Psychology 2042A/B Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Prefrontal Cortex, Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety
12 Oct 2018
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Psychology 2042A/B
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Exceptional Children: Behavioural Disorders – Introduction
January 9th 2018
TO DO WELL IN THE COURSE YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Recognize the main symptoms of a range of psychological disorders and state the
prevalence of these disorders.
o Know the numbers & percentage
• Apply DMS-V criteria to provide the most plausible diagnosis for a set of
psychological symptoms
o Ex. “child shows these symptoms; what do you think he/she has?”
• Differentiate evidence based treatment strategies for unproven assertions
o They must be evidence based i.e. proven through research
• Identify and contrast current scientific theories (biological, psychological) on the
etiology and treatment of psychological disorders
• Apple the theories of child development to case examples of normal versus
abnormal coping and interpersonal functioning
o Ex. Which stage theorist would help you understand this? Which theory is
being described?
• Exams are usually out of 75 and are equally weighted and consist of SA and MC
questions (EXAMS ARE NOT CUMMULATIVE)
o eg. he will give us a set of symptoms and we will have to ID the disorder
CHILD AND PARENT RESOURCE INSTITUTE (CPRI)
• Provincial Tertiary Care Centre for children, youth, and their families
o not a children's front line center
o more of a tertiary center (something has been tried and it's not improving,
to rare or complex and hard to handle)
o more of a specialist
• Inpatient and Outpatient Mental Health and Developmental Services
• Multidisciplinary assessment and treatment services, education, research
• Opened in 1960
• See children and youth of all development abilities
• No restrictions, people can come and go as they please and they accept all types
of people
INTRODUCTION
• Pseudoscience- uses anecdotes and testimonials (not scientific evidence)
o the difference between good and bad is the quality of evidence that is
provided and how it was collected and presented
o Autism Video Notes
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▪ autistic individuals have much to say but with facilitation can
communicate much clearer
▪ double blind tests results show that when both the facilitator and
patient were shown different pictures the answers typed where
what the facilitator saw (facilitator control)
▪ proving that the facilitator was communicating for the patient and
not the patient communicating with assistance
• We need to understand normal development to be able to understand abnormal
development
o We need to ground ourselves in normal development
• Psychological disorder – A pattern of behavioral, cognitive, or physical
symptoms that includes one or more of the following prominent features: (a) some
degree of distress in the subject (b) behavior indicating some degree of disability
(c) an increased risk of suffering, death, pain, disability, or an important loss of
freedom
• Nosologies – The efforts to classify psychiatric disorders into descriptive
categories
• Child psychology seeks to…
o Define what constitutes normal and abnormal behavior for children of
different ages, sexes, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds
o Identify the causes and correlates of abnormal child behavior
o Make predictions about long-term outcomes
o Develop and evaluate methods for treatment and/or prevention
FEATURES THAT DISTINGUISH CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DISORDERS
• When adults seek services for children, it is not often clear who has what
“problem”
o Children usually enter the mental health system as a result of concerns
raised by adults – parents, pediatricians, teachers, or school counselors
o Children do not refer themselves for treatment
• Many child and adolescent problems involve a failure to show expected
developmental progress
o The problem may be transitory, like most types of bedwetting, or may be
indicative of a more serious problem (ex. in textbook Georgina has OCD)
o Determining the problem requires familiarity with normal, as well as
abnormal development
• Many problem behaviors shown by children and youth are not entirely abnormal
• Interventions are often intended to promote further development rather than
merely to restore a previous level of functioning
o Goal is to boost abilities and skills, as well as to eliminate distress
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Document Summary
Child shows these symptoms; what do you think he/she has? : differentiate evidence based treatment strategies for unproven assertions, they must be evidence based i. e. proven through research. Identify and contrast current scientific theories (biological, psychological) on the etiology and treatment of psychological disorders: apple the theories of child development to case examples of normal versus abnormal coping and interpersonal functioning, ex. Features that distinguish child and adolescent disorders: when adults seek services for children, it is not often clear who has what. Interventions are often intended to promote further development rather than merely to restore a previous level of functioning: goal is to boost abilities and skills, as well as to eliminate distress. Research designs: there are a lot of different ways that you can conduct research, single-case experimental designs, applicable in evaluating the impact of a clinical treatment. Dogs would drool when they see anything associated with food.
