The Number of Children Classified as Having ADHD Has Increased

question 87

Multiple Choice

The number of children classified as having ADHD has increased dramatically over the last few decades.This phenomenon may reflect:

• A)more relaxed diagnostic criteria for identification and classification.
• B)incorrect diagnoses and increased awareness.
• C)more accurate diagnostic practices.
• D)a generation of learners who suffered brain anoxia as medically fragile newborns.

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Definitions:

Socially Patterned Activities

Activities that are structured and influenced by societal norms and cultural practices.

Deep Structure

In linguistics, it refers to the underlying, abstract meaning of a sentence, as opposed to the surface structure which is the sentence's actual spoken or written form.

Format

The arrangement, structure, or layout of information or material, often referring to documents, media, or data.

Language Acquisition Support System (LASS)

Bruner’s term for the patterned behaviors and formatted events within which children acquire language. It is the environmental complement to the innate, biologically constituted LAD.