Chapter 13: Childhood and Adolescent Psychosocial and Mental Health Disorders

Chapter 13: Childhood and Adolescent Psychosocial and Mental Health Disorders

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Stanley, a 10-year-old boy, shows a continual pattern of behaviors in which he picks fights with other children, breaks classroom rules, and skips school. Stanley was recently caught shoplifting from a local store. Which disorder fits this pattern of behavior?
2. Attention deficit disorder
3. Conduct disorder
4. Oppositional defiant disorder
5. Major depressive disorder

ANS: B

2. Ruben, a 9-year-old boy, becomes easily annoyed and angry over seemingly everything. He states that he hates his family. His parents are concerned that Ruben argues and blames his brother for his mistakes. Which disorder fits this pattern?
3. Attention deficit disorder
4. Conduct disorder
5. Oppositional defiant disorder
6. Major depressive disorder

ANS: C

3. Which term reflects a learning disability in writing?
4. Dyslexia
5. Dysgraphia
6. Dyscalculia
7. Intellectual disability

ANS: B

4. Susan, a 12-year-old girl, refuses to go to her new school. She is irritable and angry, and she complains of headaches every morning. Susan perspires and feels restless each morning. She is unable to sleep because she worries about the next day at school. What do these symptoms represent?
5. Normal reactions to new situations
6. Phobic anxiety disorder
7. Separation anxiety
8. Generalized anxiety disorder

ANS: D

5. Gerald, a 5-year-old kindergartner, is reluctant to go to sleep without his parents nearby. He clings to his parents each morning when being dropped off at school and spends the first 30 minutes in tears, even after the second month of school. What do these symptoms represent?
6. Normal reactions to new situations
7. Phobic anxiety disorder
8. Separation anxiety
9. Generalized anxiety disorder

ANS: C