ADHD, CD, ODD
Mood Disorders
Autism
Anxiety
Research Methods
100

True or false: CD evolves from ODD. 

False: ODD does not signal the development of more severe conduct disorders or even more severe ODD. Nearly half of children with CD have no prior ODD diagnosis.

100

These are the differences between Type I and Type II bipolar disorder.

What are: Type I has mania and MDE while type II has hypomania and MDE. Type II is more common than type I.

100

Eholalia is a characteristic of this main feature of ASD.

What is: Communication impairment.

100

These are (5) examples of common types of phobias. 

What are: Animal, natural environment, blood-injection-injury, situational and other.

100

This differentiates Randomized Control Trials from other treatment studies.

What are “Random assignment to experimental treatment group or control group.” 

Bonus: What are three types of control groups? 

200

Dani is an 13 year old who has frequently run away from home and has been seen experimenting with several different substances. Samuel, on the other hand, is an 8 year old who is constantly involved in fights at school. He is often found verbally bullying other kids in school and has even been been known to start physical fighting with others. According to this, Dani displays ______ associated with CD and Samuel shows ____ associated with CD. 

Dani = status violations (covert and nondestructive) 

Samuel = aggression (overt and destructive) 

200

These are ways in which symptoms of depression change throughout development from preschool age to adolescence. 

What are: Teens have more maladaptive cognitions, while preschoolers have more fatigue, irritability, and are withdrawn.

200

These are three goals of treatment for ASD.

What are: Minimize core deficits, maximize child’s independence, help parents cope. 

200

Kylie is a 9 year old who has been diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Kylie is extremely afraid of germs, and fears of contamination often are intrusive and consume Kylie’s thoughts to the point where she becomes severely impaired. This Kylie to develop a behavior of washing her hands an excessive amount of time each day, sometimes to the point where her hands become sore. Kylie participates in this behavior because it ______ her anxiety about germ. 

Neutralizes

200

True/False. Risk and protective factors can cause developmental outcomes both directly and indirectly.

False: Risk and protective factors precede and increase likelihood for developmental outcomes.

300

One cognitive model technique of treating CD involves two sessions where the first session involves informing the client that you will be provoking a reaction (with a certain comment or command known to provoke negative behavior in client) and a second session where these provocations come unexpectedly. This technique is called. 

What is: Barb technique

300

These are the three components of CBT.

What are "thoughts, behaviors, and emotions."

300

These are reliable early indicators of autism. 

What are: 

Behavioral sx in social and communication areas. 

EX: lack of babbling, not responding to name, lack of joint attention

300

This type of therapy includes four steps: recognizing physiological symptoms of anxiety, identifying cognitions in anxiety-provoking situations, developing a coping plan, and practice and reinforcement of these strategies.

Kendall's Coping Cat

300

Children who have experienced early life stress are at greater risk for depression, anxiety, conduct issues, and ADHD, but many children who have experienced early life stress do not develop later clinical disorders. True/False: this is an example of equifinality.

False: multifinality!

400

Carly is enrolled in group therapy for antisocial behavior. While she is participating in the program, her parents notice that she has befriended many of the other participants and has started to question the purpose of the program as she begins to adopt antisocial subculture and behaviors. As a result, she participates in more delinquent behavior than before because there is increased opportunity and motive to do so with her new friends. This effect is called:

What are: Iatrogenic effects

400

From the TADS study, this group had the best results in decreasing depressive symptoms.

What is: CBT + fluoxetine

400

Autism prevalence is 

a. increasing

b. decreasing

c. staying the same


a. increasing
400

This type of parenting can often be seen as a moderator affecting the likelihood of behavioral inhibition and development of childhood anxiety in children. 

What is: Overprotective parenting (controlling and protective)

400

This is the difference between efficacy and effectiveness.

What is “both are indicative of the success rate for the intervention but in controlled conditions vs. in real life.”

500

Charlie is a 9 year old with ADHD. One day, Charlie’s mother is sitting at a table coloring with him when Charlie begins to scribble on the table. Instead of reprimanding Charlie, his mother does not acknowledge his behavior. After not getting the reaction he was hoping for, Charlie returns to calmly coloring on his paper. Having noticed the change in Charlie’s behavior to the desired behavior, Charlie’s mother praises him for sitting quietly and coloring. These are the two methods from behavioral parent training that Charlie’s mother is utilizing in this interaction and explain what they are. 

What are:

  1. attending 

  2. planned ignoring

500

This is a characteristic of Mania, that is not a shared characteristic with ADHD. 

What are:

Decreased need for sleep, low morning arousal, intense prolonged rage attacks, hypersexuality, flight of ideas.

500

These are protoimperative gestures. 

What are:

Gestures or vocalizations that are used to express needs. Kids with ASD use these more than protodeclarative gestures. 

500

These are the four main roles of family in treating childhood anxiety disorders as discussed in lecture. 

What are:

1. Modeling 

2. Attention to brave behaviors 

3. Coaching coping statements and relaxation techniques 

4. External reinforcement 

500

A researcher hypothesizes that for girls with depression, increases in symptoms of anxiety can be explained by presence or absence of peer support. However, the researcher hypothesizes that for boys with depression, peer support will be unrelated to symptoms of anxiety. Identify the mediator and the moderator in this design.

Mediator: peer support

Moderator: gender

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