What are some of the symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? What treatments are typically used? How does the treatment described in the video differ from conventional approaches?
What will be an ideal response?
Symptoms of ADHD include excessive activity, difficulty sustaining attention, and difficulty controlling impulses. Medical treatment of ADHD includes the use of stimulants such as Ritalin, which often lead to improvements in concentration, motor control, cooperation, and the ability to stay on task. Treatment may also include training for parents and teachers. In the video, the family interviewed has decided to use a combination of healthy foods and nutritional supplements in addition to a low dose of medication in order to treat the disorder.
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What can we conclude about the way in which women and men explain why they were successful on a task?
a. Men are consistently more likely than women to say that their success is due to their ability. b. Men are consistently more likely than women to say that their success is due to hard work. c. Overall, there are no consistent gender differences in these attributions. d. Men are consistently more likely than women to blame their failures on lack of hard work.
The process of sensation enables us to , where the process of perception enables us to
a. detect the world around us; make sense of the world around us b. make sense of the world around us; detect the world around us c. form meaningful representations of sensory information; experience the rich tapestry of colors and sounds d. transform sensory signals into sensations; convert external stimulation into neural signals e. convert external stimulation into neural signals; transform sensory signals into sensations