PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Child Abuse, Protective Factor, Vehicle Insurance
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The developmental perspective: the life course of all humans follows a path, or trajectory that may be littered with risk factors, not all criminal behaviour originates in childhood, e. g. Causality: what does it mean: single vs. Schizophrenia/psychopathy, etc. (multiple genes: proximal vs. distal causes: (immediate causes vs. gradual causes) Immediate situational trigger (proximal cause: early psychosocial environment (distal 1, epigenetics (distal 2, genetics (distal 3) The ultimate goal is to make an optimal set of decisions that will minimize cumulative risk. School failure: abuse of alcohol, antisocial peers, childhood victimization. Cumulative risk model: multiple risk factors, the accumulation of risk factors in the absence of sufficient protective factors results in negative behavioural, emotional, and cognitive outcomes, protective factors can mitigate or eliminate negative influences of risk factors. Emphasizes the interactions among risk factors and their effect on outcomes over the course of development: cognitive competence, resilience.
