PSY 338 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Indep, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Reference Group
15 Oct 2018
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Idiographic case formulation obtain detailed understanding of the individ child or fam as unique entity. Nomothetic formulation emphasizes broad general inferences that apply to large groups of individuals. Age, gender, and culture recog diversity w/in children"s developmental functions and capacities at various ages: child"s age has implications for appropriate assessment and treatment methods, gender has implications for assessment and treatment. Gender dif in rates and expression of childhood disorders. Boys about 3s more likely to display early onset disorders (i. e. asd, adhd) Girls more likely to display disorders tht have peak onset in adolescence (i. e. depression, eating disorders) Important to study boys and girls in their own right: cultural factors should be considered. Cultural sensitivity in assessment, diagnosis and treatment increasingly imptnt. Cultural patts reflect learned behavs and values shared among membs, transmitted to group membs over time, distinguish membs of one group from those of another.
