True or False?
The different degrees and symptoms of ASD vary greatly between individuals. - Answer-True
In what three ways did Kanner conclude that children with ASD differ from children with schizophrenia? - Answer-1. Children with schizophrenia tend to withdraw from the world, whereas childr...
SPED 2000 Exam 4 (Ch.9 Autism
Spectrum Disorders) Questions with
Verified Answers
True or False?
The different degrees and symptoms of ASD vary greatly between individuals. -
Answer-True
In what three ways did Kanner conclude that children with ASD differ from children with
schizophrenia? - Answer-1. Children with schizophrenia tend to withdraw from the
world, whereas children with autism never seemed to have made social connections to
begin with.
2. Children with autism exhibited unique language patterns
3. Children with autism did not seem to deteriorate in their functioning over time, as did
some children with schizophrenia.
In what two ways did Asperger differentiate between children with Asperger's syndrome
and autism? - Answer-1. children with Apserger's syndrome exhibited normal
intelligence
2. children with Asperger's had normal language
In what year did the term "Autism Spectrum Disorder" or ASD come to be used? -
Answer-1990
Although the symptoms are wide-ranging, the DSM -5 divides them into two general
domains, what are these two domains? - Answer-"social communication impairment"
and "repetitive/restricted behaviors."
The DSM-5 no longer recognizes Asperger syndrome as a separate entity; instead, it
emphasizes that ________ is an umbrella term. - Answer-ASD
Someone whose intellectual and verbal abilities are relatively high, but who still exhibits
social communication deficits and repetitive/restricted behavior is often referred to as
having __________ ___________________. - Answer-Asperger syndrome
In the past few years, the prevalence rate for autism spectrum disorder has
_________________ dramatically. - Answer-increased
The most current information from the U.S. Department of Education (IDEA Data
Accountability Center, 2013) reported that from 2005 to 2011, the prevalence of
students ages 6 to 21 who were identified as having ASD _____________, with the
most recent rate being _________%. - Answer-doubled; 0.59
, The prevalence for ASD is _____ times higher for boys than girls. - Answer-5
Why is the prevalence for ASD higher in boys rather than girls? - Answer-1. males are
more biologically susceptible to neurological dysfunction
2. professionals have a biased tendency to diagnose males because of behavior that is
seen as abnormal
Rates of autism are much lower in _________ populations. - Answer-Latino
The prevalence rate is just as high, if not higher for countries in __________ and
________. - Answer-Europe; Asia
What are three reasons that autism prevalence rates have grown? - Answer-1. the
criteria has widened for diagnosing autism
2. people have become more aware of autism
3. diagnostic substitution (particularly with ID)
The prevalence of students identified by the public schools as having ASD ________
between 2005 and 2011; however, the prevalence of students identified as having
intellectual disabilities fell by ____%. - Answer-doubled; 22
The schools are now identifying students with ASD and with ____________
_________________ at virtually the same rate. - Answer-intellectual disabilities
Some preliminary evidence suggests a relationship between the amount of ______
_______________ and the prevalence of autism. - Answer-air pollution
In 1967, who conceived a theory that cold and unresponsive mothers caused autism? -
Answer-Bruno Bettelheim
Who do authorities attribute the term "refrigerator moms" to? - Answer-Bettelheim
Who first speculated that the cause of autism could be biological in addition to parents
who were not "warm-hearted?" - Answer-Kanner
Scientists don't yet know precisely what's wrong with the brain in autism spectrum
disorders, but they have established unequivocally that _______________l—not
interpersonal—factors are involved. - Answer-neurological
There is strong evidence that __________, neurological factors, and environmental
contributions interact to result in autism in many cases - Answer-genetics
Genetics can contribute to poor ___________ connections related to neurological
anatomy and weakened synaptic strength that can result in ______________ to
environmental factors (e.g., toxic chemicals, maternal health issues, and early social
deprivation) that results in symptoms of ASD. - Answer-neuronal; vulnerability
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