functioning
◉ Obesity is a ___.
Answer: chronic medical condition
◉ Obesity is usually defined in terms of a body mass index above the
___ percentile.
Answer: 95th
, ◉ Approximately ___ of American children are obese.
Answer: 1 in 6
◉ Obesity in ___ is strongly related to obesity in ___.
Answer: childhood; adulthood
◉ Obese children are a risk factor for later ___ disorders.
Answer: eating
◉ The relationship between preadolescent obesity and later
emergence of eating disorders is likely due to ___.
Answer: the teasing that obese children experience from their peers
◉ A protein that plays a major role in some genetic cases of obesity
is called ___.
Answer: Leptin
◉ Treatment methods to help children who are obese to lose weight
should emphasize ___.
Answer: active, less sedentary routines
◉ For some teens, particularly girls, excessive efforts to control
eating may be a misguided effort to ___.
SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
◉ Which of the following effects is least likely to occur when an
individual is malnourished?.
Answer: A decrease in the release of growth hormone
◉ An individual's balance of energy expenditure is referred to as
their ___.
Answer: metabolic rate
◉ If fat levels decrease below our body's normal range, the
hypothalamus ___.
Answer: slows metabolism
◉ Approximately 50% to 75% of growth hormone production
occurs ___.
Answer: after the onset of deep sleep
◉ Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorders in childhood are most
characterized by ___.
,Answer: significant weight loss
◉ Failure to thrive is more common among ___.
Answer: children from disadvantaged environments
◉ Early onset of feeding disorders is often associated with ___.
Answer: inadequate caregiving
◉ ___ have been identified as a specific risk factor for an infant's
eating or feeding disorder.
Answer: Maternal eating disorders
◉ A child who eats insects and wood chips is likely to be diagnosed
with ___.
Answer: pica
◉ Pica is often seen in individuals with ___.
Answer: intellectual disability
◉ Pica among young children (without intellectual disability) often
remits ___.
Answer: when the child experiences increased stimulation
,◉ Pica in the first and second years of life among otherwise
normally developing infants and toddlers is likely due to ___.
Answer: exploration
◉ Failure to thrive is categorized by ___.
Answer: growth and eating problems
◉ Mothers of infants with failure to thrive have been found to be ___
than mothers of infants without failure to thrive.
Answer: more insecurely attached
◉ Studies have found that failure to thrive may affect physical
growth in childhood, but does not affect future ___.
Answer: cognitive functioning
◉ Obesity is a ___.
Answer: chronic medical condition
◉ Obesity is usually defined in terms of a body mass index above the
___ percentile.
Answer: 95th
, ◉ Approximately ___ of American children are obese.
Answer: 1 in 6
◉ Obesity in ___ is strongly related to obesity in ___.
Answer: childhood; adulthood
◉ Obese children are a risk factor for later ___ disorders.
Answer: eating
◉ The relationship between preadolescent obesity and later
emergence of eating disorders is likely due to ___.
Answer: the teasing that obese children experience from their peers
◉ A protein that plays a major role in some genetic cases of obesity
is called ___.
Answer: Leptin
◉ Treatment methods to help children who are obese to lose weight
should emphasize ___.
Answer: active, less sedentary routines
◉ For some teens, particularly girls, excessive efforts to control
eating may be a misguided effort to ___.
