PSYC 4334 Final Exam Questions with Verified
Answers |2026/2027 Update | A+ Graded
Children with enuresis in the early 1900s. If you had enuresis you were considered to be:
emotionally and behaviorally disturbed.
Earliest signs of antisocial behavior are likely to be:
difficult temperament as a child
Jason's having nightmares. When is he likely to be having those?
in the second half of sleep. early morning, usually a couple hours before awakening
Jerome is an anti-social conduct problem kid. he fights steals from people. What's the issue
with his behavioral activation and behavioral inhibition systems?
He has an overactive behavioral activation system, and
an underactive behavioral inhibition system.
Homer has been diagnosed with ADHD. He doesn't exhibit any oppositional behavior or
conduct problems, besides being hyperactive and impulsive.
Steve, on the other hand, has been diagnosed with conduct disorder, but he doesn't have
hyperactivity or attention problems.
Which treatment could be helpful for both of them?
parent management training
Ellowyne is a 29 year old mother of two and she was just arrested for poisoning her six year
old daughter. Even her husband was surprised that Ellowyne had done such a thing because
she always seems like such a loving, caring mother. The six year old had been ill much of her
life and everyone admired Ellowyne for how she had stayed with her daughter constantly and
comforted her. And now it appears that ellowyne was poisoning her daughter and keeping
her ill all this time.
What's the DSM diagnosis for Ellowyne?
Factitious disorder imposed on another
Which of the following is the most common chronic childhood illness?
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,Asthma
What areas of the brains are implicated in ADHD?
the prefrontal cortex and the basal ganglia
Horace is 16. Diagnosed with alcohol use disorder, he's defiant angry and willing to attack his
parents rather than be forced into therapy. He has attacked his teachers regularly and
threatens his classmates. When his sister told her mother that Horace was drinking, he
slapped her and said he would beat her senseless if she ever told on him again.
Which of the following would be the best therapeutic approach for him?
multisystemic therapy (MST)
Which of the following would most likely be used as an effective treatment for an adolescent
diagnosed with a substance use disorder, especially if he/she also had significant conduct
behavior problems?
multisystemic therapy (MST)
In the population, boys with ADHD outnumber girls about 3:1. however, in clinic settings, boys
outnumber girls 6:1. Why are there so many more boys in treatment clinics than there are
girls?
boys are more likely to show the hyperactivity symptoms, while girls are more likely to show
inattentive symptoms.
Oswald's 15. He's been a straight A student teachers like him because he's quiet does his work
and is polite. He goes to church, helps old ladies cross the street, does all his chores without
complaints, and his only problem is that there's a bully named Peter who picks on him every
day. Yesterday at school, Peter slapped Oswald's cafeteria food tray out of his hands, causing
Oswald to slip and fall. As Peter laughs Oswald jumps up stabs Peter through the eye with a
knife and kills him. Oswald is now in juvenile detention awaiting trial for murder.
What's Oswald's likely diagnosis?
None. He has no diagnosis.
Which statement is false regarding ADHD?
A) ADHD cannot be diagnosed after age 12.
B) The majority of children with ADHD continue to
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,show symptoms into adolescence.
C) Many adults have ADHD but were never diagnosed
in childhood.
D) A and c
E) B and C
A) ADHD cannot be diagnosed after age 12.
(12 is the age that symptoms should occur before, but you can be diagnosed as an adult)
Colm has been diagnosed with ADHD. He does not exhibit
any oppositional behavior or conduct problems
beyond his hyperactivity and impulsiveness. Steve
has been diagnosed with conduct disorder. He does
not exhibit any hyperactivity or attention problems.
Which of the following treatments has been shown to
be helpful for both Colm and Steve?
parent management training
In class we discussed a teenager with ADHD who was placed on a token reward system and
he's given a nickel every five minutes for appropriate behavior. The behavior plan worked for
the first week but failed the second week. Why did it fail?
because the nickels were put into a lockbox and he couldn't see them.
