PSYC 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Attention Seeking, Learning Disability, Conduct Disorder
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Adhd considered to be one of the most heritable phenotype. Cognitive marker of genetic risk: inhibitory control, deficit in both children with adhd and their parents. At age 6, we already see the different. About 19 years old, adhd children can catch up. At some time, people start to become mature, that"s the time they can catch up. Teenagers are more aggressive, so adhd"s late adolescence will be less aggressive since it"s late. Young adults with adhd and without > their adhd level. Working memory test: touch the box in certain order until the dots disappear, they have to remember the orders of these dots. Similar to you are in a boring meeting, you found yourself trying to stay awake, individuals with adhd they need extra concertation to stay on the task. That"s why they need higher activity level on this working memory task. Individuals with adhd are hyperactive all the time > not true.
