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Chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Conduct disorder | Characterized by a pattern of aggressive, disruptive behavior |
| Strauss syndrome | Hyperactive and distractible because of brain damage. |
| Cerebral palsy | Siri palsy is characterized by brain damage that result in impairment in movement. |
| Minimal brain injury | A study of after effects of birth complications revived notion that subtle brain pathology could result in behavior problems. |
| Hyperactive child syndrome | Preferred because it was descriptive of behavior and didn't rely on vague and unreliable diagnosis of subtle brain damage. |
| Neurotransmitters | Chemicals that help in the sending of messages between neurons and the brain |
| Dopamine | Researchers are found that abnormal levels of neurotransmitters such as dopamine are involved in ADHD. |
| Norepinephrine | Involved in ADHD. |
| Executive functioning | A term used to describe a number of processes involving in control and regulating behavior. |
| Molecular genetics | The study of molecules that regulate genetic information. |
| Behavioral inhibition | The ability to delay response, interrupt an ongoing response, if the response is deemed inappropriate because of sudden changes in the demands of the task, or protect from distracting or competing stimuli. |
| Sluggish cognitive temple | Refers to a constellation of behavior such as staring into space, feeling drowsy, losing one's train of thought, getting lost in one thought, tiring easily, forgetting what was going to say. |
| Adaptive behavior skills | Traditionally been associated with the area of an intellectual disabilities. |
| Functional behavioral assessment | An important tool for teachers to use with students with emotional or behavioral disorders |
| Contingency based self management | Approaches usually involve having people keep track of their own behavior and then receive consequences. |