PSY341H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Malnutrition, Age 13, X Window System
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Psy341: lecture 7: abnormal psychology child disorders: conduct problems. Is maturation of the cerebellum also delayed in children/adolescents with adhd: ~5 year delay in prefrontal cortex, cerebellum may be associated with adhd, there are sex differences too (more males tend to have this disorder) The ontario child health study used parent, teacher, and self-ratings of symptoms of conduct disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd), emotional disorder, and somatization within the past 6 months. Children and adolescents with specific learning disorder (any subtype) tend to have relatively lower ___________ and ___________ scores on the wechsler intelligence scales for. Children (wisc), compared to their other wisc scores: verbal comprehension; processing speed, perceptual reasoning; working memory, working memory; processing speed, working memory; verbal comprehension. In wisc visual spatial, fluid reasoning and verbal comprehension =higher order reasoning skills. The wm and processing speed are underlying factors.