The Increasing Ability as Children Age to Tune into Certain

question 69

Multiple Choice

The increasing ability as children age to tune into certain stimuli while tuning out of others is the result of the increasing __________ that comes with age.

• A)ability to plan
• B)exercise of patience
• C)use of the sensory store
• D)control of attention

Understand the primary purposes and critiques of diagnostic labels in mental health.

Identify characteristics and possible causes of ADHD.

Recognize the changes and additions in DSM-5.

Understand the RDoC's role in complementing DSM-5.

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Definitions:

Social Scripts

Culturally provided mental instructions for how to act in various social situations.

Frustration-Aggression Principle

A psychological theory suggesting that frustration often leads to aggressive behavior as the individual seeks to eliminate the source of their frustration.

Scapegoat Theory

A social psychology concept that explains the tendency to blame someone else for one's own problems, often leading to feelings of prejudice against the person or group that one is blaming.

Just-World Phenomenon

The cognitive bias that a person's actions are inherently inclined to bring morally fair and fitting consequences to that person, to the end of all noble actions being eventually rewarded and all evil actions punished.