PSY341H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Active Child, Psychopathology, Etiology
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Theories and causes: possible causes of a (cid:272)hild"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior; Family, cultural and ethnic influences: defining child abnormality involves; developments and events that affect a (cid:272)hild"s life (cid:894)triggers(cid:895, abnormal behavior studies require, clinical and research activity begins with theoretical formulations for guidance and information. Theory: a language of science that allows us to assemble and communicate existing knowledge effectively. Many links we can make when considering the theory behind an issue: etiology; the study of causes of childhood disorder. Typically would involve an interaction of biology, psychology and the environment. Multiple, interacting causes help in understanding the complexity of disorders. Developmental psychopathology perspective: abnormal development is multiply determined as the past 2 years of a (cid:272)hild"s life (cid:272)a(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)e a lot of events, children and environments are interdependent transactional view. Both are active contributors to the result of abnormal behavior: abnormal development involves continuity; changes are quantitative and gradual in nature.
