PSYC 330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Basal Ganglia, Smoking And Pregnancy, Psychophysiology

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 330
• Professor: Andrea Chronis- Tuscano

Document Summary

Adhd describes persistent age-inappropriate symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity that are sufficient to cause impairment in major life activities: inattentive not focusing, behaving carelessly, hyperactive constantly in motion, impulsive acting without thinking. First described in 1775 medical textbook by german physician, melchior adam weikard. After influenza epidemic (1917-1926), labeled as brain-injured child syndrome. 1940"s-50"s labeled (with no evidence of actual brain damage) as minimal brain damage and minimal brain dysfunction (mbd) Late 1950"s labeled adhd as hyper-kinesis attributed to poor filtering of stimuli entering brain: led to hyperactive child syndrome . Included in dsm-5 as neurodevelopmental disorder because of its early onset and persistent course: associated with lasting alterations in neurodevelopment, accompanied by subtle delays and problems in language, motor, and social development. Given a phone #, how much of it can one remember: selective attention ability to concentrate on relevant stimuli and ignore task- irrelevant stimuli in the environment, distractibility how easily distracted one gets.