Child Behavior MCQ Quiz!

Sometimes overactive children will be labelled ‘hypoactive’, whether this is warranted or not. 

‘Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder’ is generally characterized by exhibiting inappropriate behavioral responses like inattention, impulsiveness and an excess of motor activity. It is essentially a mental disorder of childhood that is a life-long condition. 

Children with ADHD can’t be cured nor will they ‘grow out of it’.

Most children affected will receive an official medical diagnosis before the age of ______ years. 

The behavioural characteristics of ADHD usually interfere significantly with ordinary functioning and that can affect any aspect of normal everyday life, from going to school, participating in leisure activities and just normal social interaction. 

When diagnosing ADHD it will tend to be classified according to the different type or ‘manifestation’. 

The areas of the brain responsible for inhibition and self-control are the –  (Select four)

Dopamine is a hormone and one of the neurotransmitter substances used in the normal functioning of the central nervous system. 

Behaviour modification aims to teach parents how to give their child attention for positive rather than negative reasons.

Beliefs about parenting as either the cause or a contributory factor in exacerbating the symptoms of ADHD reflect the cognitive perspective in psychology, suggesting that behaviour is largely acquired and so is totally opposite to the physiological approach.