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Chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Conduct disorder | A disorder characterized by overt, aggressive, disruptive behavior or covert antisocial acts such as stealing, lying, and fire setting; may include both overt and covert acts. |
| cerebral palsy | A condition characterized by paralysis, weakness, lack of coordination, and/or other motor dysfunction; caused by damage to the brain before it has matured. |
| Strauss syndrome | Behaviors of distractibility, forced responsiveness to stimuli, and hyperactivity; based on the work of Alfred Strauss and Heinz Werner with children with intellectual disabilities. |
| minimal brain injury | A term used to describe a child who shows behavioral but not neurological signs of brain injury; a term used to refer to children who exhibit inattention, impulsivity, and/or hyperactivity |
| hyperactive child syndrome | A term used to refer to children who exhibit inattention, impulsivity, and/or hyperactivity; popular in the 60s and 70s |
| neurotransmitters | Chemicals involved in sending messages between neurons in the brain. |
| dopamine | A neurotransmitter, the levels of which may be abnormal in people with ADHD. |
| norepinephrine | A neurotransmitter, the levels of which may be abnormal in people with ADHD. |
| internet gaming disorder | Addiction to playing video games; associated with ADHD; a term being proposed as a psychiatric disorder. |
| molecular genetics | Study of the structure and function of genes at the molecular level. |
| toxins | Poisons in the environment that can cause fetal malformations; can result in cognitive impairments. |
| executive functioning | The ability to regulate one's behavior through working memory, inner speech, control of emotions and arousal levels, and analysis of problems and communication of problem solutions to others; delayed or impaired in people with ADHD. |
| behavior inhibition | The ability to stop an intended response, to stop an ongoing response, to guard an ongoing response from interruption, and to refrain from responding immediately; allows executive functions to occur; delayed or impaired in those with ADHD. |
| sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) | A set of behaviors characterized by daydreaming, feeling confused, tiring easily; often displayed by persons with ADHD. |
| adaptive behavior skills | Skills needed to adapt to one's living environment; usually estimated by an adaptive behavior survey; one of two major components of the AAMR definition. |
| Functional behavior assessment (FBA) | Evaluation that consists of finding out the consequences, antecedents, and setting events that maintain inappropriate behaviors. |
| Contingency-based self-management | rewards based on use of self-management techniques. |
| curriculum-based measurement | A formative evaluation method designed to evaluate performance in the curriculum to which students are exposed; usually involves giving students a small sample of items from the curriculum in use in their schools. |
| momentary time sampling | An interval recording procedure used to capture a representative sample of a target behavior over a specified period of time. |
| psychostimulants | Medications that activate dopamine levels in the frontal and prefrontal areas of the brain that control behavioral inhibition and executive functions; used to treat persons with ADHD. |
| strattera | A nonstimulant medications for ADHD; affects the neurotransmitter norepinephrine. |
| Ritalin | The most commonly prescribed psycho-stimulant for ADHD; its generic name is methylphenidate. |
| Adderall | A psychostimulant of ADHD; its effects are longer acting than those of Ritalin. |
| Vyvanse | A stimulant that is sometimes prescribed to treat symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children. |
| paradoxical effect of Ritalin | The now discredited belief that Ritalin, even though a stimulant, acts to subdue a person's behavior and that this effect of Ritalin is evident in people with ADHD but not in those without ADHD. |
| mind-wandering | Difficulty in keeping a train of thought because of thinking about something other than what one is doing; sometimes accompanied by one's inability to recall what topic(s) he or she was thinking about. |
| Coaching | A technique whereby a friend or therapist offers encouragement and support for a person with ADHD. |
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