The Brain Damage Theory of ADHD, Which Arose in the 1940s

question 1

Multiple Choice

 The brain damage theory of ADHD, which arose in the 1940s and 1950s, was discarded because ____.

• A) no evidence of brain damage could be found using x-ray
• B) the psychological cause of ADHD was "found" in 1958
• C) it could explain only a very small number of cases of ADHD
• D) brain damage was thought to cause mental retardation, not ADHD

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