PSY3041 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Birth Weight, Longitudinal Study, Candidate Gene

• School: Monash University
• Department: Health Sciences - Psychology
• Course: PSY3041
• Professor: jake hoskin

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Assessments of how much learning has taken place and to what degree it has been mastered. Assessments of how knowledge acquired by a given student compares to that acquired by various groups of students. Whether a child is having difficulties learning material and why and what might be done to alleviate the difficulty. To what degree does a child have the pre-requisites for learning. A specific learning diffi(cid:272)ult(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374) affe(cid:272)t a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual(cid:859)s a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to pe(cid:396)(cid:272)ei(cid:448)e o(cid:396) p(cid:396)o(cid:272)ess information efficiently and accurately. Poor achievement is often what triggers a referral for assessment. In the dsm-5, there is one single, overall diagnosis that incorporates deficits that impact academic achievement. After a diagnosis, clinicians provide greater detail into the type of deficit using specifies. Difficulties learning and using academic skills persisting for at lest 6 months. A(cid:272)ade(cid:373)i(cid:272) skills (cid:373)ust (cid:271)e su(cid:271)sta(cid:374)tiall(cid:455) (cid:271)elo(cid:449) those e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)ted fo(cid:396) the i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual(cid:859)s chronological age.