PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Personal Distress, Tuff, Active Listening
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It"s more than just talking about someone"s emotional system. Strangely, there is a lot of variability in adhd diagnoses . 2005: 10% of 13-17 year olds in gallup survey were reported to be on adhd medication. Huge variability in the frequency of different teachers referring kids for assessment. It has to do with how the teachers draw the normal line. Rates of adhd vary by up to a factor of 10 in different counties. They placed a frame on the kid (schema); everyone will think of that kid as the one with adhd. Their perception and other people perception changes to that label. This tendency to categorize ourselves and others can something be dysfunctional because after all, You are more than category x. it"s just a partial, temporary descriptor, not who you really are . You"ll start living your life as an adhd person. Complained of hearing voices that said empty hollow and thud
