Psychology 2320A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Intellectual Disability, Behaviorism, Psychoanalytic Theory
15 Oct 2014
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Chapter #1- intro to normal and abnormal behavior in. Children"s mental health problems differ from those of adults. When adults seek help for children, it often is not clear whose problem it is. Many problems involve failure to show expected development processes. Interventions are intended to promote further development, not to restore a previous level of functioning. Interest in children"s mental health and abnormal behaviors surfaced near the end of the. The church attributed abnormality to uncivilized and provocative nature or the devil. 2/3 children died before turning 5 in the 17th-18th century, and physical and sexual abuse went unnoticed as it was deemed an adult"s right to abuse their child. Stubborn child act (1654): permitted parents to put stubborn children to death for misbehaving. Into the mid 1800s, parents could keep disabled children in cages and cellars. A philosophy of humane care and institutions of social protection began to take root.
