PSY 338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Developmental Coordination Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Motor Coordination
22 Mar 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Using those 2 dimensions to define adhd oversimplifies the disorder: each dimension includes many distinct processes, discussed separately, but attention and impulse control are closely connected developmentally. Difficulty during work or play to focus on one task or to follow through on requests or instructions. Subtypes: predominantly inattentive type (adhd-pi, primarily symptoms of inattention, may have learning disability, process info slowly, have trouble remembering things, and display low. Issues remain regarding the reliability and validity of the discrete subtypes specified in dsm-iv-tr and their symptom criteria: proposed changes for the dsm-v: no subtypes, grouping based on personality traits, or using 2-step procedure. Intellectual deficits: most children with adhd have at least normal intelligence, may have difficulty in applying intelligence to everyday life situations. Inconsistent findings regarding whether or not co-occurring anxiety worsens symptoms or severity of. Ses and culture: adhd affects children from all social classes, lightly more prevalent among lower ses groups, best accounted for by co-occurring conduct problems.
