FRHD 2270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Predominantly Inattentive, Orienting Response, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2270
• Professor: Robyn Pitman

Document Summary

What develops in infancy and continues: taste, smell, touch, seeing/perceiving objects. Other areas of understanding develop in middle childhood. Pay attention when interested, not when uninterested: e. g. boring lectures. Show orienting response: for strong and unfamiliar stimulus, fix your eyes, startles you, heart rate. Moving to a house by the highway all you hear for the first bit is the noise of the traffic but after you grow accustomed to it. 1 year olds: easily distracted, less focused (everything is new and exciting) 3. 5 year olds: less distracted, more concentration. Older children stay engaged longer watching tv habituating to everything in the background and focusing on the program. Draw attention to the relevant information and less attention to irrelevant: ex. Closing classroom doors to eliminate competing and workspaces: ex. Clear off unneeded objects from desks and workspaces. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd: common childhood disorder, child shows both a significant problem in 2 areas.