LSU PSYC 4176 Exam 3 Matson
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Intellectual disability - ✔✔What does ID stand for?
Dual Diagnosis - ✔✔What does DD stand for?
Diagnostic overshadowing - ✔✔attributing symptoms of psychopathology to ID
Sam Kirk - ✔✔He coined the term learning disability
Project Head Start - ✔✔an attempt to provide a national agenda to assist at risk children
Pica - ✔✔eating non-nutritive items
Dual diagnosis - ✔✔When a person is diagnosed with ID and mental health problems,
it is called what?
ID - ✔✔People with _________ have much higher rates of mental health problems than
the general population
Psychodynamic methods - ✔✔What held back the dual diagnosis movement?
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, True - ✔✔T/F: During the dual diagnosis movement, the view was that people with ID
did not have proper ego strength to have MH problems
Traditional talk therapies - ✔✔What did not work well with the ID population due to
limits in verbal behavior and cognition?
Low - ✔✔Clinical psychologists and psychiatrists considered Dual Diagnosis a
________ (low/high) prestige field
False; no methods existed - ✔✔T/F: During the dual diagnosis movement, many
methods existed to assess DD.
Challenging behaviors - ✔✔These often occur at high rates with DD- they should not be
treated with medication but often are
Challenging behaviors - ✔✔This is often confused and viewed as symptoms of
psychopathology
b/c of communication and cognitive deficits - ✔✔What is the diagnosis of Dual
Diagnosis complicated by?
Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults (PIMRA) - ✔✔What was the
first scale for aiding in the diagnosis of DD?
Normalization - ✔✔philosophy that persons with disabilities have the right to
experiences that are as normal as possible
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Intellectual disability - ✔✔What does ID stand for?
Dual Diagnosis - ✔✔What does DD stand for?
Diagnostic overshadowing - ✔✔attributing symptoms of psychopathology to ID
Sam Kirk - ✔✔He coined the term learning disability
Project Head Start - ✔✔an attempt to provide a national agenda to assist at risk children
Pica - ✔✔eating non-nutritive items
Dual diagnosis - ✔✔When a person is diagnosed with ID and mental health problems,
it is called what?
ID - ✔✔People with _________ have much higher rates of mental health problems than
the general population
Psychodynamic methods - ✔✔What held back the dual diagnosis movement?
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, True - ✔✔T/F: During the dual diagnosis movement, the view was that people with ID
did not have proper ego strength to have MH problems
Traditional talk therapies - ✔✔What did not work well with the ID population due to
limits in verbal behavior and cognition?
Low - ✔✔Clinical psychologists and psychiatrists considered Dual Diagnosis a
________ (low/high) prestige field
False; no methods existed - ✔✔T/F: During the dual diagnosis movement, many
methods existed to assess DD.
Challenging behaviors - ✔✔These often occur at high rates with DD- they should not be
treated with medication but often are
Challenging behaviors - ✔✔This is often confused and viewed as symptoms of
psychopathology
b/c of communication and cognitive deficits - ✔✔What is the diagnosis of Dual
Diagnosis complicated by?
Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults (PIMRA) - ✔✔What was the
first scale for aiding in the diagnosis of DD?
Normalization - ✔✔philosophy that persons with disabilities have the right to
experiences that are as normal as possible
Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 2
