Psychology 2320A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Monoamine Oxidase A, Twin Study, Egocentrism

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

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Psych 2320b (lec feb 2017 : odd & cd ) Odd & cd: classification: dsm-5: oppositional defiant disorder. Losing temper, argumentative, defiant, blames others, touchy, angry. Behaviors must be more frequent than normative for age. Rated for severity: extremely noncompliant kids with poor emotional control negativistic, disobedient, hostile toward authority, come across as annoying, spiteful, angry, validity is disputed: characterizes many preschoolers and teens to some extent, poor parent-child fit, dsm-5: conduct disorder. Persistent & repetitive pattern of violating norms and rules lasting at least twelve months, including: Serious violation of rules (e. g. , truancy, staying out all night) Categories vs dimensions: no qualitative differences but these diagnostic groups and normal behavior (i. e. , not categorical in nature) Trait capturing individual differences in boldness, disinhibition, and meanness. Odd & cd: course and sex differences: ave age of onset of cd symptoms = 9 years.