Psychology 2043A/B Lecture : Developmental Disorders - Lecture 2

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9 Jan 2012

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Class overview: will explain why there are differences in terms from the textbook to the lecture. Factors/issues that come up a lot in clinical settings. Important to be able to tell the parents what might happen to the child if they are at risk for certain influencing factors: factors that precede a negative outcome and increase the chances that that outcome will occur. Your risk for developing a cold will increase if you walk outside without an umbrella: environmental issues, biological issues, can affect any area of development, cognitive, physical, affective/mood, social problems, can be chronic/acute experiences. natural disasters, family breakups, inadequate parenting, prenatal stress, community violence, poverty issues: can classify risk factors in 2 ways. Life events that bring stress into the child s life. Individual factors y make a child respond maladaptively: some risk factors are more influential than others.

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Psychology 2043A/B Lecture : Developmental Disorders - Lecture 2

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