PSYCH 3B03 Lecture 5: Developmental Psychopathology
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Integrates our understanding and study of normal developmental process with those of c psychology. Understands that changes happen and how those changes may be typical/atypical. Development: change over the lifespan - a result of ongoing transactions of the child with man and socio-cultural variables. Early development follows a common trajectory and follows coherent pattern. For each child, we expect that their current level of functioning is connected to their past. Framework: to conceptualize the various aspects of psychological disturbance in children. Normal behaviour: the approach uses normal development to inform us about abnormal beha. It emphasizes the role of development, context, and multiple interacting events that shap development. Multiple variables can be in play in both adaptive and maladaptive behaviour. Rooted in science: our understanding is based on the scientific method. A paradigm: a common perspective shared by investigators. Common language that works in this area to have shared perspective of different behavio.