All of the Following Are Typical Behaviors for Children with Autism

question 159

Multiple Choice

All of the following are typical behaviors for children with autism EXCEPT

• A)spinning a wheel on a toy truck and staring at it for hours.
• B)throwing a loud tantrum when prevented from carrying out a ritual.
• C)becoming wildly upset when one toy was removed from the shelf.
• D)performing complex math calculations that appear well beyond their abilities.

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Definitions:

Muscle Fiber

Individual muscle cells that contract to generate force, constituting skeletal muscles.

Action Potential

A rapid rise and fall in electrical potential across a cell's membrane, enabling the transmission of signals along neurons.

Threshold Level

The minimum level of stimulus intensity required to activate a neuron or to trigger a specific physiological response.

Repolarization Phase

Phase of the action potential in which the membrane potential moves from its maximum degree of depolarization toward the value of the resting membrane potential.