What are the symptoms of ADHD? How is it treated? There are reports of a large percentage of American children having ADHD. Are the reports true?
What will be an ideal response?
• Symptoms
- problems sustaining attention
- overactivity
- lack of impulse control
- difficulty concentrating
- easily distracted
• Treatment
- stimulant medication
- behavior management program
• Reports are not true; only about 4% to 6% of children have ADHD.
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What will be an ideal response?
A wife comes home from work and finds her husband studying for a test. Trying to be thoughtful, she tells him how much she appreciates his dedication to school. Based on research on the relationship between affect and cognition,
most probably her husband will a. be positively affected by her comments and do better on his test. b. be distracted by her comments and do poorly on his test. c. not be affected one way or another by the compliment. d. feel better about himself, but be unaffected with respect to his test performance.