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PSYCH 317 - Chapter 9

Question 1 of 62

1

A conduct problem refers to age-inapropriate actions and attitudes of a child that violates family expectations, societal norms, and the personal or property rights of another

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 2 of 62

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Children with severe conduct problems _________ grow up in extremely unfortunate family and neighborhood circumstances (abuse, poverty, exposure to criminal activity)

Select one of the following:

  • never

  • sometimes

  • often

  • always

Explanation

Question 3 of 62

1

In normal development, antisocial behaviour ________ and then __________.

Select one of the following:

  • appears, stays

  • appears, declines

  • declines, never returns

  • declines, comes back

Explanation

Question 4 of 62

1

Antisocial behaviours are more common in girls during childhood than in boys, but this difference decreases in adolescence. (p271)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 5 of 62

1

Longitudinal studies have found aggressive acts to be highly stable (p.271)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 6 of 62

1

Children with an early, persistent, and extreme pattern of antisocial behaviour account for how much crime in the US? (p.271)

Select one of the following:

  • 50%

  • 65%

  • 75%

  • 90%

Explanation

Question 7 of 62

1

What is juvenile delinquincy? (p.272)

Select one of the following:

  • describes bad kids in general

  • children who commit only serious offences

  • a word only used by TV cop programs

  • children who have broken the law, regardless of severity

Explanation

Question 8 of 62

1

The minimum age of criminal responsibility ranges from 7-14 years in most states and provinces. (p.272)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 9 of 62

1

Every child who meets a legal definition of delinquency will also meet the definition for a mental disorder. (p.272)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 62

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Conduct problems fall on the dimension of externalizing behaviour. What are the two subdimensions of externalizing behaviour? (p.272)

Select one or more of the following:

  • rule-breaking behaviour

  • verbal assault behaviour

  • aggressive behaviour

  • blaming behaviour

Explanation

Question 11 of 62

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The overt-covert dimension ranges from acts such as cruelty to animals or physical assault to arguing or irritability. (p.273)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 12 of 62

1

What dimension of antisocial behaviour covers the definition: children with overt antisocial behaviour tend to be negative, irritable, and resentful in reactions to hostile situations and experience higher levels of family conflict, while kids with covert antisocial behaviour are less social, more anxious, and more suspicious of others while coming from homes that provide little family support. (p.273)

Select one of the following:

  • overt-covert dimension

  • destructive-nondestructive dimension

  • aggressive-non aggressive dimension

  • external-internal dimension

Explanation

Question 13 of 62

1

Conduct problems are also referred to as disruptive behaviour disorders. (p.274)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 14 of 62

1

ODD and CD are not collectively referred to as conduct disorders or disruptive behaviour disorders. (p274)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 15 of 62

1

Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is defined in the DSM-5 as children displaying an age-inappropriate recurrent pattern of stubborn, hostile, disobediant, and defiant behaviours. (p.275)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 16 of 62

1

ODD usually appears by age 5.(p.275)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 62

1

Children with ODD are often at a greater risk of developing later:

Select one or more of the following:

  • impulse control disorders

  • narcolepsy

  • enuresis

  • substance-use disorders

  • PSTD

  • mood and anxiety disorders

Explanation

Question 18 of 62

1

Some findings have found that symptoms of ODD can be grouped into 3 dimensions: negative affect, defiance, and hurtful behaviour. All 3 symptoms have been found to occur consistently with each other.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 19 of 62

1

DSM-5 organizes ODD symptoms into 3 symptom clusters: (p.275)

Select one of the following:

  • angry/irritable mood, argumentative/defiant behaviour, vindictiveness

  • angry/irritable mood, externalizing of blame, vindictiveness,

  • angry/irritable mood, argumentative behaviour, internalizing issues

  • low affect/neutral mood, argumentative behaviour, vindictiveness

Explanation

Question 20 of 62

1

A child is being diagnosed with ODD. While diagnosing, the clinician is looking at a severity rating. The child has displayed symptoms in 3 or more settings; thus the clinician should apply a severity rating of: (p.275)

Select one of the following:

  • mild

  • moderate

  • severe

Explanation

Question 21 of 62

1

Percent of children clinically referred with ODD displaying symptoms in 2 or more settings? (p.276)

