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Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology, 10e Thomas Oltmanns, Michele Martin, John Neale, Gerald Davison
(Test Bank all Chapters)
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Test Bank Chapter 1: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Testing the Student’s Knowledge of the Case
- Sam Williams’ parents first started suspecting that something was not right about their
son when he:
a) Was 6 months old because he never made any sound at all, even crying.
b) Was born with an abnormally small head.
c) Was 2 years old because he was slower to sit up and crawl and his developmental
progress seemed uneven.
d) He started kindergarten and his teacher told them that he seemed to be behind the other
children.
Answer: c
- What unusual behavior did Sam Williams have?
a) He seemed afraid of food.
b) He clung to his sister and his parents all throughout the day and had to be touching
somebody at all times.
c) He frequently vomited food up onto his dinner plate.
d) He frequently flapped his hands rapidly for several minutes.
Answer: d
- What did Sam Williams do related to the ceiling fan in their house?
a) He called it his friend.
b) He would become completely panicked if his parents ever turned it on and would
begin to scream.
c) He sat mesmerized, watching it spin for hours at a time.
d) He would try to reach it to touch it, moving chairs and furniture in an attempt to climb
up to it.
Answer: c
4. When handed a toy car, Sam Williams would:
a) Pretend he was driving it, making car noises with his mouth.
b) Spin the wheels around and around.
c) Scream in terror.
d) Try to eat it.
Answer: b
- Sam Williams was ____ old when he started in the day-treatment program.
- one year
- two years
- four years
- ten years
Answer: c
- Sam Williams’ day-treatment program was based on: 2 / 4
a) Improving the attachment between parent and child.
b) Cognitive behavioral approaches.
c) Providing an enriched learning environment.
d) Operant conditioning principles.
Answer: d
7. Sam Williams’ teachers positively reinforced Sam’s behavior with:
a) A grape.
b) Television.
c) Music.
d) Time on the playground.
Answer: a
8. His teachers taught Sam Williams’ to:
a) Sit up.
b) Make eye contact.
c) Stop taking off his clothes.
d) Stop biting his tongue.
Answer: b
- As part of his treatment program, Sam Williams’ teachers worked on his ability to:
a) Read at a 2
nd grade level.
b) Spell simple words.
c) Pronounce complex words clearly and understandably.
d) Point to the picture of the object they named.
Answer: d
- As part of his treatment program, Sam Williams’ teachers worked on his ability to:
a) Dress himself.
b) Identify which outfit he preferred to wear that day.
c) Put together an outfit that matched.
d) Choose clothing that was appropriate to the weather of that day.
Answer: a
- As part of his treatment program, Sam Williams’ teachers worked on his ability to:
a) Climb up onto a chair.
b) Ask for his needs in a calm manner.
c) Use the toilet instead of a diaper.
d) Climb on a jungle gym.
Answer: c
12. As part of his treatment program, Sam Williams’ teachers worked on his:
a) Ability to keep food in his mouth when he ate and not let it fall to the floor.
b) Ability to eat without showing fear.
c) Ability to drink from a cup and eat with a fork.
d) Willingness to try foreign and novel foods. 3 / 4
Answer: c
- As part of his treatment program, Sam Williams’ teachers worked on his ability to:
a) Ask other children about their feelings.
b) Show appropriate affection to other children.
c) Engage in cooperative play with other children.
d) Tolerate being in the same room as other children without trying to choke them.
Answer: c
- An intelligence test revealed that Sam Williams’ overall IQ score was in the:
a) Low average range.
b) Severely retarded range.
c) Average range.
d) Gifted range.
Answer: b
15. Sam Williams got in trouble on the school bus because he:
a) Was fighting with the other children.
b) Tried to climb out the window while the bus was moving.
c) Kept getting out of his seat and bit the bus driver.
d) Was urinating in his seat.
Answer: c
- What medication was tried for Sam Williams’ behavior problems but did not work?
a) Haloperidol, a powerful antipsychotic
b) Ritalin, a stimulant medication
c) An antidepressant.
d) An antianxiety medication
Answer: a
- What was the outcome of Sam Williams’ treatment?
a) He was less likely to have a tantrum or engage in self-stimulatory behavior, but
remained socially isolated.
b) He was able to rejoin his same-aged peers in a regular classroom setting.
c) He was a great treatment success, and all symptoms of autism spectrum disorder were
cured.
d) He started to get worse as the result of treatment, so it was discontinued.
Answer: a
- What did the treatment team decide to squirt in Sam Williams’ mouth when he started
to scream during a temper tantrum?
a) Tabasco sauce
b) Lemon juice
c) Salt water
d) Coca-Cola
Answer: a
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