Psychology 2320A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Classical Conditioning, Family Therapy, Monoamine Oxidase A

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2320A/B
• Professor: Elizabeth Hayden

Document Summary

The developmental psychopathology perspective on abnormal child psychology. Normal and abnormal behaviour are (almost always) on a shared continuum. Simple phobias: fears that a child outgrows throughout time that usually do not require treatment. See people that grow up in not so healthy environments but still end up okay. Find out how to help kids that are not resilient by looking at those who are. Cannot necessarily focus on the problem behaviour to fully understand or treat a child with a disorder. Developmental stage of the child; factor in cultural perspectives in understanding behaviour. Directedness of children the environment/parenting affect development but kids are also active in agents in shaping their own environments; cannot view children as passive in shaping the environment. We do not expect kids to act as adults but believe that the development should be lawful (able to predict behaviours over time) Homotypic continuity: behaviour (i. e. , disorder) remains stable in form over time.