Which is least likely to be considered an indication of problem behavior in youth? sometimes what seems to be a relationship between age and the occurrence of a specific disorder may actually reflect the time at which the disorder is first identified.
A.A behavior is excessively intense.
B.A behavior is qualitatively atypical.
C.A behavior is unusual but of no harm to anyone.
D.A behavior is exhibited in inappropriate settings.
Question 2 of 25 4.0 Points
Which of the following is true regarding preschooler mental health?
A. Preschoolers have fewer problems than older children.
B. Preschoolers have more problems, but tend to outgrow them.
C. The problems of preschoolers occur at the same rate as older children.
D. Secular trends indicate that the risks for young children and mental illness are decreasing.
Question 3 of 25 4.0 Points
When the term syndrome is used in reference to a behavioral disturbance, it suggests that the disorder
A. has a biological cause.
B. has a psychological cause.
C. occurs mostly in early childhood.
D. is characterized by a group of symptoms.
Question 4 of 25 4.0 Points
With regard to childhood behavioral problems and age of youth,
A. little relationship exists between age and the occurrence of problems.
B. sometimes what seems to be a relationship between age and the occurrence of a specific disorder may actually reflect the time at which the disorder is first identified.
C. almost all behavior problems of young people appear in some form by age 6.
D. children cannot be diagnosed with a specific disorder until they are at least 8 years old.
Question 5 of 25 4.0 Points
Human development is best viewed as
A. always occurring in stages.
B. changes in individuals due to environmental influences.
C. change in persons over time due to the interactions of many variables.
D. quantitative rather than qualitative growth.
Question 6 of 25 4.0 Points
If a disorder occurs only in the presence of Factor X but only when Factor Y or Factor Z are present, we might suspect that Factor X is a _____ cause of the disorder.
A. necessary but not sufficient
B. sufficient but not necessary
C. necessary and sufficient
D. neither necessary nor sufficient
Question 7 of 25 4.0 Points
Peter got along quite well as a child, but in adolescence he associated with a “bad” crowd, took drugs, and suffered academically. At 21 years of age, he appears to have put aside these behaviors and has successfully returned to college. Peter’s development is following which of the five adolescent developmental pathways described in the text?
A. Unstable adaptation
B. Unstable maladaptation
C. Decline of adaptation
D. Temporal maladaptation
Question 8 of 25 4.0 Points
Resilience is best defined as
A. a person’s characteristics that protect him or her from negative outcomes.
B. characteristics of the environment that protect a person from negative outcomes.
C. one or more factors that work with risk factors to produce a disorder.
D. one or more factors that protect a person in the presence of risk factors for a disorder.
Question 9 of 25 4.0 Points
Billy and Kyle are both evaluated at a child assessment clinic at age 6. Billy comes from an affluent, loving and intact family. He is meeting all developmental tasks and is well adjusted. Kyle is living in poverty with his maternal grandmother after being abandoned by his parents. He is scoring in the clinically significant range on measures that test for behavioral problems. Years later, both boys are re-evaluated and both are found to be well adjusted and developing normally. Kyle reports that he became active in sports and was mentored by caring adults over the years. This is an example of
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