CAMS-UA 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Communication, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Dorothea Dix
2 Nov 2017
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Introductory lectures: developmental pathways, multifinality: various outcomes may stem from similar beginnings, equifinality: similar outcomes may follow from different early experiences, etiology: cause of condition. Nosology: classification system ex(cid:524) dsm = phenomenological = series of symptoms that we recognize but doesn"t give etiology. The greatest source of pleasure = mouth: anal (sadistic phase, 18-36mo): as infants develop, they acquire anal sphincter control. goal psychopathology. A sense of autonomy: phallic-oedipal (3-6 yrs): children have conflicting feelings about sexual desires and fear of punishment for such feelings so will often repress tdesires and identify with same sex parent instead. Great source of pleasure = gentials: latency (6-12 yrs): during elementary school years, defense mechanisms, which bar form consciousness certain unacceptable impulses, are strengthened. Libido is transferred from parents to friends, and children enjoy being w members of same sex: puberty and adolescence (adolescence): struggle to control sexual/aggressive urges, to separate from families to develop sexual relationships and achieve sense of identity.
