When students have studied the material in the
chapter, they will be able to answer the following: - Introduction
- What issues are covered by developmental psychopathology?
- How does a developmental approach enhance understanding of psychological problems?
- What roles do heredity and environment play in the development of various psychological problems?
- What problems should parents and teachers be particularly concerned about at each stage of development?
- A closer look at the developmental perspective
- How do risk factors and protective factors in childhood predict adult psychological problems?
- What forms do connections between childhood and adult psychological problems take?
- Explaining psychopathology
- What are the underlying assumptions of the medical, neurological and physiological, genetic, sociological, behavioral, psychodynamic, and family models of psychopathology?
- How does a developmental perspective combine the assumptions of the other models?
- Some childhood disorders
- Discuss the symptoms, most likely causes, and most effective treatments for early childhood autism, conduct disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, anxiety disorders, childhood depression, and anorexia nervosa.
- Why is comorbidity common among children with psychological problems?
- Childhood disorders and development
- How does the study of developmental psychopathology shed light on the nature of more general developmental processes?
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