Atypical Child and Adolescent Development Fall 2011 - Study Guide for Midterm Chapters 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9 Chapter 6 - Conduct Disorder – Be familiar with the following concepts and disorders: • Differentiate conduct disorder from oppositional defiant disorder in terms of age‚ symptoms‚ severity of symptoms‚ age of onset‚ and prognosis.- conduct disorder (childhood) will display one symptom before the age of 10‚ symptoms- repetitive‚ persistent pattern of severe aggressive and antisocial acts: inflicting
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Chapter 11 Social Psychology: studies how your thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behavior are influenced by the presence of other people and by the social and physical environment. Social Cognition: studies how we form impressions of others‚ how we interpret the meaning of other people’s behavior‚ and how our behavior is affected by our attitudes. Person Perception: an active and subjective process that occurs in a interpersonal context; is influenced by subjective perceptions‚ social norms‚ personal goals
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Understanding child and adolescent development Erik Erikson in 1956 researched and developed Eight stages of development. According to Erikson‚ the socialisation process consists of eight phases – the ‘eight stages of man’‚ his eight stages of man were formulated‚ not through experimental work‚ but through wide-ranging experience in psychotherapy‚ including extensive experience with children and adolescents from low- as well as upper- and middle – social classes. Each stage is regarded by Erikson
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been constantly revised. The most famous of these is the Stanford-Binet test. The Alfred Binet intelligence test measured skills such as comprehension‚ judgement‚ reasoning and problem solving. Alfred Binet used a simple formula to give each child a score. He distinguished chronological age from mental age‚ which is worked out from the number of correct answers given in the subtests. To be useful IQ test scores must be reliable and valid. Test scores are reliable when they can be reproduced
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Making the Amber Alert Jacqueline McNealy Kaplan University Authors Note: This paper was prepared for Criminal Law‚ Section 2‚ Instructed by Stacey Callaway. In 1996‚ a 9 year old girl‚ Amber Hagerman was riding her bike around the neighborhood when a neighbor heard her scream. The neighbor witnessed the little girl being pulled off her bike‚ by a man‚ and thrown into a pickup truck. The neighbor called the police‚ and Amber’s brother went home and notified their parents. After contacting
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1.1 Explain what is meant by: diversity‚ equality‚ inclusion‚ discrimination Diversity means where there is an difference between individuals or groups such as their culture‚ nationality‚ gender‚ age‚ beliefs or ethnic origin. Equality means the rights the individuals have such as giving choices‚ respect and services in response to individual needs. Inclusion is the process of identifying‚ understanding and breaking down barriers to participation and belongings. Discrimination means
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Child and Adolescent Development Module 2: Patterns of Growth and Development 2.1 Directional pattern Develo pment proceeds from the head downward. The child gains control of the head first‚ then the arms‚ and then the legs. Zygote- fertilized ovum Fetus- product of conception (40 weeks of gestation) or 10 th lunar month of gestation Newborn/neonate- birth to 28th day Infant- 29th day to 12 months of age Develo pment proceeds from the center of the body outward. This means that the
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Health. (n.d.). National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved May 3‚ 2011‚ from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0004552/ Zechmeister‚ J. S.‚ Zechmeister‚ E. B.‚ & Shaughnessy‚ J. J. (2001). Essentials of research methods in psychology . Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
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Psychology is a topic that many people have heard of and been exposed to without ever researching for themselves. In fact‚ many people base their ideas about psychology‚ and particularly psychologists‚ on things they have seen in popular media sources such as television shows and movies. However‚ these portrayals are much different than the norms of reality. For this project‚ I chose to examine and discuss two popular psychology careers that are often seen in the world of media and entertainment:
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2 out of 2 points In an experimental study design looking at the effects of anxiety on self-esteem‚ anxiety would be the ________ variable. Correct Answer independent Response Feedback Excellent Question 2 2 out of 2 points Which psychology perspective would help us to understand the impact of strokes and brain diseases Correct Answer neuroscience Response Feedback Excellent Question 3 2 out of 2 points Researchers are studying how social interaction affects problem solving. Some participants are
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