PSY 3430 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Socioeconomic Status, Bt Group
12 Oct 2018
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MIDTERM EXAM
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Fall 2018
• Intellectual disability
◦Diagnostic criteria
• Significant limitations in intellectual functioning and
adaptive behavior
• Before 18
• Show a range of capabilities and interpersonal qualities
• Low IQ score
◦Prevalence
• 1-3% of population
• More in males than females
• More common in low SES & minority families
◦Course
• Follow developmental milestones in same order as normal
kids
• Frustration can lead to feelings of frustration/quitting
• Can be minimized over time with right treatment, typically
do not completely go away
• Depends on severity of Intellectual disability
▪Mild: live successfully in community as adults with
right support
▪Moderate: can perform supervised unskilled/semi
skilled tasks
▪Severe: live in group homes/need assistance
throughout life
▪Profound: require life long assistance and serious
training for everyday tasks
◦Comorbidities
• Greater chance of having other developmental, emotional or
behavioral disabilities
• Behavioral and emotional problems are part of spectrum of
intellectual disabilities
◦Associated outcomes
• Adaptive skills and level of impairment may improve over
time especially for those with mild ID
◦Causes
• Inheritance/genetics
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▪Chromosome abnormalities (downs, PKU)
• Neurobiological/environmental
▪Problems with pregnancy/ problems with birth/
premature
▪Illness or injury
▪Malnutrition
▪Lead exposure
▪Fetal alcohol syndrome
• Social/psychological
▪Abuse/neglect
▪Parenting style
◦Treatment
• Behavioral treatment- ABA design
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Family-oriented strategies
• Schizophrenia
◦Diagnostic criteria
• 2 or more of the following for a month:
▪Delusions
▪Hallucinations
▪Word salad
▪Disorganized/catatonic behavior
▪Negative symptoms- flat affect, delayed thinking,
speech, movement, indifferent to social contact
• Social/occupational dysfunction
◦Prevalence
• Less than 1 in 10,000, very rare in kids under 12
• Occurs 100x more often in adults, avg. onset= age 22
◦Course
• Persists into adolescence and adulthood
• Gradual onset, not sudden in children
◦Comorbidities
• Developmental precursors
▪Language/speech problems, cognitive impairments and
delays, motor development problems, social
impairment, unusual thought content, substance abuse
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Document Summary
Signi cant limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior. Show a range of capabilities and interpersonal qualities. 1-3% of population: more in males than females, more common in low ses & minority families, course. Follow developmental milestones in same order as normal kids. Can be minimized over time with right treatment, typically do not completely go away: depends on severity of intellectual disability, mild: live successfully in community as adults with right support, moderate: can perform supervised unskilled/semi skilled tasks. Severe: live in group homes/need assistance throughout life. Profound: require life long assistance and serious training for everyday tasks: comorbidities, greater chance of having other developmental, emotional or behavioral disabilities. Behavioral and emotional problems are part of spectrum of intellectual disabilities: associated outcomes, adaptive skills and level of impairment may improve over time especially for those with mild id, causes.
