PSY341H1 Lecture Notes - Conduct Disorder, Attachment Disorder, Psychopathology
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Abnormal vs. normal development, we prefer the growing child to be above the statistical average in almost all aspects of development. Babies born below average birth weights (7lbs) are referred to as premature or abnormal; above we refer to as healthy (above average, which is technically abnormal as it strays from the norm) Physical development occurs from the central axis to the periphery: progression: proceeds in 2 ways: from general to specific, very visible in the pain reflex. If you apply a moderately painful stimuli to an infant, you see a qualitatively different reflex in infants than in adults. The response you see in infants is very general. You see the entire body withdraw from the painful stimuli. Adults don"t show that reflex, they are more specific. They withdraw a specific portion that is exposed to the stimuli. Asynchronize growth is the other proceeding way (specific to general).
