PSY 460 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Poudre High School, The Sequence, Mood Disorder
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Introduction to normal and abnormal behavior in children and adolescents (continued) Most children with intellectual or mental disorders were institutionalized. Autism spectrum disorder, depression, attention deficit all institutionalized. Late 1940s: spitz" studies pointed out the harmful impact of institutional life. Research looked at kids who were raised in orphanages, or who were raised in institutions. When looking at infants raised in institutions, he found that infants didn"t fuss and stopped crying (no medication) and stopped caring. Failure to thrive didn"t cuddle, blank stares, shut down. Dramatic examples of how children develop without love, even in well- Without direct human contact, kids weren"t developing and died kept orphanages. Placement in foster care and group homes increased. 1950s and early 1960s: behavior therapy emerged as a systematic approach to treatment of child and family disorders. Clinical psychologists were evaluating how animals learn (b. f. skinner) Applied these treatments to kids applied behavioral analysis to.
