PSY 034 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Conduct Disorder, Nocturnal Enuresis, Family Therapy

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 034
• Professor: Tootle

Document Summary

Often hostile (argue repeatedly with adults, lose temper, feel great anger and resentment) and disobedient (ignore adult rules and requests) and display negative behaviors (may try to annoy people or blame others) More common in boys than girls before puberty but same after puberty. More severe problem, repeatedly violate the basic rights of others; often aggressive and may be physically cruel to people or animals, deliberately destroy other people"s property, skip school, or run away from home. Openly offensive but non-confrontational behaviors such as lying. Secretive destructive behaviors such as violating someone property, setting fires. Covert-nondestructive: individuals secretly commit nonaggressive behaviors, such as being truant from school. Relational aggression: individuals are socially isolated and primarily display social misdeeds such as slandering others, spreading rumors, and manipulating friendships treatments. Parents are taught more effective ways to deal with their children; parents and children meet together in behavior oriented family therapy.