Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Psychological Disorders

Question:

ODD is an abbreviation for :-

Options:

Obsessive Deficit Disorder

Obedience Defiant Disorder

Oppositional Deficit Disorder

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Correct Answer:

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Explanation:

Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) display age-inappropriate amounts of stubbornness, are irritable, defiant, disobedient, and behave in a hostile manner. Individuals with ODD do not see themselves as angry, oppositional, or defiant and often justify their behaviour as reaction to circumstances/demands. Thus, the symptoms of the disorder become entangled with the problematic interactions with others. T