PSYC 3140 Chapter : Chapter Thirteen.docx
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Behaviour disorders: adhd, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder. Disorders in cognitive, motor, and communication skills: learning disorders: reading disorder (dyslexia), mathematic disorder, disorder of written expression, motor skills disorder: developmental coordination disorder, communication disorders: expressive language disorder, mixed receptive-expressive language disorder, phonological disorder, stuttering. Mental retardation: mild, moderate, severe, and profound mental retardation. Pervasive developmental disorder: autism, rett"s disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, Tic disorders: tourette"s disorder, chronic motor or focal tic disorder, transient tic disorder. Feeding and eating disorders: pica, rumination disorder, feeding disorder of infancy or early childhood. Other disorders: selective mutism, reactive attachment disorder, stereotypic movement disorder. Proposed etiologies: immaturity of the brain, particularly frontal lobes, caudate nucleus, and corpus callosum, genetic predisposition, prenatal and birth complications, disrupted families. Argumentativeness, negativity, irritability, defiance, but not as severe as conduct disorder. Large-scale epidemiological studies suggest that more than a third of all children suffer from a significant emotional or behavior disorder by the time they are 16.
