PSY 460
About how many kids experience verified child abuse and neglect in the US?
1 million
How many 10-16 year olds experience sexual abuse?
1/3
Childhood poverty is a daily reality for 1 in every ___ children in the US.
4 to 5
The most universally used assessment procedure with parents and children is _____.
A clinical interview
Behavioral assessment used for children with ASD
ADOS-2 (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule)
What psychological condition is more common among females?
Adolescent depression.
Which aspect would generally be assessed by behavioral assessment methods?
Anger in school
Attachment pattern that has been linked with aggressive behavior?
Anxious avoidant
Infants who explore the environment with little affective interaction with the caregiver, what type of attachment does the child have?
Anxious avoidant
Attachment pattern that's been linked with phobias and anxious behavior?
Anxious resistant
John Locke's viewed children _____.
As emotionally sensitive beings
A leading checklist for assessing behavioral problems in children and adolescents is the ____.
Child Behavior Checklist
What condition is equally common among males and females?
Childhood depression
Benjamin Rush
Claimed that children were incapable of adult-like insanity. "Moral insanity"
The overlapping co-occurrence of disorders is called____.
Comorbidity.
What is the medication for ADHD?
Concerta
ACTH caused the adrenal glands to release___.
Cortisol
Evaluating the mental health of children can be particularly difficult because of ____.
Cultural variations for what constitutes abnormal behavior
19th century viewpoint
Distinguished individuals as being imbeciles or lunatics
Which pairing is least common for comorbid disorders?
Enuresis and schizophrenia.
Which phrase describes the slow to warm up child who is cautious in novel situations?
Fearful or inhibited
Jean-Marc Itard
Focused on care of "mental defectives." Tried to civilize Victor
Characteristic of psychological tests
Given under standard conditions
The study of abnormal child psychology seeks to ____.
Identify the causes and correlates of abnormal behavior, define normal and abnormal behavior, develop and evaluate methods for treatment and/or prevention
In an ABAB design, B stands for_____.
Interventio
The final responsibility for ethical integrity of a research paper lies with the ____.
Investigator
Distinguishing factor of a child/adolescent disorder
Involves a failure to show expected developmetal progress
Attachment theory considers crying in an infant to be a behavior that ____.
Is adaptive and enhances the relationship with caregiver
What promotes resilience in boys?
Male role models, structure, encouragement of emotional expression.
Amy was observed at home and at school. What kind of research method is this?
Naturalistic observation
Because development is ___, sensitive periods play a meaningful role in any discussion of normal and abnormal behavior.
Organized
Brain maturity occurs in a ____ fashion.
Organized and hierarchical.
Most frequently used testing methods for children?
Projective tests
The work of René Spitz ___.
Raised serious questions about the harmful impacts of institutionalization on children
_____ problems refer to weak or absent control structures, whereas ____ problems indicate that existing control structures operate in a maladaptive way.
Regulation, dysregulation
What are the most commonly used assessment methods?
Scales and tests
Generally, isolated symptoms of behavior and emotional problems ____.
Show little relation to a child's overall adjustment
Most problematic behaviors shown by children are ___.
Shown to some degree by most children
Projective tests are ____ with children.
The most commonly used assessment methods
Which statement about neural development is true?
The prefrontal cortex and cerebellum are not wired until a person is 5-7 years old.
What is the most commonly used intelligence scale today?
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
