Vocabulary Quiz on ADHD and Attention

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What does the term 'ADHD' stand for?

Attention Decline Hyperactivity Disorder

Attention Deficit High Activity Disorder

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (correct)

Attention Deficiency Hyperactivity Disorder

Which word means 'to reach a goal'?

Aim

Acknowledge

Accomplish (correct)

Assume

What does 'alleviate' imply in terms of pain or discomfort?

To ignore completely

To increase severity

To make it easier to endure (correct)

To eliminate entirely

Which of the following describes 'addiction'?

Being dependent on something Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'attention span' refer to?

Duration of concentration Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to 'cope with' a situation?

To address and handle problems Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of 'bridge a gap'?

To connect two things Signup and view all the answers

Which word refers to being mindful of others' feelings?

Considerate Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to detoxify?

To stop taking unhealthy or harmful food. Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes digital addiction?

Dependence on social networks. Signup and view all the answers

What is the effect of desensitisation?

Loss of physical feeling and emotional response. Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'downplay' refer to?

To make something less important. Signup and view all the answers

How is effectiveness defined?

The degree to which something is successful in producing a desired result. Signup and view all the answers

What aspect does 'downside' refer to?

A negative aspect or disadvantage. Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to empathise with someone?

To experience empathy and understand someone's feelings. Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'hyper vigilance' refer to?

A condition of heightened alertness to danger Signup and view all the answers

What is implied by the phrase 'go cold turkey'?

To undertake sudden and complete withdrawal from a habitual activity. Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following describes the meaning of 'jeopardise'?

To threaten or put at risk Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to 'induce' a reaction?

To provoke or cause an effect Signup and view all the answers

How can one describe someone who is 'grounded'?

Mentally and emotionally stable Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of 'inhibit' in a psychological context?

To suppress or prevent expression Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to 'miss out on' an opportunity?

To lose a chance for enjoyment or benefit Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of 'grateful'?

Being thankful or expressing gratitude Signup and view all the answers

Which term best describes something harmful?

Dangerous and causing damage Signup and view all the answers

What is meant by negative bias in psychology?

Negative things have a greater effect on our psychological state than neutral or positive images. Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes the condition of being excessively dedicated to tasks or commitments?

Overcommitted Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to overthink a situation?

To think excessively about something. Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic of someone who is paranoid?

Unreasonably distrustful. Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to quit a habit?

To break away from something harmful. Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best defines 'overreaction'?

Reacting more strongly than what is necessary. Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to recover from an event or condition?

To return to a state of normalcy or health. Signup and view all the answers

What term is used to describe the advantages and disadvantages of a situation?

Pros and cons Signup and view all the answers

What does 'rely on' mean?

To put trust in or depend on Signup and view all the answers

Which word describes the act of making something shorter?

Shorten Signup and view all the answers

What does 'self-awareness' refer to?

Recognizing one's own emotions and thoughts Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to 'take for granted'?

To assume without questioning Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best defines 'sensible'?

Logical and reasonable Signup and view all the answers

The term 'vicarious trauma' most closely means what?

Emotional distress experienced indirectly Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to 'restore' something?

To bring back to a former condition Signup and view all the answers

Which option is a synonym for 'reluctant'?

Unwilling Signup and view all the answers

What does 'trigger' mean in this context?

To set in motion or prompt Signup and view all the answers

Which term relates to the ability to interact effectively with others?

