PSYC 3530H Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Smoking And Pregnancy, Motor Control, Sluggish Cognitive Tempo
13 Dec 2016
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Externalizing: aggression, oppositional behaviours, disruptive/antisocial behaviours. Characterized by aggressive antisocial behaviours that begin by age 15 and continue into adulthood. Psychopathy characteristic associated with apd: pattern of traits: lack of empathy, deceitful, arrogant, manipulative interpersonal style, impulsive and irresponsible behavioural style. Persistent pattern of behaviour that violates the rights of others and age-appropriate social norms. Three or more behaviours for at least 12 months. Childhood onset (prior to age 10) or adolescent onset. Boys exhibit significantly higher levels of aggression than do girls. Fire setting: youth fire setting accounts for large percentage of arson cases in us: factors: Higher rate of paternal drinking and abuse. Delinquency: legal term juvenile who has committed a crime. Perpetrators 10% of murders committed by juvenile offenders. Victims young people are frequently victims: those exposed to violence also at significant risk: violent peers, violence by adults, media, abuse. Witnessing violence can lead to aggression, anxiety, depression.
