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nautica902

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What are the major categories of symptoms in autism spectrum disorders? Define and provide two examples for each category.
 
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When explaining the cause of obsessive-compulsive disorder, a psychologist who supports a cognitive-behavioral approach would be likely to make which statement?
 
  a. Excessive use of defense mechanisms helps the person redirect his or her unacceptable impulses into more acceptable behaviors..
  b. Thoughts and actions that reduce anxiety are done repetitively..
  c. Some individuals' personalities need high levels of autonomic nervous system arousal, and repetitive thoughts and behaviors satisfy that need..
  d. Certain thoughts and actions are the result of abnormal activity in particular brain centers..



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Answer to Question 1

 Social and communication deficits
o Delay and deviance
o Delay in development of speech and language
o Differences in communication  not socially directed
 Repetitive behaviors and fixated interests
o Stereotyped/repetitive behaviors  rocking, flapping
o Fixated interests and/or strong attachments to objects; more interested in how things work rather than how people work
o Insistence on sameness in environment
o Oversensitivity or undersensitivity to sensory input

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