Psychology 2042A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Impulse Control Disorder, Attention, Voluntary Action
7 May 2019
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Adhd exhibited as persistent age-inappropriate symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity that are sufficient to cause impairment in major life activities: characteristic behaviors vary considerably from child to child, different behavior patterns may have different causes. Not a disorder unless it causes distress that stops you from succeeding (socially, academically) Your text gives a history of observations of poor impulse control in children. Here is a quote found in the very first psychology textbook ever written: It is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought. It implies withdrawal from some things in order to deal effectively with others. " Voluntary action, then, is at all times a resultant of the compounding of our impulsions with our inhibitions. Inhibition is therefore not an occasional accident; it is an essential and unremitting element of our cerebral life.
