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Solutions For Abnormal Psychology Chapter 12 Problem 16TY

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Solution 1

Children with ADHD are characterized by excess motor activity and difficulty in sustaining attention. Thus they fail to respond to the task given to them and have lower intelligence level. This can be treated with medication and behavioral therapy.

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Hence the option c is not correct.

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Oppositional defiant disorder is characterized by the persistent pattern of angry and irritable mood with defiant and cruel behavior and is grouped into three groups.

• Angry or irritable mood

• Argumentative behavior

• Cruel behavior of taking revenge of others

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Temper tantrums are one of the symptoms of ODD but these temper tantrums can be usually seen in a two years age child. So it is no need to diagnose it as an ODD for a single experience.

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Hence the options b and d are not correct.

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Any treatment or diagnosis should require a repeated pattern of negative behaviors befre confirming a disorder.

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Hence the correct option is .