PSY341H5 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Psychopathology, Dsm-5, Conduct Disorder
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PSY341H5
The dark side
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Columbine high school massacre 1999
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Colorado
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2 seniors murdered many people in the school with bombs and then
committed suicide
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One of the first/most serious
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Core explanations:
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People have been bullied/victimized and want revenge
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Feeling out of control, no sense of purpose in life. Self efficacy = feeling
that you have control in your everyday life (?)
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Early childhood experiences that may cause triggers (abuse, neglect,
parenting style
On resilience
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Nadia Murad: ISIS survivor, Nobel peace prize nominee
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Raped and tortured by ISIS, escaped and now is an advocate of women
without rights in her country
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Explanations for her resilience:
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Genetics
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Fate/belief that she is right and others are wrong
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Having someone with her to go through things
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Cognitive biases: how we view things (in a positive or negative light)
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Developing coping mechanisms (ex. Some kind of support to overcome
ruminating thoughts)
Introduction
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Research studies in abnormal child psychology seek to
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Define normal and abnormal behavior for children of different
ages/sexes/ethnic and cultural backgrounds
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Identify the cases and correlates of abnormal behavior
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Make predictions about long term outcomes
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Develop and evaluate methods for treatment and/or prevention
Features that distinguish child and adolescent disorders
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When adults seek services for children, it is not often clear who has what
Week 1: Intro
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
9:02 AM
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When adults seek services for children, it is not often clear who has what
'problem'
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Many child and adolescent problems
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Involve a failure to show expected developmental progress
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Expect to see things at a particular time in development
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But sometimes this doesn't happen
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Are not entirely abnormal
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Interventions are often intended to promote development
History and definitions
Historical views
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Ancient Greek/Roman view
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Those with disorders were abandoned / put to death
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Before the 18th century
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Children were subject to harsh treatment
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By the end of the 18th century
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Start of interest in abnormal child behavior
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John Locke (17th century)
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Believed children should be treated with thought and care (at the time this
was a unique thought, moving beyond harsh discipline and treatment was
difficult)
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Jean-Marc Itard (19th century)
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___ important for developing treatment methods
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Leta Hollingworth
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?
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Benjamin Rush
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Claimed children were incapable of adult like __
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Moral insanity- absence of normal levels of feeling shame/guilt after
wrongdoing, something that's so far from conventions of normal society
Early biological attributes
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Late 19th century: mental illnesses were viewed as biological problems for the
first time
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Clifford Beers' efforts led to detection and intervention
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Golden rule- treat others how you would like to be treated
Early biological attributes - eugenics and sterilization
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Early 20th century: society reverted to a belief that disorders could not be
influenced by treatment or learning
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