PSY341H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Psychosis, Suicidal Ideation, Learning Disability
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Psy341: lecture 6: abnormal psychology child disorders: attention- deficit/ hyperactivity disorder. Specific ld: significant, unexpected, difficulties in reading, writing, and/or mathematics. True: rates of reading difficulties can be reduced by explicitly teaching and practicing phonological awareness (working with the sounds of language and to hear it. Regions that have been implicated in speech disorders (does not account for pragmatic disorder) Supermarginal gyrus auditory motor & sensory integration. Superior temporal gyri auditory processing reduced brain matter and brain activity. Core characteristics: highly correlated (r = . 63 - . 75) Inattention: 6+ of the following (5+ for adolescents 17+). Often: fails to give close attention to details or makes careless mistakes, difficulty sustaining attention. Loses things: easily distracted by extraneous stimuli, forgetful (cid:894)i. e. appoi(cid:374)t(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts, assig(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts , hyperactivity impulsivity, hyperactivity & impulsivity: 6+ of the following (5+ for adolescents 17+). Often: fidgets with or taps hands or feet or squirms in seat, runs about or climbs in situations where it is inappropriate. (note: in.
