PSY 338 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Discrete Trial Training, Heritability, White Matter

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 338
• Professor: Daniel O

Document Summary

Complex neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by abnormalities in social comm and unusual behavs and inters. Persistent deficits in social interaction and comm skills; restricted and repetitive patts of interests and behavs. Children vary widely in form, pervasiveness, severity of symptoms, abilities, associated condits and needed supports. Dr. hans asperger described milder form become known as asperger"s disorder. Some display extreme fear or avoidance of noisy or moving objects. 2 symptom domains: social communication and social interaction. Deficits in nonverbal comm behaviors used for social interaction. Deficits in developing maintaining, understanding realts: restricted, repetitive patts of behav, interests, activities. Stereotyped or repetitive motor mov"ts, use of objects, or speech. Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patts of verbal or nonverbal behave. Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus. Hyperreactivity or hyporeactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects of env.