PSYC 412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Exhibitionism, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 412
• Professor: Melanie Dirks

Document Summary

Physical abuse: punching, beating, kicking, burning, shaking, or otherwise physically harming a child. Note: this is often unintentional and results from severe physical punishment. Neglect: child"s basic needs are not being met. Physical neglect: food, refusal of health care, inadequate supervision (depends on the child"s age) Educational neglect: not putting a child of mandatory age in school, not attending special education needs. Emotional neglect: failure to attend to child"s emotional needs, refusal or failure to provide needed psychological care. Sexual abuse: touching genitals, intercourse, exhibitionism, production of pornographic photos. Emotional abuse: repeated acts by parents or caregivers that could or have caused serioes behavioural, cognitive, emotional, or mental disorders. Note that all abuse will cause emotional harm. It is challenging to study the incidence and prevalence of child abuse. Reporting bias: people may not be willing to report this. Researcher has to report the abuse if evident.