Psychology 2042A/B Lecture Notes - Chronic Poverty, Concern Worldwide, Psychoanalytic Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2042A/B
• Professor: St Pierre Jeff

Document Summary

Autism: lack of appropriate social interaction and 2 others things. Look to the facilitated communication, the facilitator was the one who guided the hand. Cpri: child and parent resource institute catchment and mission. Regional tertiary (not direct in the frontline) care centre for children, youth, and their families. Research studies in abnormal child psychology seek to: Identify the cases and correlates of abnormal behavior. Develop and evaluate methods for treatment and/or prevention. When adults seek services for children, it is not often clear whose problem it is (the parents are seeking for a service, it"s not the child that asking to see a psychologist!) Many child and adolescent problems involve a failure to show expected developmental progress. Many problem behaviors shown by children and youths are not entirely abnormal. Interventions for children and adolescents are often intended to promote further development, rather than merely to restore a previous level of functioning.