PSY 2710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Phenylalanine Hydroxylase, Externalizing Disorders
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Focuses on the disorders of childhood within the context of life-span development, enabling us to identify behaviors that are considered appropriate at one stage but not another. Characterized by more outward-directed behaviors, such as aggressiveness, noncompliance, over activity, and impulsiveness. Includes attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder. Are characterized by more inward-focused experiences and behaviors, such as depression, social withdraw, and anxiety. Infant born with a deficiency of a liver enzyme, phenylalanine hydroxylase. Phenyl pyruvic acid builds up in body and can damage the brain by interfering with the process of myelination. Adhd symptoms are present prior to age ______ Specifiers to indicate which symptoms predominate: predominantly inattentive, predominantly hyperactive-impulsive, combined (majority) Poor social skills, aggressive behavior, and overestimation of one"s social abilities. Conduct disorder, internalizing disorder (anxiety and depression), substance use disorders, and learning disability. Repetitive and persistent behavior pattern that violated the basic rights of others or conventional social norms.
