Child Psychopathology Final

Match neurotransmitter with psychopathologies: Dopamine

ADHD, Schziophrenia, Mood disorders

Which of the following disadvantages can impair a child's developmental progress significantly?

All of these are correct: less education, limited resources, and greater exposure to violence

Children's problems must be considered in the context of their ______.

All of these: individual nature, community/culture, family dynamics

Match neurotransmitter with psychopathologies: Benzodiazephine - GABA

Anxiety Disorders

Describe 3 ways that a therapist can strive to provide culturally competent mental health services when it comes to diagnosing.

CEU's, Cultural formulation interview, come into session with not bias and refer out if needed

The ____ gives us the distinct qualities that make us human and allows us to think about the future, to be playful, and to be creative.

Cerebral cortex

Which risk factor is most likely to increase a child's vulnerability to psychopathology?

Chronic poverty

The overlapping or co-occurrence of disorders is called _____

Comorbidity

Evaluating the mental health of children can be particularly difficult due to the ____.

Cultural variations of what constitutes abnormal behavior

Which of the following is a magnetic imaging method that produces images showing connections between brain regions?

Diffusion MRI

_____ acts like a "switch" in the brain, turning on various circuits associated with certain types of behavior.

Dopamine

Treatment _____ refers to whether or not a treatment can produce changes under well-controlled conditions.

Efficacy

The role that a child's primary caretaker has in terms of that child's brain development is crucial, since those early experiences form the part of the brain that is responsible for their _____

Emotion, personality, and behavior

Attachment theory considers crying (in an infant) to be a behavior that ____

Enhances relationships with the caregiver

Many child and adolescent problems can be best described as the ____

Failure to demonstrate expected developmental progress

The ______ lobes contain the functions underlying much of our thinking and reasoning abilities.

Frontal

Which statement about our genetic makeup is false?

Genes determine behavior

A risk factor is a variable that ___

Increases the likelihood that a negative outcome will occur

Match primary temperament dimensions: Negative affect or irritability

Intense in mood

Which term describes a child's model of relationships in terms of what the child expects from others and how the child relates to others?

Internal working model

Which part of the brain is most responsible for regulating our emotional experiences, expressions, and impulses?

Limbic system

An integrative approach to the psychopathology of a child means that

Many theories and concepts can be used to explain behavior

The first disorder unique to children and adolescents was ____.

Masturbatory insanity

Factors that influence the direction or strength of a relationship of variables of interest are called ____

Moderator variables

Match neurotransmitter with psychopathologies: Norepinephrine

Not directly involved, acts generally to regulate or modulate behavioral tendencies

Most often, adaptational failure is due to a(n) ___

Ongoing interaction between the individual and environment

Brain maturity occurs in a(n) ____ fashion

Organized and hierarchical

Children's development occurs in a(n) _____ manner

Organized and hierarchical

Etiology refers to the ____ of childhood disorders.

Possible root causes

_____ rates refer to all cases of a disorder, whether new or previously existing, that are observed during a specified time period.

Prevalence

Patterns of behavioral, cognitive, emotional, or physical symptoms shown by an individual are defined as ____.

Psychological disorders

Match neurotransmitter with psychopathologies: Serotonin

Regulatory problems such as eating and sleep disorders, OCD, Schziophrenia, and mood disorders

The windows of time during which environmental influences on development are enhanced are called ___

Sensitive periods

The neurotransmitter implicated in regulatory problems, such as eating and sleep disorders, is _____.

Serotonin

The fact that effects of parental conflict and divorce may not surface immediately but rather years later is an example of ____

Sleeper effect

_____ relates to how children think about themselves and others, resulting in mental representations of themselves, relationships, and their social world.

Social cognition

_____ has been implicated in several psychological disorders, especially those connected to a person's response to stress and ability to regulate emotions.

The HPA axis

A child typically enters the mental health system ________.

Through teachers, counselors, or parents

A clinician must use all the components of the Cultural Formulation Interview for clinical evaluation in order for it to be valid

True

Because there is no one correct approach to research, most problems in abnormal child psychology are best studied by ____

Using multiple methods and strategies

Multifinality refers to the observation that ____

Various outcomes may stem from similar beginnings

Match primary temperament dimensions: Fearful or inhibited

considered cautious

Match primary temperament dimensions: Positive affect and approach

generally approach

Temperament _____

shapes a child's approach to the environment and vice versa