A Range of Disorders Involving Varying Degrees of Impairment in Communication

question 92

Multiple Choice

A range of disorders involving varying degrees of impairment in communication skills, social interaction, and restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior is known as ________.

• A) echolalia
• B) attention/deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• C) conduct disorder
• D) autism spectrum disorder

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Definitions:

Molecular Reproduction

The process by which molecules create copies of themselves, fundamental to biological replication and cell division.

Electronegativity

A measure of an atom’s attraction for electrons.

Covalent Bonding

A chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms, stabilizing them and making the atoms bound together in a molecule.

Protobionts

Assemblages of organic polymers that spontaneously form under certain conditions. Protobionts may have been involved in chemical evolution.