Module 6: Developmental Disorders and Learning Disabilities

Question 1

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Answer 1

a neurological and behavioral disorder in which a person has difficulty staying on task, screening out distractions, and inhibiting behavioral outbursts

Question 2

autism spectrum disorder

Answer 2

a developmental disorder that affects communication and behavior

Question 3

dyslexia

Answer 3

a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities

Question 4

learning disability

Answer 4

a category of disorders associated with difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical skills

Question 5

self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 5

the tendency to act in a way that makes what you predict will happen come true