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Thembeliefmthatmmentalmproblemsmaremcausedmbympsychological mvariablesmismcalledmpsych
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Behavior mmodificationmormbehavior mtherapymismthemexplicitmapplicationmofmlearning mprinci
plesmformthemassessmentmandmtreatmentmofmbehavioralmproblems.
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Longitudinal mstudies,mfocusing monmnormalmdevelopment,massistedminmthemunderstanding m
andmstudymofmchildmandmadolescentmdisorders.
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a. Ambehavior mismexcessivelymintense.
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CHAPTER 1 m
INTRODUCTION
TRUEmORmFALSE
1.
Abnormalmmeansm“away”morm“from,”mwhereasm“normal”mrefersmtom“average”morm“standar
d.”mThus,mabnormalmismdefinedmasmsomething mthemdeviatesmfrommthemaverage.
2. Agemismanmimportantmdevelopmentalmindexminmjudging mbehavior.
3. Culturalmnormsmfor mbehavior mrarelymimpactmdiagnosticmratesmformamdisorder.
4.
Ethnicitymdenotesmcommonmcustoms,mvalues,mlanguagemormtraitsmthatmaremassociatedmwit
hmnationalmoriginmormgeographicmarea.
5.
Amchild’smbehavior mshouldmbemconsistentmandmnotmvarymacrossmsettingsm(e.g.,mclassroom,m
playground,mhome).
6.
Inmmostmculturesmboysmaremexpectedmtombemlessmactivemandmlessmaggressivemthanmgirls.mTh
ismexpectationmismanmexamplemofmamsituational mnorm.
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7. Youthmrarelymrefer mthemselvesmfor mclinicalmevaluation.
8.
According mtomthemAmericanmPsychological mAssociation,m10mpercentmofmyouthmhavemamseri
ousmmentalmhealthmdisorder.
9.
Quantifying mthemprevalencemofmdisordersmismdifficultmbecausemitmdependsmonmseveralmfact
ors,mincluding mthemdefinitionmofmdisorders,mthempopulationmexamined,mandmthemmethodsmusedmto
m identifym them problem.
10. Changing msocialmconditionsmmaymincreasemthemriskmofmdisordersminmyoung mpeople.
11.
Earlymdisturbances,mformexample,mfeeding missuesmormsleepmdisordersminminfancy,mdomnotmh
avemdevelopmentalmconsequences.
12.
Onemdifficultyminmestablishing mthemagemofmonsetmofmanymbehavioralmdisorder mismthatmthemo
nsetmmaymoccur mgradually,msomthatmagemofmonsetmmaymbemanmarbitrarymestimationmrather mthanmam
precisemage.
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13. Schizophrenia mismamdisorder mthatmtypicallymbeginsmduring mchildhood.
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14.
Malesmaremmoremvulnerablemthanmfemalesmtomneurodevelopmental mdisordersmthatmoccurm
earlyminmlife.
15.
Onemexplanationmformdiffering mratesmofmbehavioralmdisorder mbetweenmboysmandmgirlsmismg
endermdifferencesminmdisruptivembehavior,mwhichmcanmresultminmgender mdifferencesminmreferralsmfo
rmclinical mservices.
16.
Themconceptualizationmofmadolescencemasmamdistinctmperiodmofmlifembeganminmthem17thman
dm18thmcenturies.
17.
Somatogenesismrefersmtomthembeliefmthatmbehavioralmdisturbancemresultsmfrommamperson’s
m being m possessedm or m influencedm bym devilsm or m somem similar m force.
18.
Kraepelinmismcreditedmwithmcreating mamsystemmtomclassifymmentalmdisturbancesmthatmserve
m asm them basism for m modernm classificationm systems.
19.
Thembeliefmthatmmentalmproblemsmaremcausedmbympsychological mvariablesmismcalledmpsych
ogenesis.
20.
Freudmcontributedmtomthemfieldmofmchildhoodmbehavioral mdisorder mbympositing mthatmearly,
m unresolvedm psychological m conflictm ism them sourcem ofm emotional m problems.
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21.
Behavior mmodificationmormbehavior mtherapymismthemexplicitmapplicationmofmlearning mprinci
plesmformthemassessmentmandmtreatmentmofmbehavioralmproblems.
22.
Longitudinal mstudies,mfocusing monmnormalmdevelopment,massistedminmthemunderstanding m
andmstudymofmchildmandmadolescentmdisorders.
23.
AnnamFreud,mammother mandmvisionary,madvocatedmestablishing mamChildmWelfaremResearchm
StationmatmthemUniversitymofmIowa.
24. PsychiatristsmearnmanmM.D.mandmpsychologistsmearnmamPh.D.
MULTIPLEmCHOICE
25.
Joemisminmthemsecondmgrademandmcannotmstaymfocused.mHemcannotmreadmandmtestsmbelowm
grademlevelminmallmsubjects.mHemismrarelyminmtroublematmschoolmormatmhome.mJoe
a. ismfreemfrommallmbehavior mdisorders.
b. maymhavemambehavioral mdisorder mandmshouldmbemevaluated.
c. ismamtypicalmboy.
d. ismnonemofmthemabove.
26. Whichmismleastmlikelymtombemconsideredmanmindicationmofmproblemmbehavior minmyouth?
a. Ambehavior mismexcessivelymintense.
b. Ambehavior mismqualitativelymatypical.
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