Treatments that Work with Children
Questions from chapter 1
1)An enduring pattern of uncooperative, defiant, and hostile behavior towards authority figures that does not involve major antisocial violations refers to
a)conduct disorder
b)childhood disintegrative disorder
c)attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
d)oppositional defiant disorder
2)A persistent pattern of behavior that is not socially acceptable and may violate the rights of others describes
a)oppositional defiant disorder
b)Rett's disorder
c)bullying
d)conduct disorder
3)Wasserman et al. (1999) reported that clinicians do not appear to overdiagnose attention problems.
a)True
b)False
4)Prevalence estimates of children nationwide effected by ADHD are
a)3-5%
b)6-9%
c)12-15%
d)15-20%
5)In adolescents, conduct disorder can be a major precursor of
a)anxiety disorders
b)depressive disorders
c)psychotic disorders
d)somatic disorders
6)Which is Patterson's theory of family dynamics underlying antisocial behavior?
a)coercive process
b)parentified child
c)shifting standards
d)disengaged caretaker
7)The CRS, CBCL and BASC are
a)Interview Schedules
b)Behavior Rating Scales
c)Continuous Performance Tests
d)Nonverbal Intelligence Tests
8)Which test did Barkley and Grodzinsky (1994) find most helpful for predicting the presence of ADD?
a)Porteus Mazes
b)Trail Making Test
c)Gordon Continuous Performance Test
d)Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
9)Kazdin (1995) stated that perhaps no other technique has been as empirically supported in treating children's conduct problems as
a)parent management training
b)pharmacological treatment
c)play therapy
d)structured family therapy
10)What has been the most extensively studied intervention for ADD?
a)psychostimulant medications
b)group child therapy
c)parent training
d)behavioral therapy
11)The BSEQ measures
a)behavioral disorders
b)side effects of medications
c)attentional problems
d)social interactions
12)Kendall and Braswell's 12 cognitive behavioral therapy sessions teach children all EXCEPT
a)the use of self-statements to follow directions
b)how to handle actual social situations
c)how to identify the emotions involved in social interactions
d)progressive muscle relaxation
13)The most commonly encountered problem in dealing with disruptive behaviors is
a)maintaining parental adherence to treatment recommendations
b)coordinating with the primary care physician
c)coordinating with the child's school
d)establishing rapport with the child
Questions from chapter 2
14)The previous classification of overanxious disorder of children is now part of
a)Generalized anxiety disorder
b)Separation anxiety disorder
c)Social phobia
d)Specific phobia
15)The prevalence of a specific anxiety disorder varies on the basis of the child's
a)socio-economic status
b)race
c)age
d)gender
16)Two frequently reported correlates of child anxiety are
a)parental psychopathology and impaired family functioning
b)impaired family functioning and poverty
c)poverty and parental psychopathology
d)poverty and divorce
17)Which of the following is NOT a structured or semistructured anxiety interview?
a)ADIS-C
b)DISC
c)ASCY-R
d)DISC-IV
18)The "SCARED" is
a)an adult report of a child's anxiety
b)a child's self report anxiety measure
c)a biofeedback measure of anxiety
d)a projective measure of anxiety
19)In the Silverman et al. (1999) study, what percentage of the CBT group was diagnosis free at post intervention?
a)34
b)54
c)64
d)74
20)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an effective intervention for simple phobias.
a)True
b)False
Questions from chapter 3
21)Stereotypic movement disorders are also known as
a)transient tic disorder
b)Tourette's disorder
c)habit disorders
d)trichotillomania
22)"Pleasure, gratification, or relief" following this movement disorder it is a criteria of
a)trichotillomania
b)stereotypic movement disorder
c)Tourette's disorder
d)transient tic disorder
23)As part of the assessment process for habit disorders and tics, parents are encouraged to
a)complete personality measures
b)keep a family diet log
c)monitor television and video game use
d)videotape their children's tics before and after treatment
24)The pharmacological treatment of choice for children with Tourette's syndrome is
a)clonidine
b)ritalin
c)fluoxetine
d)haldol
25)When something affects one behavior, other behaviors will also change. This is
a)habitual dissonance
b)habit enmeshment
c)habit relativity
d)habit covariance
26)Kohen (1996) reports a combination of self monitoring, hypnotic techniques, and relaxation has been successful in decreasing
a)Tourette's disorder
b)stereotypic movement disorder
c)trichotillomania
d)transient tic disorder
Questions from chapter 4
27)Abrupt awakening and amnesia for the episode are characteristics of
a)nightmare disorder
b)sleep terror disorder
c)sleepwalking disorder
d)primary hypersomnia
28)Primary insomnia occurs exclusively during the course of narcolepsy, circadian rhythm sleep disorder, or parasomnia.
a)True
b)False
29)Common sleep problems such as recurrent night waking, are often caused by an underlying medical problem.
