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What is meant by a developmental perspective with respect to abnormal behavior?
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This looks at how behavioral problem interacts with the child as he grows.
What does the behavior look like in a 3 year old versus a 7 year old? |
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What factors interact to influence a child's behavior?
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Environment, Adults, family, culture, social environment all interact to influence behavior.
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How is abnormal behavior defined?
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Check to see if the behavior violates developmental norms:
age at sit up, walk. Check to see if it violates the normal sequence; does a child do things out of order? Compare to Statistical norms in populations. Consider situational norms and whether the behavior is maladaptive. |
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What are situational norms?
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Cultural Norms
Personal Norms (family, origin of country) |
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What is maladaptive behavior?
Name 3 kinds. |
Behavior is maladaptive if it interferes with the child or family life.
Excessive - tantrum, agression insufficient - not enough good behavior (social skills) Bizarre - OCD |
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What dimensions are used to describe children's disorders?
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Social difficulties
Emotional difficulties Cognitive difficulties Motor Problems Biological |
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What is comorbity?
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Tells you what other disorders are associated with this disorder.
Eg: depression + anxiety commonly occur together. |
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What is epidemiology?
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Prevalence of the disorder in certain populations
Eg: autism > in boys |
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What is etiology?
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Cause or origin of the disorder. Considers how biological, psychological, and environmental processes interact to bring about an outcome.
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What is the Diathesis-Stress Model?
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Tells how abnormal behavior develops by looking at biological and genetic factors (nature) and life experiences (nurture).
There is an interaction between vulnerable hereditary predisposition and events in the environment. |
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In the Diathesis-Stress Model:
a)what is on the vertical axis? b)horizontal? c)what sitiuation is on the top left? d)bottom right? e)where do most people fall and what does this mean? |
a)diathesis = nature = bio.
Even with 0 stress, you have the disorder (genetic). b)stress = environment c)strong diathesis = likely to develop disorder. d)high stress e)most people fall in the middle which means psychological problems are aquired through an interaction of biological and envirnmental variables. |
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What are Albee's main points in reading #2?
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-Since stress is a major contributor to psychological problems, change society to reduce stress.
-Carter was going to address social and economic issues but the political atmosphere changed. -Not sure of long term effect of today's medications |
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What are characteristics of a true experiment?
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-Start with 2 equivalent groups (experimental group and control group).
-Manipulate an independent variable. |
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Why is Random Assignment used in Psychological Experiments?
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Cannot get 2 equivalent groups for abnormal psychological research. People bring depression, personality, gender, and life experiences to the experiment. Try to distribute these characteristics equivalently across the groups.
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Why are Psych Experiments not considered to be true experiments?
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No random assignment.
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What is illustrated by Jake's Problems in Chapter 2?
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Interconnected factors contribute to psychlogical problems in children.
Abnormal child behavior involves biological, psychological, social, and cultural factors. |
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What is transaction?
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The interaction of child and environment. Disorders emerge as a combination of factors interacting.
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What is adaptational failure?
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Failure to master or progress in accomplishing developmental milestones. Not usually due to a single cause. Consider abnormality in relation to multiple, interdependent causes, and major developmental changes that occur across the life cycle.
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What is a paradigm?
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A philosophical approach or framework.
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What is the neurobiological view?
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The brain and nervous system are the underlying causes of psychological disorders.
Neurobio ALSO incorporates environmental influences in accounting for disorders. |
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How does the environment influence the brain.
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Nature creates the human brain and CNS.
Environment gives opportunities and limitations and influences the plan from the beginning. |
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T/F: Genes are a single cause of many disorders.
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False. Genes are implicated but are not a single cause.
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What is a gene and what does it do?
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A gene is a stretch of DNA that produces a protein. The protein produces tendencies to react in certain ways.
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What is the difference between monozygotic and dizygotic twins?
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MZ - same set of genes
DZ - share about 1/2 genes |
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Most forms of abnormal child behavior involve a number of genes that interact with one another and with environmental influences to result in observed levels of impairment |
True (p37 Text)
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