PSYC 3850 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Concept Learning, Learned Helplessness

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3850
• Professor: Carol Anne Hendry

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Educational characteristics: academic skills, abstract concepts, comprehension, and functional academics are all areas of concern in educational programs. Psychological characteristics: atypical psychological characteristics have led to segregation, many individuals are less well-adjusted than they could be. Behavioural characteristics: behavioural and psychological disorders are more common among people with cids. Adaptive skill characteristics: performance and acquisition deficits are evident, support and education could significantly alter these characteristics in any given individual. Educational characteristics affect how one adjusts to the school environment. Educational characteristics are affected by cognitive and learning characteristics: idea states that students with disabilities be included in statewide assessments. Increases opportunities for these students to participate in the general education curriculum and associated assessments. Some question this with high stakes assessments and holding educators accountable for academic learning. Abstractions that are the result of assigning objects, people, ideas, or experiences to categories.