Summary
Chapter 1:
Psychological disorders: a pattern of behavior that includes one or more following prominent
features; increased risk of suffering, behavior indicating, some degree of distress in the subject.
Questions in abnormal child psychology:
- Defining what constitutes normal and abnormal behavior for children of different ages,
sexes, etiic and cultural backgrounds.
- Identifying the causes and correlates of abnormal child behavior.
- Making predictions about long-term outcomes.
- Developing and evaluating methods for treatment and/or prevention.
Differ between child and adolescent disorders:
- When adults seek services for children, it often is not clear whose ‘problem’ it is.
- Many child and adolescent problems involve failure to show expected developmental
progress.
- Many problem behaviors shown by children and youths are not entirely normal.
- Interventions for children and adolescents often are intended to promote further
development, rather than merely to restore a previous level of functioning.
Historical views and breakthroughs:
1800 Philosopher and psychical John Locke took care of childbirth and child rearing (emotionally
and sensitive beings) individual rights. There came help for children with special needs
treatment and caretaking.
1850 Universal education and trouble groups (excluded from society)
Lunatics: psychiatric or mental disorders
Imbeciles: intellectual disability
Influences for children to make the welfare better for mental and behavioral children:
- Disease model with humane forms of treatment
- Philosophies made sure with their influence that children needed moral guidance and
support.
moral education, compulsory education and improved health practices.
1900 Eventually communities wanted to eugenic for the community institutionalize people with
mental disabilities.
Classification in mental illnesses (psychological disorders) categorize ways of
differentiating among various psychological problems resulting in semblance of understanding.
Psychoanalytic theory (Freud): new possibilities for treatment early childhood and first to link
childhood experiences to the concept of mental disorders. (Ich; instincts/unconsciously, ego; ask
kindly/ consciously, superego; moral and conscience)
nosology: illness learning, classificatory illnesses in categories.
Behaviorism (Watson) theory of emotions, normal to abnormal behavior research (rat fear
Albert B.)
1940 Spitz critical to children in institutional life harmful impact, growth and development
emotional problems foster homes/groups
Chapter 1:
Psychological disorders: a pattern of behavior that includes one or more following prominent
features; increased risk of suffering, behavior indicating, some degree of distress in the subject.
Questions in abnormal child psychology:
- Defining what constitutes normal and abnormal behavior for children of different ages,
sexes, etiic and cultural backgrounds.
- Identifying the causes and correlates of abnormal child behavior.
- Making predictions about long-term outcomes.
- Developing and evaluating methods for treatment and/or prevention.
Differ between child and adolescent disorders:
- When adults seek services for children, it often is not clear whose ‘problem’ it is.
- Many child and adolescent problems involve failure to show expected developmental
progress.
- Many problem behaviors shown by children and youths are not entirely normal.
- Interventions for children and adolescents often are intended to promote further
development, rather than merely to restore a previous level of functioning.
Historical views and breakthroughs:
1800 Philosopher and psychical John Locke took care of childbirth and child rearing (emotionally
and sensitive beings) individual rights. There came help for children with special needs
treatment and caretaking.
1850 Universal education and trouble groups (excluded from society)
Lunatics: psychiatric or mental disorders
Imbeciles: intellectual disability
Influences for children to make the welfare better for mental and behavioral children:
- Disease model with humane forms of treatment
- Philosophies made sure with their influence that children needed moral guidance and
support.
moral education, compulsory education and improved health practices.
1900 Eventually communities wanted to eugenic for the community institutionalize people with
mental disabilities.
Classification in mental illnesses (psychological disorders) categorize ways of
differentiating among various psychological problems resulting in semblance of understanding.
Psychoanalytic theory (Freud): new possibilities for treatment early childhood and first to link
childhood experiences to the concept of mental disorders. (Ich; instincts/unconsciously, ego; ask
kindly/ consciously, superego; moral and conscience)
nosology: illness learning, classificatory illnesses in categories.
Behaviorism (Watson) theory of emotions, normal to abnormal behavior research (rat fear
Albert B.)
1940 Spitz critical to children in institutional life harmful impact, growth and development
emotional problems foster homes/groups
