The median age of onset for both anxiety disorders and impulse control disorders, which include conduct disorders, is
a. 5 years. c. 11 years.
b. 8 years. d. 13 years.
Question 2Which of the following has not been found in research into adolescents who experience emotional disturbances?
a. Males display more internalizing problems and females display more externalizing problems.
b. Oppositional defiant disorder often predicts the more serious conduct disorder.
c. Rates of childhood and adolescent psychopathology nearly doubled after 1990.
d. Fewer than half of children and adolescents with serious emotional problems graduate from high school
Question 3What is likely the most frequent type of externalizing problem in childhood?
a. oppositional defiant disorder c. conduct disorder
b. eating disorders d. ADHD
Question 4Internalizing can include all of the following except
a. phobias. c. depression.
b. aggressive behavior. d. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Question 5All of the following are associated with emotional autonomy except
a. it occurs in a sudden upheaval.
b. it is achieved by psychologically separating from parents to establish an independent identity.
c. it reflects an increase in adolescents' subjective sense of their independence.
d. most adolescents do not detach from their parents.
Question 6Most adolescents in most countries today view the period of adolescence as
a. a time of great disruption.
b. a troublesome and tumultuous period in their lives
c. a time when they must rebel against their parents to achieve adult psychological well-being.
d. basically a healthy, happy, and optimistic time.
Question 7Which of the following is an aspect of emotional understanding?
a. feeling pride, guilt and shame
b. being sensitive to sudden changes in caregivers' emotions
c. knowing the relationship between morality and emotions
d. self-regulating emotional stress
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