PSY341H1 Lecture Notes - Developmental Psychopathology, Autism Spectrum, Psychological Abuse
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Jan 8 2013 psy341 psychopathology of childhood (lecture 1) Developmental psychopathology: historical issues: treatment of children, infanticide common in western society from antiquity. How to recognize the newborn that is worth rearing: soranus wanted to look at muscle tone. Evolution of parent-child relationships are an independent source of social change. It is the vehicle of transmission of all cultural traits. Important, places a great deal on child rearing, how we treat children over the years. Child-rearing vehicle for transmission of all other cultural traits. Considered a fringe character for political thought: 1654: massachusetts stubborn child act, 1750: odds: 3:1 against child surviving past age 5. Reasons why people have so many children. Health care, maltreatment: up to 100 years ago, children was considered a possession of the father, late 19th c: society for the prevention of cruelty to children (youtube film) Prevention of cruelty to animals, because to humans, no such prevention existed.