Quiz 1 & 2 Midterm

Select all the following criteria that are required for the diagnosis of kleptomania:

• Failure to resist impulses to steal objects. 

• Stealing items that are needed for personal use or monetary gain. 

• Pleasure, gratification, & relief from stealing objects

• 
  Answer,

  Stealing items as an act of revenge. 

Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for hearing & memory?

• Occipital lobe 

• Temporal lobe

• Frontal lobe

• Parietal lobe

A primary characteristic of this diagnosis is when the magnitude of the aggressive behavior is out of proportion to the provocation. 

• Kleptomania 

• Intermittent Explosive Disorder

• Conduct Disorder

• Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Which neurodevelopmental disorder uses the severity levels of mild, moderate, severe, & profound?

• Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Language Disorder

• 
  Specific Learning Disorder

• Intellectual Development Disorder

A diagnosis of AD/HD requires that the person exhibits both attention-deficit and hyperactivity. 

• True

• False

Deficits in social reciprocity, difficulty in understanding relationships, & repetitive patterns of behaviors is evidence of which diagnosis?

• Tic Disorder

• Intellectual Developmental Disorder

• AD/HD

• Autism Spectrum Disorder

The space between neurons where neurotransmitters are released is known as the:

• 
  Axon terminal

• Dendrite

• Synaptic cleft

• Receptor

Which diagnosis has possible severity levels of mild, moderate, severe, or profound?

• Conduct Disorder

• AD/HD

• Autism Spectrum Disorder 

• Intellectual Developmental Disorder

Compared to White Americans, the ADHD diagnosis rates for African Americans & Latino populations are the

• same.

• lower.

• higher.

The timeframe for Brief Psychotic Disorder is 

• 
  at least 1 day, but less than two weeks

• at least one month, but less than 6 months. 

• one month or longer. 

• 
  at least 1 day, but less than one month.