PSYC 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Industrial Revolution
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Developmental Stages:
*when the concept of marriage came into being, average lifetime was about 35 years old!
*What changes were occurring in the times when the term “adolescence” came into existence?
The industrial revolution led to laws against child labor – there were too many children lost to workplace accidents etc. and so
the term adolescence came into being to differentiate between children and teenagers (children and more work appropriate aged individuals)
Questions which Guide Developmental Research
-Qualitative (stages) vs. Quantitative (continuous change)
oErickson’s model of change
-Critical periods
oA time in development where the development of an organism is extremely sensitive to environmental input, making it easier
for the organism to acquire certain brain functions and behaviors.
How is developmental Psychology investigated?
-Cross-sectional research: compares groups of different aged people to one another at a single point in time.
Attachment disorders (problems in attachment stages of development):
-Anti-social personality disorder
oReferred to as a conduct disorder prior to age 18 – after age 18, a conduct disorder can be/will be diagnosed as anti-social
personality disorder
-Borderline Personality Disorder
oMainly a disorder of relationships features include, trust issues, attachment issues, etc.
oPeople with this do not form relationships well, and if they do form relationships, they have trouble maintaining them.
-Narcisistic Personality Disorder
oJoins in with anti-social personality disorder and becomes sociopaths/sociopathic behavior
o1 in 25 individuals, on average, is/develops to be a socio/psychopath
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Red chalkboard notes high likelihood of exam material! *(asterisk semi-regardless of text color interesting note/sidenote. *when the concept of marriage came into being, average lifetime was about 35 years old! Qualitative (stages) vs. quantitative (continuous change: erickson"s model of change. Critical periods: a time in development where the development of an organism is extremely sensitive to environmental input, making it easier for the organism to acquire certain brain functions and behaviors. Cross-sectional research: compares groups of different aged people to one another at a single point in time. Attachment disorders (problems in attachment stages of development): Anti-social personality disorder: referred to as a conduct disorder prior to age 18 after age 18, a conduct disorder can be/will be diagnosed as anti-social personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder: mainly a disorder of relationships features include, trust issues, attachment issues, etc, people with this do not form relationships well, and if they do form relationships, they have trouble maintaining them.