a)True
b)False
30)If frequent night awakenings are accompanied by frequent urination, the clinician should consider disorders such as
a)diabetes
b)polydipsia
c)urinary tract infection
d)renal disorder
31)Some studies have found that prevention of sleep problems may be facilitated by simply
a)giving the child a glass of warm milk
b)reading a bedtime story
c)restricting television after dinner
d)providing parents with written instructions about sleep
32)Masters (1996) reported that which over-the-counter medication corrected sleep disorders in all 20 children participants?
a)benadryl
b)acetaminophen
c)melatonin
d)ibuprofen
33)Rapoff et al. (1982) likely had inconsistent results with their sleep study because
a)parents find it difficult to ignore their children's crying
b)the children had multiple caretakers
c)the parents had inconsistent work schedules
d)many of the children changed residences during the study
34)Having parents ignore bedtime crying for as long as they feel comfortable is known as
a)intermittent reinforcement
b)graduated extinction
c)conditioning the crying response
d)fading
35)Adams and Rickert (1989) found the fastest improvement in bedtime problems with
a)graduated extinction
b)bedtime routines
c)medications
d)ignoring
36)What did Spencer et al. (1990) use to help 2-7 day old babies sleep?
a)a rocking crib
b)stuffed animals
c)a hot water bottle
d)white noise
37)Besides reinforcement, desensitization, and a reduction in attention, what is the only other effective treatment of sleep terror disorder?
a)scheduled awakenings
b)relaxation
c)ignoring
d)graduated extinction
Questions from chapter 5
38)Secondary encopresis refers to children
a)who have been incontinent their entire lives
b)with a primary diagnosis which causes the encopresis
c)who are also incontinent of urine
d)who were fully bowel trained at some point
39)A congenital anomaly wherein a part of the large intestine lacks the appropriate innervation is
a)semicolon disorder
b)Hirschsprung disease
c)irritable bowel syndrome
d)diverticulitis
40)The term used to refer to children who refuse to have a bowel movement in the toilet, but will in a pull-up is
a)toilet phobic
b)anal retentive
c)primary refusal
d)toileting refusal
41)Encopresis affects
a)boys more often than girls
b)girls more often in boys
c)boys and girls equally
d)the incidence is unknown
42)Which symptom is NOT common in encopresis?
a)late onset
b)problems toilet training
c)large caliber stools
d)obstructive symptoms
43)The three-phase treatment of encopresis described by Davidson (1958) is
a)sphincter tone training
b)proactive toilet training
c)the pediatric approach
d)the PASS program
44)Cox et al. (1998) found which encopresis treatment benefited significantly more children, used fewer laxatives, and fewer sessions?
a)IMC
b)BF
c)ETT
d)PASS
Questions from chapter 6
45)Enuresis, the voiding of urine into bed or clothes maybe involuntary OR intentional.
a)True
b)False
46)For six decades, the standard behavioral treatment for enuresis has been
a)overcorrection
b)time-out
c)positive practice
d)the bell and pad
47)The process of training children to a higher criterion than necessary to reduce relapse rate is
a)overlearning
b)positive practice
c)flooding
d)arousal training
48)The adaptation of the urine-alarm treatment which includes cleanliness training, positive practice, and nighttime awakening is
a)arousal training
b)the toilet ahoy! technique
c)sphincter enhancement training
d)dry-bed training
49)Olness (1975) showed an almost 80% enuresis cure rate using
a)arousal training
b)positive practice
c)hypnosis
d)overlearning
50)Mellon and McGrath (2000) recommended which combination of enuresis treatments to push success rates closer to 100%?
a)hypnosis and imipramine
b)dry-bed training and hypnosis
c)urine alarm training and DDAVP
d)DDAVP and positive practice
Questions from chapter 7
51)The "pain disorder" category was developed for DSM-IV to avoid the pejorative adjectives associated with
a)body dysmorphic disorder
b)conversion disorder
c)somatoform disorder
d)hypochondriasis
52)What is one of the most important environmental factors that contributes to how children experience pain?
a)previous experience with pain
b)parents' response
c)temperament
d)age and gender
53)The self report measure of pain which uses 6 photos of children's faces is the
a)Oucher Scale
b)Visual Analog Scale
c)Poker Chip Scale
d)Faces Scale
54)The most well researched nonpharmacological intervention for pain management in children is
a)hypnotherapy
b)cognitive behavioral therapy
c)psychoanalysis
d)play therapy
55)The strategy that involves the measurement and control of physiological functions not thought to be under voluntary control is
a)EMDR
b)relaxation training
c)hypnosis
d)biofeedback
Questions from chapter 8
56)The term that has replaced "compliance" as a response to a medical regimen is
a)adherence
b)acquiescence
c)observance
d)conformance
57)In addressing social barriers to adherence, Stine (1994) mentions
a)single parent families
b)the school environment
c)media misinformation
d)peer pressures
Questions from appendix A
58)Chips become powerful and meaningful when
a)the positive behaviors generalize to other settings
b)the child uses them to buy privileges
c)they are traded in for money
d)the child earns as many chips per day as they are years old
59)Both giving and taking away chips should be as pleasant as possible.
a)True
b)False
60)The 10-minute rule pertains to
a)how long to give the child to complete the task
b)time-out duration
c)earned increments of TV or videogame time
d)monitoring the child
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