Researchers from a Danish Study Discussed in Your Text Videotaped

question 88

Multiple Choice

Researchers from a Danish study discussed in your text videotaped children ages 11 to 13 while they were eating lunch at school. The children's behaviour was rated in several categories, including sociability, involuntary movement, and general neuromotor signs. When compared with people who were diagnosed with a different psychiatric disorder, researchers found that adults who developed schizophrenia

• A) had more subtle general neuromotor abnormalities as children.
• B) frequently displayed disruptive outbursts during childhood.
• C) exhibited the same degree of sociability in childhood as the other children in the study.
• D) experienced psychotic symptoms in childhood.

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