Social skills Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Vocabulary

ADHD: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Accomplish: reach a goal, achieve, to bring a conclusion
Accurate: precise, close to true value
Achieve: accomplishment, be successful
Acknowledge: admit something to be real or true, recognize something
Actual: real, existing
Actually: in fact, in reality
Addiction: dependent on something, desires a substance
Address: to deal with or discuss, give a speech
Aim: to direct toward a particular goal, chose a target
Alleviate: make easier to endure, lessen something unpleasant (e.g., pain)
Assume: take for granted without proof, suppose
Attention span: time during which someone can concentrate, duration of concentration
Avoidance: evasion, keeping away from
Aware/awareness: understanding, knowledge
Balance: equilibrium, mental stability, harmony
Beneficial: good results or helpful effects, advantageous
Biased: partial, prejudiced
Blame: to hold responsible for something
Breakthrough: a major discovery, major progress or advance
Bridge a gap: connect, make differences smaller; connect two groups
Bully: harass, intimidate
Cleanse: to make clean, to purge, remove dirt
Complain: to be critical of, say something is wrong or unsatisfactory
Concerns: worries, anxiety
Considerate: showing kind regard for others' feelings, mindful of others
Consider: to take into account, to regard
Cope with: to deal with, to handle
Coping: the act of dealing successfully with problems
Crave: to strongly desire
Cure: to heal, to relieve or rid of, recovery
Currently: at the present time, now
Deaf: unable to hear
Deal with: to address, to resolve, to cope with
Deceive: to fool someone into doing something
Dehumanize: to deprive of human attributes, portray as less than human
Demanding: taxing, challenging, asking for more than is fair
Desensitization: loss of physical or emotional response
Detoxify: to stop taking unhealthy or harmful substances
Diagnose: to determine the identity of
Digital addiction: dependence on social networks
Digital detox: not using mobile phones for a period of time
Distracted: unable to concentrate
Downplay: to minimize, make less important
Downside: a negative aspect, a drawback
Dwell on: think too much about something
Effectiveness: degree to which something is successful
Efficient: producing the expected result
Empathize with: to experience empathy, understand someone else's feelings

Additional Vocabulary (Page 2)

Emphasize: to stress, to underline
Enhance: to increase the value
Eventually: finally, ultimately
Exhausted: greatly fatigued, tired
Experience: skills resulting from one's personal history
Experiment: test
FOMO: fear of missing out
Fat-fetched: implausible, extreme
Fit: be adapted to, correct size
Fit in: to belong to a group
Follow suit: to do the same (copy)
Fulfilling: make someone satisfied, rewarding, satisfying
Go cold turkey: stop using a substance suddenly
Google effects: forgetting available information online
Grateful: thankful, expressing gratitude
Grounded: stable emotionally and mentally
Growth: development, gradual increase
Hack: to hack into a system illegally
Handy: convenient, useful
Harmful: causing harm
Hazards: risks, dangers
Heal: to restore to health
Heighten: to increase, intensify
Hypervigilance: abnormally alert to danger
Idleness: inaction, inactivity, laziness
Immune: not affected by something, protected from
Induce: to cause, to provoke
Inhibit: to decrease the rate of action or stop
Insight: deep understanding of someone or something
Intend: to aim to do something
Invade someone's privacy: interfere with someone's right to be alone

Additional Vocabulary (Page 3)

Irrelevant: not pertinent, unrelated
Jeopardize: put someone or something at risk
Keep up to date with something: to be informed about the current information
Lack: absence of something
Loss: not knowing what to do
Meaningful: profound, significant
Miss out on: fail to use an opportunity
Monitor: to control, to check, to supervise
Negative bias: negative information has a larger psychological impact
Numb/numbness: unable to feel sensations
OCD: obsessive-compulsive disorder
Outweigh: to exceed in value
Overcome: to succeed in controlling
Overcommitted: dedicated to too many things
Overreact: to react too strongly
Over-scheduled: having too much scheduled
Overthink: to think too much about something
Over-whelming: very huge, very powerful, very busy
Overworked: very busy, having to work beyond one's capacity
P.T.S.D.: anxiety disorder following trauma
Paranoid: extremely distrustful
Pointless: without relevance, meaningless
Prejudice: opinion or feeling held before careful thought
Process: to treat, deal with something emotionally

Additional Vocabulary (Page 4)

Tailor: to make or adapt to suit a specific need
Tailor-made: specially made for a particular purpose
Take for granted: assume something without questioning
Take someone's mind off something: stop someone from thinking about a problem
Transcendence: going beyond the ordinary
Transhumanism: philosophy
Trial: test, experimental attempt
Tricky: deceptive, difficult to deal with
Trigger: set in motion, provoke
Unfairness: lack of impartiality, injustice
Unwilling to: reluctant to
Upload: to transfer
Vicarious: experienced through another
Vicarious trauma: indirect trauma experienced from exposure to another's trauma
Volunteer: to offer to do something without being asked
Weaken: to reduce in intensity
Wedded to: to be firmly attached to
Withdrawing symptoms: physical/emotional after stopping using a substance
Work through: manage, deal with, resolve a problem
Worth: merit, importance
Worthless: having no value.

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