Psychology 2320A/B Lecture 9: Abnormal Child Psych Chapter 9

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Age-inappropriate actions and attitudes that violate: family expectations, societal norms, personal/property rights of others, annoying minor behaviors (temper tantrums, serious antisocial behaviors. Overall, boys and girls disobey less at home as they get older. Boys tend to get in less fights as they get older (although higher prevalence), girls remain fairly steady. Boys and girls tend to hang out with more kids who get in trouble as they get older (peak at 14-15, then decrease again), larger increase in girls. Aggressive acts (persistent physical fighting) highly stable, avg. correlation of 0. 7 (same as iq!!!!) Diagnostic criteria odd: age inappropriate recurrent pattern of emotional and behavioral problems (4 symptoms), angry/irritable mood, argumentative/defiant behavior, vindictiveness (spiteful) Diagnostic criteria cd: repetitive, persistent pattern of severe aggressive and antisocial acts, 3+ symptoms of 15 in past 12 months and 1+ in past 6 months, aggression to people and animals.

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