PSYC 391 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Stuffed Toy, Executive Functions

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 391
• Professor: Grace Fullerton

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Completely preventable but incredibly devastating for children, you see the impact it has on the child. Not just the physical impact but the emotion, Facial features in fasd: small nose, flattened midface, thin upper lip, small eye openings. Cognitive deficits in fasd: poor working memory, poor executive function, poor cause and effect understanding, concrete and literal thinking, arousal system is hypo (low) or hyper (high) Other deficits and risks in fasd: social-communication difficulties, poor emotion regulation, co-morbid adhd (50-60%, what tends to get them into a lot of trouble, conduct disorder. I(cid:373)pli(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s for (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour a(cid:272)ross a (cid:449)ide ra(cid:374)ge of situatio(cid:374)s: eg. , moral reasoning about right and wrong, cognitive reasoning and understanding mechanical events, so(cid:272)ial reaso(cid:374)i(cid:374)g su(cid:272)h as (cid:272)o(cid:374)sideri(cid:374)g other people"s perspectives and predicting their behaviour. Theories on ef: unitary, a common process ties all ef abilities together, componential, dissociable ef processes and differential developmental patterns.