A factor that predicts Increased delinquency among girls, especially those who attend mixed
gender schools is
early onset of menarche.
The DRD4 dopamine receptor gene has been linked to?
all of the above: (sensation seeking, thrill seeking, excitability, impulsivity)
Which of the following statements best describes the intelligence of a child with ADHD?
Most of them are of average intelligence
Pat suffers from encopresis. Which of the following is most likely to be true about Pat?
Pat is most likely to be a boy
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, Approximately 50 to 75% of growth hormone production occurs
after the onset of deep sleep.
Stimulant medications work by
enhancing dopamine activity in the frontostriatal region (stimulating areas that are
underaroused)
Besides conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder, which of the following disorders
is one of the diagnosable disorders in the category of disruptive impulse control and conduct
disorders?
Intermittent Explosive disorder
Oliver thinks everyone likes him and He's the best in sports. However, the other children don't
like him because he bothers everyone. And he makes up his own rules for games.
Oliver's exaggerated sense of his own abilities is called:
positive illusory bias
The prevalence rate of ADHD has generally been reported around 6 to 8% for many years. But
new data from the CDC in 2018, and 2019 indicated that the prevalence rate is now
has risen to about 10%.
An early symptom of conduct disorder and girls is
sexual misbehaviors.
Basil's 8. He's always getting into trouble and his teacher is frustrated because he's truant
from school and when he does attend, he doesn't remember to complete his work. His desk is
a mess. He talks all the time. He shouts out answers before he's called on, in addition he
refuses to do what she tells him saying "you can't make me" or "I'm not going to do it". Basil's
mother reports that he's easily irritated and sneers when he doesn't get his way. He always
tells his parents no and sticks his tongue out when they asked him to do things like clean his
room. He recently began hitting his sister and other children at school. He even stole things
from other children. Basil seems to be moving constantly. He even stands and jumps around
during dinner.
What does he suffer from?
ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder
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Answers |2026/2027 Update | A+ Graded
Children with enuresis in the early 1900s. If you had enuresis you were considered to be:
emotionally and behaviorally disturbed.
Earliest signs of antisocial behavior are likely to be:
difficult temperament as a child
Jason's having nightmares. When is he likely to be having those?
in the second half of sleep. early morning, usually a couple hours before awakening
Jerome is an anti-social conduct problem kid. he fights steals from people. What's the issue
with his behavioral activation and behavioral inhibition systems?
He has an overactive behavioral activation system, and
an underactive behavioral inhibition system.
Homer has been diagnosed with ADHD. He doesn't exhibit any oppositional behavior or
conduct problems, besides being hyperactive and impulsive.
Steve, on the other hand, has been diagnosed with conduct disorder, but he doesn't have
hyperactivity or attention problems.
Which treatment could be helpful for both of them?
parent management training
Ellowyne is a 29 year old mother of two and she was just arrested for poisoning her six year
old daughter. Even her husband was surprised that Ellowyne had done such a thing because
she always seems like such a loving, caring mother. The six year old had been ill much of her
life and everyone admired Ellowyne for how she had stayed with her daughter constantly and
comforted her. And now it appears that ellowyne was poisoning her daughter and keeping
her ill all this time.
What's the DSM diagnosis for Ellowyne?
Factitious disorder imposed on another
Which of the following is the most common chronic childhood illness?
1|Page
,Asthma
What areas of the brains are implicated in ADHD?
the prefrontal cortex and the basal ganglia
Horace is 16. Diagnosed with alcohol use disorder, he's defiant angry and willing to attack his
parents rather than be forced into therapy. He has attacked his teachers regularly and
threatens his classmates. When his sister told her mother that Horace was drinking, he
slapped her and said he would beat her senseless if she ever told on him again.
