Juan Is an 8 Year Old Boy in Third Grade

question 196

Multiple Choice

Juan is an 8 year old boy in third grade. He has been struggling with school since first grade, but this year his teacher is fed up. Even though he is a polite child, she can no longer pass him for simply trying his hardest. Juan is frequently out of his seat, misplaces his work, makes careless errors, and distracts other children. It is likely that Juan has ADHD and wasn't previously diagnosed because:

• A)Children aren't usually diagnosed until third grade
• B)Children are not diagnosed until the behaviours have been present for seven years
• C)Juan is Hispanic
• D)Juan is Caucasian

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Definitions:

Interference Theory

A theory that explains forgetting in the human memory as the result of competing information that interferes with the retention or retrieval of other information.

Replacement

The act of substituting one thing for another, whether it's a physical object, a person in a job role, or a concept.

Cue-dependent

Refers to the phenomenon where recall of information is improved when retrieval occurs in the same context as the initial learning.

Decay

The process by which information is lost from memory over time, typically due to the passage of time and lack of use.