PSY 460 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Thyroid, Psychopathology, Cerebral Cortex
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Children"s problems must be considered in relation to multiple levels of influence individual, family, community, and culture. Factors may be contained within the child or at various distances from child"s immediate surroundings. Factors in each area impact and interact with the other influences. The context of children"s ongoing adaptation and development. An understanding of development and individual events that can impact a child"s life. Studying normal development informs our theories of abnormal development. Clinical and research activity begins with theoretical formulations for guidance and information. Theory a language of science that allows us to assemble and communicate existing knowledge effectively. Simplified explanation of things that make us tick; a simplified model of complex factors. Allows us to make educated guesses and predictions about behavior based on. Etiology the study of the causes of childhood disorders samples of knowledge. Uses the biopsychosocial model to consider what makes children tick.
