Psychopathology Exam 5 Ch.24 (Autism Spectrum Disorders)Questions and Answers
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Psychopathology Exam 5 Ch.24 (Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Autism Spectrum Disorders: First known cases - Answer- Described in 1943 publication
> Social impairments and resistance to change
> Communication difficulties not identified as central
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Course - Answer...
Psychopathology Exam 5 Ch.24
(Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Autism Spectrum Disorders: First known cases - Answer- Described in 1943
publication
> Social impairments and resistance to change
> Communication difficulties not identified as central
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Course - Answer- Diagnosis remarkably stable
> Usually identified and diagnosed during childhood, & most affected individuals
retain the diagnosis through adulthood
Early signs
> Behavioral regression or loss of language skills
> Lack of cooing, babbling, or other socially meaningful gestures by around 12
months
> No single-word speech by 16 months
> Lack of two-word spontaneous phrase speech by 24 months
Stability of associated characteristics
> Cognitive ability stable
> Adaptive functioning skills showed improvement
> Social functioning continued to be poor
> Greater childhood IQ and speech acquisition before 5 or 6 years of age
associated with better long-term outcomes
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Defining symptoms - Answer- Profound problems with
the social world
> Social reciprocity
> Nonverbal communication
> Social relationships
Repetitive & ritualistic acts
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Associated Characteristics - Answer- Comorbidity
> IQ < 70
- Children with intellectual developmental disorder score poorly on all parts of an IQ
test
- Children with ASD score poorly on those subtests related to language
> Attentional difficulties
> Self-injurious behavior
> Negative emotionality
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Identification - Answer- Disparities in age of
identification
SES, ethnoracial minorities
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