Mark is hyperactive, often flaps his arms wildly about, and will bang his head against a wall over ...

Mark is hyperactive, often flaps his arms wildly about, and will bang his head against a wall over and over for no apparent reason. He cannot relate to his peers very well and uses very bizarre language. His doctors have excluded him from a diagnosis of autism, because genetic testing revealed that damage to a chromosome can account for his symptoms. Mark probably has
 
  a. fragile X syndrome.
  b. PKU.
  c. sickle-cell disease.
  d. Down syndrome.

Question 2

Cedric's home was severely damaged in Hurricane Sandy. In spite of losing nearly all of his possessions, Cedric's difficulties in functioning have been minimal. This has been true right after the storm, one year later, and even two years later. Cedric is showing which pattern of disruption in functioning?
 
  a. Chronic
  b. Delayed
  c. Recovery
  d. Resilience

Question 3

Which of the following statements about cultural syndromes and eating disorders is correct?
 
  a. All eating disorders are cultural syndromes, linked to the media's thin ideal.
  b. Anorexia nervosa probably is a cultural syndrome, but bulimia nervosa is probably not.
  c. Bulimia nervosa probably is a cultural syndrome, but anorexia nervosa probably is not.
  d. Neither anorexia nervosa nor bulimia nervosa are cultural syndromes.

Question 4

Fragile X syndrome is more serious for males than for females, because females have
 
  a. another X chromosome to compensate.
  b. more resiliency overall.
  c. less sensitivity to what X chromosome damage can do.
  d. more genetic material overall.

Question 5

The ability to withstand or rise above extreme adversity is known as
 
  a. extraversion.
  b. perseverance.
  c. resilience.
  d. mental health.

Question 6

Eating disorders have been described as , or problems that appear only in certain cultures and Western, industrialized nations.
 
  a. selective
  b. cultural syndromes
  c. cross-cultural syndromes
  d. cultural selective

Question 7

A condition that results when the FMR1 gene of the X chromosome narrows, breaks, or otherwise becomes mutated is
 
  a. PKU.
  b. Down syndrome.
  c. sickle-cell disease.
  d. fragile X syndrome.