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jenna1

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Describe three ways in which ADHD may impact an elementary school-aged child's ability to resolve the developmental challenges experienced by all children.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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A longitudinal study by Maddi (2002) showed that after almost half of a company's workforce was let go due to downsizing, of those who remained, two-thirds became ill and the other third thrived. Those who did well have which three characteristics?
 
  a. commitment, control, and challenge c. challenge, control, and optimism
  b. commitment, control, and apathy d. optimism, happiness, and commitment



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Answer to Question 1

 Developmental tasks
o self-regulation (physiological, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral)
o effortful control (increases in effortful control result in declines in impulsivity and distractibility)
o executive functioning  goal-directed behavior that involves the following
 inhibition of behavior
 working memory (remembering information over a brief period of time)
 shifting (ability to attend and consciously change mental sets, rule sets or tasks)
 ADHD impacts all of these in how a child interacts with others and learns

Answer to Question 2

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