Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: What is Impulsivity?
Impulsivity is one of the hallmarks of people with Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This impulsivity is the result
of the brain's decreased ability to inhibit. There is a lack of
self-control even at the neurological level. Impulsivity is
found in two areas. There is behavioral impulsivity, and there
is cognitive impulsivity. Behavioral impulsivity would involve
actions, what one does. ADHD er's with behavioral impulsivity
don't stop and think first before they act. No matter how many
times you tell this kid, "stop and think first," the next time
the situation comes up, he may well do the same impulsive thing
again. Kids with ADHD often aren't learning from their past
mistakes. Their learning threshold is very high, and if you
don't excite them, or motivate them enough to get them above
that learning threshold, they don't learn, and they make the
same the same mistake again and again. ADHD er's with behavioral
impulsivity act without thin