PSY 602 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Shoplifting, Thiomersal, Oppositional Defiant Disorder
14 Apr 2017
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Choose 2 of 3 short answer questions. Chapter 8 (all pages expect 204-208), chapter 9 (all pages except pages 204-208), chapter. Need to understand and apply key concepts. Chapter 9 attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) 6. 2% of children in ontario have diagnosed lds (pacfold, 2007) Similar brain-based processing weaknesses associated with mental health challenges underlie many mental health disorders: eg. Stress fight or flight: experience of repeated failure, lower sense of mastery, anxiety about meeting expectations, frustration. Mental health issues also occur because of experience. Experienced failure, i wish i could do something well . They have to work twice as hard. They experience that stress and avoid the problem with fight or flight change the direction of attention, feel better in the moment. The stress goes away when they avoid the problem (procrastinate) Signs of anxiety (difficulty falling asleep, bad dreams. Reluctance (and sometimes refusal) to go to school. Melt downs at home, more fights with family.
