PSY341H1 Lecture Notes - Bsc Young Boys, Walt Disney World, Shaving Cream
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We"re talking about psychopathologies that are first diagnosed in childhood or adolescence. Interview = most common method of determining psychopathology: doesn"t work in children since language skills less developed, use observation instead. Cite lecture, textbook but are secondary sources. Find research: apa format (but no title page needed, hard copy handed in to prof, highly sophisticated writing, don"t miss the big picture, use additional information. Review articles are secondary sources: focus the topic & do extra research, use psychinfo database. Impress impress impress!: a history of childhood. Child psych is a relatively new field: only been around for 50-60 yrs, didn"t become a profession until 1960s & 1970s. Father of psychology = freud: said adult psychological disorders were unresolved childhood conflicts. Dawn of psych adult disorders, even to early 1900s. Children are plastic, malleable, dependable: not always seen this way. Children weren"t seen separately from adults even in ate.