Which of the following would be the best therapeutic approach for him?
multisystemic therapy (MST)
Which of the following would most likely be used as an effective treatment for an adolescent
diagnosed with a substance use disorder, especially if he/she also had significant conduct
behavior problems?
multisystemic therapy (MST)
In the population, boys with ADHD outnumber girls about 3:1. however, in clinic settings, boys
outnumber girls 6:1. Why are there so many more boys in treatment clinics than there are
girls?
boys are more likely to show the hyperactivity symptoms, while girls are more likely to show
inattentive symptoms.
Oswald's 15. He's been a straight A student teachers like him because he's quiet does his work
and is polite. He goes to church, helps old ladies cross the street, does all his chores without
complaints, and his only problem is that there's a bully named Peter who picks on him every
day. Yesterday at school, Peter slapped Oswald's cafeteria food tray out of his hands, causing
Oswald to slip and fall. As Peter laughs Oswald jumps up stabs Peter through the eye with a
knife and kills him. Oswald is now in juvenile detention awaiting trial for murder.
What's Oswald's likely diagnosis?
None. He has no diagnosis.
Which statement is false regarding ADHD?
A) ADHD cannot be diagnosed after age 12.
B) The majority of children with ADHD continue to
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,show symptoms into adolescence.
C) Many adults have ADHD but were never diagnosed
in childhood.
D) A and c
E) B and C
A) ADHD cannot be diagnosed after age 12.
(12 is the age that symptoms should occur before, but you can be diagnosed as an adult)
Colm has been diagnosed with ADHD. He does not exhibit
any oppositional behavior or conduct problems
beyond his hyperactivity and impulsiveness. Steve
has been diagnosed with conduct disorder. He does
not exhibit any hyperactivity or attention problems.
Which of the following treatments has been shown to
be helpful for both Colm and Steve?
parent management training
In class we discussed a teenager with ADHD who was placed on a token reward system and
he's given a nickel every five minutes for appropriate behavior. The behavior plan worked for
the first week but failed the second week. Why did it fail?
because the nickels were put into a lockbox and he couldn't see them.
A factor that predicts Increased delinquency among girls, especially those who attend mixed
gender schools is
early onset of menarche.
The DRD4 dopamine receptor gene has been linked to?
all of the above: (sensation seeking, thrill seeking, excitability, impulsivity)
Which of the following statements best describes the intelligence of a child with ADHD?
Most of them are of average intelligence
Pat suffers from encopresis. Which of the following is most likely to be true about Pat?
Pat is most likely to be a boy
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, Approximately 50 to 75% of growth hormone production occurs
after the onset of deep sleep.
Stimulant medications work by
enhancing dopamine activity in the frontostriatal region (stimulating areas that are
underaroused)
Besides conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder, which of the following disorders
is one of the diagnosable disorders in the category of disruptive impulse control and conduct
disorders?
Intermittent Explosive disorder
Oliver thinks everyone likes him and He's the best in sports. However, the other children don't
like him because he bothers everyone. And he makes up his own rules for games.
Oliver's exaggerated sense of his own abilities is called:
positive illusory bias
The prevalence rate of ADHD has generally been reported around 6 to 8% for many years. But
new data from the CDC in 2018, and 2019 indicated that the prevalence rate is now
has risen to about 10%.
An early symptom of conduct disorder and girls is
sexual misbehaviors.
Basil's 8. He's always getting into trouble and his teacher is frustrated because he's truant
from school and when he does attend, he doesn't remember to complete his work. His desk is
a mess. He talks all the time. He shouts out answers before he's called on, in addition he
refuses to do what she tells him saying "you can't make me" or "I'm not going to do it". Basil's
mother reports that he's easily irritated and sneers when he doesn't get his way. He always
tells his parents no and sticks his tongue out when they asked him to do things like clean his
room. He recently began hitting his sister and other children at school. He even stole things
from other children. Basil seems to be moving constantly. He even stands and jumps around
during dinner.
What does he suffer from?
ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder
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