Psychology 2042A/B Chapter 5: chapter 5
19 Dec 2011
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Impulsive behaviour: difficulty waiting one s turn, inability to resist immediate gratification: age innapropriate (this could be okay at 4yrs but not 12) y symptoms of hi emerge before symptoms of inattention. Wier interviewing girl student and in 15 minutes starts fidgeting then bolts out of her chair and adjusts the collar of his shirt she never wrote that she was capable of hard jobs. In hospital, happened very quickly: girl asked do you want to see my tattoo before he could answer she showed the tattoo then said you re a creep. In a lot of cases like this sexual abuse runs high. Cognitive & academic: y difficulties fitting into regular academic setting: teachers think they re intentional troublemakers and not focusing on purpose, not usually popular y most are of normal overall intelligence- have trouble applying it y.