Select one of the following:

  • 40%

  • 60%

  • 85%

  • 90%

Explanation

Question 22 of 62

1

Conduct disorder (CD) is classified by a repetitive and persistent pattern of severely aggressive and anti-social acts that involve inflicting pain upon others or interfering with the rights of others through physical and verbal aggression, stealing, or vandalism. (p.276)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 23 of 62

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What diagnostic tool groups the symptoms of CD into 4 dimensions (aggression to people and animals, destruction of property, deceitfulness/theft, & serious violation of rules)? (p.276)

Select one of the following:

  • ICD-10

  • DSM-5

  • my intro to psych prof

Explanation

Question 24 of 62

1

CD never co-occurs with any other disorders. (p.276)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 25 of 62

1

The DSM-5 distinguishes between youths wirth an early or late onset of CD. Those with childhood-onset CD display AT LEAST 3 symptoms before age 10.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 26 of 62

1

Childhood-onset CD is more often diagnosed: (p.276)

Select one of the following:

  • in girls than boys

  • equally in girls and boys

  • very rarely in either girls or boys

  • in boys than girls

Explanation

Question 27 of 62

1

Youths diagnosed with adolescent-onset CD are: (p.277)

Select one of the following:

  • as likely to be girls as boys, and do not display the severity or psychopathology that characterizes the childhood-onset group

  • as likely to be girls as boys, and display more of the severity or psychopathology that characterizes the childhood-onset group

  • less likely to be boys than girls, and do not display the severity or psychopathology that characterizes the childhood-onset group

  • less likely to be boys than girls, and display more of the severity or psychopathology that characterizes the childhood-onset group

Explanation

Question 28 of 62

1

ODD and CD appear to be distinguishable diagnoses and not highly correlated. (p.278)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 29 of 62

1

Persistent aggressive behaviour and CD in childhood may be a precursor of adult antisocial personality disorder (APD. (p. 278)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 30 of 62

1

APD is characterized by a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and the violation of rights of others

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 31 of 62

1

Adolescents with APD may display psychopathic features. Psychopathic features are defined as: (p.278)

Select one of the following:

  • a pattern of persistent extrasensory perception, especially psychic abilities

  • a pattern of mindful behaviour towards others

  • a pattern of dramatic changes in temperament that are temporary, but occur multiple times within 6 months

  • a pattern of callous, manipulative, deceitful, and remorseless behaviour

Explanation

Question 32 of 62

1

Children with a callous and unemotional (CU) interpersonal style may be at a higher risk for extreme antisocial and aggressive acts, and poor long term outcomes. (p.279)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 33 of 62

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CU symptoms in childhood are __________ as ODD and CD symptoms over time, but/and may be ___________ during development. (p.279)

Select one of the following:

  • as unstable; stable

  • as unstable; unstable

  • as stable; stable

  • as stable; unstable

Explanation

Question 34 of 62

1

The DSM-5 has how many specifiers for a CD diagnosis? (p.277)

Select one of the following:

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

  • 0

Explanation

Question 35 of 62

1

The textbook argues that Bart Simpson displays symptoms for CD but not ODD. (p.279)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 36 of 62

1

Children with conduct problems tend to score 8 points higher on IQ tests than their peers. (p.280)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 37 of 62

1

Verbal IQ is consistently lower than ___________ in kids with CD. (p.280)

Select one of the following:

  • performance IQ

  • mathematical IQ

  • perceptual reasoning

  • working memory

Explanation

Question 38 of 62

1

Children with verbal deficits and _____________ display 4 times as much aggressive behaviour as children with only 1 factor. (p. 280)

Select one of the following:

  • working memory deficits

  • fine motor deficits

  • family adversity

  • physical health problems

Explanation

Question 39 of 62

1

The relationship between different cognitive/verbal deficits and antisocial behaviours may vary for specific types of antisocial behaviours. (p. 280)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 40 of 62

1

Children with conduct problems rarely consider future consequences of their behaviour or its impact on others. This pattern is similar to that which is found in:

Select one of the following:

