PSY 1205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Parenting Styles, Family Therapy, Oppositional Defiant Disorder
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Examine behavior through lens of typical development. Developmental psychopathology: using developmental norms (behaviors that are typical for a certain age) to evaluate abnormal behavior. Children are vulnerable: less self-understanding, ha(cid:448)e(cid:374)"t (cid:455)et de(cid:448)eloped a sta(cid:271)le se(cid:374)se of ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455, do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a(cid:374) u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g of (cid:449)hat is e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)ted of the(cid:373) a(cid:374)d (cid:449)hat resources they have, do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:454) a(cid:374)d realistic view of themselves. Serious rule breaking + violating at a younger age than developmentally normal. Adolescent limited: behavior ends with teen years. Life course persistent: antisocial behavior continues into adult life: anger and aggression, impulsivity, hyperactivity, attention deficit. Prevalence: males are 2-10x more likely to have externalizing problems than females, generally, declines with age. Adhd: interference with ability to focus for long periods of time and hyperactivity, problem accomplishing tasks, high comorbidity with other problems like depression, anxiety, ocd, and substance abuse, secondary impacts. Social skill problems engagement and interactions with adults.
