Jeremy cannot remember a phone number without jotting it down. He demonstrates a deficit in ____.
a. impulsivity
b. sustained attention
c. selective attention
d. attentional capacity
Question 2Recently, the symptoms that have been emphasized as the central impairments of ADHD are ____.
a. inattention and difficulty regulating motor behavior
b. difficulty inhibiting behavior and poor self-regulation
c. inattention and poor moral control
d. hyperactivity and cognitive problems
Question 3Virginia Douglas (1972) made the argument that ____.
a. hyperactivity is the primary component of ADHD
b. in addition to hyperactivity, inattention and deficits in impulse control are the primary symptoms
c. ADHD is due to minimal brain damage
d. ADHD is psychological rather than biological in origin
Question 4Which of the following statements about ADHD is false?
a. No single cause for the behavior patterns of children with ADHD has been identified.
b. ADHD is an umbrella term used to describe several different patterns of behavior that differ slightly.
c. Hyperactivity and inattention together are essential features of ADHD.
d. There are no distinct signs of ADHD that can be seen with an x-ray or a lab test
Question 5The brain damage theory of ADHD, which arose in the 1940s and 1950s, was discarded because ____.
a. no evidence of brain damage could be found using x-ray
b. the psychological cause of ADHD was found in 1958
c. it could explain only a very small number of cases of ADHD
d. brain damage was thought to cause mental retardation, not ADHD
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