  • Autism

  • Sleep-wake disoders

  • ADHD

  • Depression

Explanation

Question 41 of 62

1

Problems in school, such as underachievement, grade retention, special education placement, dropout, suspension, and expulsion are not often found in children with conduct problems. (p.281)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 42 of 62

1

General family disturbances, and spcific disturbances in parenting practices and family functioning are __________ related to conduct problems in children. (p.281)

Select one of the following:

  • strongly

  • somewhat

  • weakly

Explanation

Question 43 of 62

1

Conflict is especially high in children with conduct disorders and their siblings. (p.282)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 44 of 62

1

Peer rejection in elementary school is a strong ______________ for adolescent conduct problems. (p.282)

Select one of the following:

  • protective factor

  • risk factor

  • predictor

  • example

Explanation

Question 45 of 62

1

A child who interprets another child as intentionally bumping into him in the hallway is showing a(n): (p.284)

Select one of the following:

  • hostile attributional bias

  • conduct disorder

  • weak self-image

  • attachment issue

Explanation

Question 46 of 62

1

Low self-esteem is believed to be a primary cause of conduct problems. (p.285)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 47 of 62

1

Rates of premature death are _____________ in boys with conduct problems than in boys without.(p.285)

Select one of the following:

  • 1-2 times lower

  • 1-2 times higher

  • 3-4 times lower

  • 3-4 times higher

Explanation

Question 48 of 62

1

Evidence shows that conduct problems in childhood are a risk factor for substance abuse in adolescence and adulthood, and is mediated by drug use and and delinquency in early and late adolescence. (p.285)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 49 of 62

1

Which disorders are most commonly found in children with conduct disorders, according to the textbook? (p.285)

Select one or more of the following:

  • ADHD

  • Night Terrors

  • Depression

  • PTSD

  • Bipolar Disorder

  • Anxiety

Explanation

Question 50 of 62

1

More than 50% of children with CD also have ADHD. (p.285)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 51 of 62

1

__________% of youths diagnosed with conduct problems will also be diagnosed with depression or anxiety. (p.286)

Select one of the following:

  • 35

  • 40

  • 45

  • 50

Explanation

Question 52 of 62

1

Some evidence suggests that ODD better accounts for the connection between conduct problems and depression, and that this relationship is driven by the negative mood symptoms of ODD (rather than defiant symptoms in CD). (p.286)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 53 of 62

1

For both girls and boys, __________ severity of antisocial behaviour is associated with _____________ severity of depression and anxiety. (p.286)

Select one of the following:

  • decreasing; decreasing

  • decreasing; increasing

  • increasing; increasing

  • increasing; decreasing

Explanation

Question 54 of 62

1

All of the current evidence points to co-occurring anxiety to be a risk factor for later antisocial or aggressive behaviour. (p.286)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 55 of 62

1

ODD is more prevalent than CD during ____________, but in _________________ they occur equally as often. (p.286)

Select one of the following:

  • childhood; adolescence

  • adolescence; childhood

  • childhood; adulthood

  • adulthood; childhood

Explanation

Question 56 of 62

1

During childhood, rates of conduct problems are 2-4 times ________ for boys than for girls. (p.287)

Select one of the following:

  • higher

  • lower

Explanation

Question 57 of 62

1

Gender disparity in conduct problems narrows through middle childhood, widens again in early adolescence, and then decreases during late adolescence. (p.287)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 58 of 62

1

Early symptoms of CD in girls are often sexual misbehaviours. (p.287)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 59 of 62

1

Conduct problems that are chronic through early childhood to adulthood have a male to female ratio of about 10:1.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 60 of 62

1

Girls are less likely to use indirect forms of relational aggression (verbal insults, tattling, gossip, ostracism, etc) when angry. (p.288)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 61 of 62

1

The earliest signs of conduct problems may be _____________ in the first few years of life. (p.289)

Select one of the following:

  • physical aggression

  • anxious/ambivalent attachment

  • disrupted sleep patterns

  • difficult temperment

Explanation

Question 62 of 62

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Most children with conduct problems show ________________________ - they add new forms of antisocial behaviour over time rather than replacing old behaviours. (p.290)

Select one of the following:

  • addition

  • diversification

  • combinatory behaviour production

  • additiovisceration

Explanation

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