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Is It Really Beyond Normal? Misdiagnosing ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder - Test
by Enrico Gnaulati, Ph.D.

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1. One study shows that the average length of a pediatric visit is: Help
16 mins.
 90 mins.
 25 mins.
 5 mins.
2. Veteran developmental psychologist David Bjorklund says that young children are: Help
Highly susceptible to overeating.
 Innately pessimistic about their cognitive and physical abilities.
 Innately optimistic about their cognitive and physical abilities.
 Highly susceptible to magnanimous behavior.
3. Empathic concern for others in children counteracts: Help
Competitiveness.
 Ruthless acts of aggression.
 Ruthful acts of kindness.
 Excessive garrulousness.
4. Research on "positive illusory bias" in ADHD children discovered they tend to: Help
Exaggerate their beliefs about themselves relative to their true abilities.
 Hold idealized viewpoints of caregivers.
 Believe other children outperform them academically.
 Overestimate time allotments in testing situations.
5. So-called exhibitionistic acts are intended to: Help
Be witnessed in some public, emotionally rewarding way.
 Elicit non-recognizing responses in caregivers.
 Be ignored by peers.
 Display unrewarding learned helplessness.
6. The ADHD-like tendency to blurt out answers before being called on can reflect: Help
Correct knowledge of subject matter.
 prideful expressions of specialness.
 competitiveness with peers.
 incorrect knowledge of subject matter.
7. Overconfident expectations can explain the ADHD tendency to: Help
Prematurely discontinue finishing tasks.
 Fail to wait one's turn.
 Unlearn learned helplessness.
 Unlearn cognitive dissonance.
8. A 2007 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study found that approximately what percent of children diagnosed as autistic at age two no longer fit the diagnosis at age four? Help
50
 30
 75
 25
9. It is notoriously difficult to distinguish between toddlers with autistic spectrum disorder and those who are afflicted with delayed: Help
Cerebellum circumference.
 Language development.
 Athletic prowess.
 Bowel control.
10. Boys' speech tends to be more ____________ than girls'. Help
Egoistic, logical, and businesslike
 Eemotionally loaded and personalized
 Apt to include vowels
 Generative of empathic concern
11. When assessing autism spectrum disorder in young male children it is important for evaluators to rule out the following phenomena: Help
Normative solitary play with objects manifested by those with strong emergent visual-spatial intelligence
 Normal emergent introversion
 A gender-based transactional communication style with minimal empathy awareness
 All of the above
12. According to Laurie Helgoe: Help
Extroverts are naturally outgoing.
 Introverts seek time alone because they want time alone.
 Introverts display excessive social anxiety.
 Extroverts display diminished social anxiety.
13. It is not until about age _________ that boys are involved in associative play to the same extent as girls. Help
Nine or ten
 Eight or nine
 Four or five
 Fifteen
14. Some research shows that under normal family circumstances, when a toddler's maturation is right on schedule, parents can expect a tantrum from their three-to-five year old once every few: Help
Weeks.
 Months.
 Years.
 Days
15. Most tantrums are triggered by parents directly confronting kids' assertions of: Help
Dependence.
 Autonomy.
 Handedness.
 Gender fluency.
16. Sometimes what appears to be an autistic-like tantrum is really what Dr. Stanley Greenspan, the world-renowned child psychiatrist calls, "__________." Help
Learned helplessness
 Sensory craving
 Trial-and-error learning
 Conditioned pride
17. Tantrums in autistic spectrum disordered children may signal a need to keep a ritual or routine exactly the way it was to protect the child from: Help
Triangulation.
 Implosive dysregulation.
 Sensory overload.
 Developing insight into unwanted behaviors.
18. A survey of over 3,000 households with infants and toddlers conducted by nutrition experts at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, indicates that a whopping ____of 2-year-olds are considered picky eaters by their caregivers. Help
50 percent
 80 percent
 90 percent
 75 percent

 

 

  
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