Psychology 2320A/B Chapter : ab psych text notes .docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2320A/B
• Professor: Elizabeth Hayden

Document Summary

Important features that distinguish most child and adolescent disorders. When adults seek services for children, often is not clear whose problem it is. Many children and adolescent problems involve failure to show expected developmental progress. Many problem behaviors shown by children and youths are not entirely abnormal. Interventions for children often are intended to promote further development, rather than merely to restore a previous level of functioning. Kids with a mental handicap where abandoned or put to death. Children used to be considered servants, not people. Church thought they were possessed by the devil. Legal acts that allowed people to kill stubborn children. John locke began a change believed in individual rights and that children should be raised with thought and care. One of first documented situations was itard working with a kid who was raised in the woods (victor) Hollingworth - mentally defective children were suffering from emotional and behavioral problems leading to distinction between imbeciles and lunatics.