Abnormal Psychology - Nolen-Hoeksema
Chapter 10: Neurodevelopmental and Neurocognitive Disorders
1. Which of the following disorders is not a neurodevelopmental disorder?
a. Autism spectrum disorder
b. Specific learning disorder
c. Social communication disorder
d. Delirium
2. The prefrontal cortex is smaller in volume in children with…
a. autism spectrum disorder
b. attentional-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
c. intellectual disability
d. Tourette’s disorder
3. Autism spectrum disorder involves…
a. deficits in social communication
b. deficits in social interaction
c. restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour
d. all of the above
4. Asking “Do you want a snack?” when you are hungry is an example of…
a. pronoun misuse
b. reversed echolalia
c. third personification
d. echolalia
5. I. Children with autism spectrum disorder often do poorly on measures of intellectual
ability, such as IQ tests.
II. Children with autism spectrum disorder that perform stereotyped and repetitive
behaviours using some part of their body are referred to as savants.
a. Statement I is true, statement II is false
b. Statement I is false, statement II is true
c. Both statements are true
d. Both statements are false
6. What is not a domain of daily living that people diagnosed with intellectual disability
diagnosis have deficits in?
a. The conceptual domain
b. The interactional domain
c. The social domain
d. The practical domain
Chapter 10: Neurodevelopmental and Neurocognitive Disorders
1. Which of the following disorders is not a neurodevelopmental disorder?
a. Autism spectrum disorder
b. Specific learning disorder
c. Social communication disorder
d. Delirium
2. The prefrontal cortex is smaller in volume in children with…
a. autism spectrum disorder
b. attentional-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
c. intellectual disability
d. Tourette’s disorder
3. Autism spectrum disorder involves…
a. deficits in social communication
b. deficits in social interaction
c. restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour
d. all of the above
4. Asking “Do you want a snack?” when you are hungry is an example of…
a. pronoun misuse
b. reversed echolalia
c. third personification
d. echolalia
5. I. Children with autism spectrum disorder often do poorly on measures of intellectual
ability, such as IQ tests.
II. Children with autism spectrum disorder that perform stereotyped and repetitive
behaviours using some part of their body are referred to as savants.
a. Statement I is true, statement II is false
b. Statement I is false, statement II is true
c. Both statements are true
d. Both statements are false
6. What is not a domain of daily living that people diagnosed with intellectual disability
diagnosis have deficits in?
a. The conceptual domain
b. The interactional domain
c. The social domain
d. The practical domain
