PSYC 3220 Lecture Notes - Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children, Twin Study, Genetic Disorder

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3220
• Professor: J.Hakim- Larson

Document Summary

Chapter 10 autism spectrum disorders (asd) and childhood onset schizophrenia. Intro: neurodevelopment disorder, main manifestation intellectual disability, severe social issues/functioning, unusual interests and behaviors due to lack of socialization. Historical background of autism: autism and childhood-onset schizophrenia previously considered to be a single condition, 1943, kanner coined the term early infantile autism , asperger (1944): asperger"s disorder, people with higher functioning with autism. Description and history: dsm-iv-tr pervasive developmental disorders (pdds): characterized by significant impairments in social and communication skills, and by stereotyped patterns of interest and behaviors, autistic disorder, asperger"s disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified (pdd-nos) Most frequently diagnosed (meet some, but not all criteria: childhood disintegrative disorder. Child appears to be developing normally, but child starts to lose abilities (social skills, vocabulary, not potty trained anymore, lack of understanding, etc) After regression, symptoms similar to that of children with autism: rett"s disorder.