PSY 4105 Lecture : Oct 9.docx

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 4105
• Professor: Maria Rogers

Document Summary

Fail to meet the standard for their specific age in their society: not knowing how to use the phone, not knowing what a fire drill is, always diagnosed before age 18, different effects of severity, mild is most common, severity unspecified, can"t be tested bc of vision, physical impairment, etc, moderate ex, only a few words when in kindergarten. Linked to x chromosome: more cases of mental retardation in families living in poverty, if you have it more likely to live in poverty bc cant get a job, etc, mothers might not have taken care of themselves in pregnancy, poor nutrient, fatal alcohol syndrome, poor access to health care. Early development: why is it hard to do cbt, if they are usually poor they wouldn"t have the money, harder for them to grasp the concepts to change their thought processes, rumination disorders: choke their food and spitting it out, pica: eat dirt.