PSYC 4P27 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Intellectual Disability, Parenting Styles, Psychopathology

• School: Brock University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 4P27
• Professor: Caitlin Mahy

Document Summary

Developmental psychopathology: pathways of normal development, risk to development; result of complex interactions between multiple influences that change over the course of development. Delays: ability that"s not yet developed (e. g. doesn"t speak until 3 years old) Regressions: develop and ability and then lose it. Asynchronies: excel at one skill but lack in another. Precocities: develop too quickly (e. g. sexual activity) Developmental deviations: behaviour that"s different from what"s normal (e. g. hand flapping instead of walking) Hierarchal stages of development that build on each other to achieve next stage. Holistic and dynamic system (cognitive, emotional and biological interaction) Expected to have some problems throughout development. Psychological problems are significant deviations from the healthy developmental course: understanding of why development takes one path and not the other. Person"s development occurs along a continuum spanning normal and abnormal. Child characteristics: personal attributes that elicit positive responses (temperament, average intelligence, gender, coping style, self-esteem)