Asperger Referred to the Children He Studied as Having

question 39

Multiple Choice

Asperger referred to the children he studied as having

• A)schizophrenia.
• B)childhood disintegrative disorder.
• C)pervasive developmental disorder.
• D)autistic psychopathy.

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Definitions:

Acquisition

The process of learning or developing a new skill, behavior, or ability.

Contiguity

The condition of being in close association or proximity, often used in psychology to describe the closeness in time or space between two stimuli.

Conditioning

An approach to modifying behavior by teaching a subject to connect a favorable behavior with a stimulus that was initially unrelated.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual decrease and eventual elimination of a conditioned response when it is no longer reinforced.