Jonas Displays Deficits in Motor Skills Like Running, Catching, and Throwing.He

question 65

Multiple Choice

Jonas displays deficits in motor skills like running, catching, and throwing.He finds it very distressing as the other children already tease him because of his attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.In order to have him go through occupational therapy to help with the delay, his school psychologist is most likely to add a diagnosis of:

• A)persistent motor or vocal tic disorder.
• B)stereotypic movement disorder.
• C)developmental coordination disorder.
• D)trisomy 21 disorder.

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Definitions:

Self-Serving Bias

A cognitive bias that involves taking personal credit for success while blaming external factors for failures.

Bystander Effect

A social psychological phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present.

Actor-Observer Effect

The tendency to attribute one's own actions to external factors, while attributing others' actions to their personality.

Primacy Effect

The psychological phenomenon whereby the first items presented in a list are remembered more easily than those in the middle.