PSY 0310 Lecture Notes - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Overdiagnosis, Adderall
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Attention, perception, and memory: significant changes occur between 5 and 7 with all of these skills, may be individual differences, but it is generally around this time, the influence of schools on brain growth. Piaget: everything naturally happens as kids interact in environment. Physiologically: frontal region is developing around this time. Going to school means you have to sit, do difficult things, and use your memory. In terms of the september cutoff, parents used to push their kids into kindergarten early, but recently parents have been urged to wait until they are ready. 4/10: attention deficit disorder, probably over-diagnosed, medication leads to too much slowing down (stuttering, how is it diagnosed, child isn"t meeting the expectation of either the parents or teachers, pediatrician diagnoses the child and gives out medication. Parents want to save time: questions to ask. Formal tests to use: how is it treated, stimulants: ritalin, adderall. Need to drive up your energy system to sustain attention: over-stimulation.
