CBMT: 335 Questions & Answers

Alzheimer's Disease Correct Ans - A progressive, degenerative disease with insidious onset, characterized by multiple cognitive deficits and significant decline in functioning. Attention Deficit Disorder Correct Ans - A disorder characterized by maladaptive inattention, hyperactivity, or impulsiveness which results in pervasive and clinically significant impairment. Some symptoms should have presented before seven years of age, although it may be diagnosed in adulthood. Auditory Discrimination Correct Ans - The ability to hear similarities and differences between sounds. Distinguishing between sounds or changes in sounds. Auditory Memory Correct Ans - The ability to retain and recall that which is heard. Auditory-motor match Correct Ans - The process where by awareness of sound results in a movement or response. Autistic Correct Ans - an individual with autistic disorder, beginning in infancy, which is characterized by self-absorption, preoccupation with inanimate objects, and/or dysfunctional, distructive, or ritualistic beahaviors. Autism is a type of pervasive developmental disorder. Behavior disorder Correct Ans - A problem in social behavior which is sufficiently extreme as to interfere with the learning process. Cerebral Palsy Correct Ans - A series of disorders characterized by problems in movement, posture, and loss of voluntary muscle control, which are caused by brain injury early in life. Communication Disorder Correct Ans - A disability which is characterized by the inability to transfer thought through speech, written word or bodily gestures. Conduct Disorder Correct Ans - A persistent pattern of behavior characterized by the breaking of social norms, including serious violations, aggression, destruction or deceitfulness. Dementia Correct Ans - A set of symptoms characterized by deterioration in cognitive functioning, particularly memory, abstract thinking, judgment and problem solving. Developmental Disability Correct Ans - A disorder originating before the age of 18 which constitutes a substantial handicap and continues indefinitely. The disabilities include