PSYCH317 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Inter-Rater Reliability, Multidisciplinary Approach, Conduct Disorder

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH317
• Professor: Drysdale

Document Summary

All mc questions and anything that is not in the lectures will not be tested. Handout given today on assessments will not be tested. What brings the child into conflict with others: take into account complaints from the child, teachers, parents captures the aforementioned, take into account current and past behaviours you have to take into account developmental considerations. What is normal and what could be considered abnormal? i. e. two year old vs. 14 year old sucking their thumb. Good for determining normative behaviour: also take into account gender differences in terms of the rates of expression of these disorders. Some disorders more often with boys, some with girls and some we see equally. Boys conduct disorder but equally with adolescents. Autism more common with boys as well as. Childhood depression is divided equally but more adolescent girls have depression than boys: culture is another factor consider cultural differences when looking at developmental considerations.