Chapter 2 Flashcards
How does Jorge reflect behavioral inhibition?
He may approach new challenging situations with apprehension and fear.
What influences/affect a child’s of fear and anxiety?
Levels of stress hormones
An inherited tendency to respond with heightened arousal and sensitivity to the environment
Parents who grew up with similar problems.
State another reason how Jorge’s fear could’ve been influenced
His early neurological development and connection patterns on his brain could’ve been influenced bu the child rearing styles used by his parents.
State one reason for Jorge’s phonological awareness
Inherited genes
State 4 possible causes/influences of Jorge’s problem
- Biological influence
- Behavioral and cognitive influence
- Emotional influence
- Family, cultural and ethnic influence.
Explain biological influences to Jorge’s problems
- His problems could be rooted in issues the mother faced during his pregnancy like major illnesses and major stresses
- He may have inherited fear and anxiety from his parents; inheriting a tendency to respond to his environment with high arousal and sensitivity
- Child rearing styles used by his parents may have influenced his early neurological developments
Explain the emotional influences to Jorge’s problems
Jorge’s emotional reactions towards challenges like reading provide insight into his inner feelings
When faced with reading assignments or the thought of going to school, he experiences a lot of fear, almost panicking
The physical symptoms that accompany these emotions are a racing heart, quick breathing and thoughts of escape, leading to low concentration
What is emotional reactivity and expression?
Ways infants/children first communicate with the world around them
What is the most adaptive way to regulate the force of emotions by a child?
Seeking comfort from a caregiver which helps the child learn self regulation
State 7 important factors that need to be considered when addressing Jorge’s problems
- Frustrated parents
- Cultural differences
- Biological influences
- Anxiety and worry
- High levels of criticism at school
- Low self esteem
- Poor academic performance
Two perspectives from which to investigate John’s current situation using knowledge learning principles
The perspective of events that elicit fear or avoidance and events that maintain such a voidance by reducing unpleasant reactions
Give a behavior are approach to Georgia’s problems
Change aspect of his environment like the attention receives from his parents teacher for his gradual and slow efforts to see what effect this approach has on his school performance and behavior
What are cognitive influences in the context of George’s situation
Refers to how a person interprets events and is important to consider. What is the individual view the situation and does this view accurately reflect the situation?
Explain the term abnormal child behavior is multiply determined
Means that we have to look beyond the child’s current symptoms and consider developmental pathways and interacting events that contribute to expression of particular disorder overtime
What does abnormal child development is multiply determined mean
Abnormal child’s psychology has multiple causes. We have to look beyond factors their child’s current symptoms and consider multiple developmental pathways and how they contribute to the expression of a particular disorder over time
Give your opinion on the conclusion that George is simply lacking motivation
Is much as it as a reasonable explanation it is a one- dimensional causal model because it traces George’s difficulty so as a single underline cause which is simplistic
What does another way to view George’s difficulties consider
Multiple influences including his development of profile and ability his home in school environment and the ongoing dynamic interactions between those influences
Define what the multi-dimensional perspective is George’s reading problem
We would first access his current abilities by using multiple sources of data on his ability to function on different settings in other words would look at how he’s doing in different settings by using multiple and information sources
What is the meaning of the concept children in their environment are interdependent
This concept holds that the environment influences the child’s development and the child also influences their own environment. And simple terms this concept of interdependence appreciates how nature and nurture work together and are interconnected
How do children’s behaviors vary depending on the environment like home versus school and how do these differences affect the reasons behind their actions
Children elicit different reactions from the same environment and different environments elicit different reasons from the same child. In simpler terms Children Act differently depending on where they are like home versus swoon and their reasons for behaving that we can change
The term used for the dynamic the child and the environment
A transaction
What is a transactional view in the context of a child in the environment
Which regards both the child in the environment is actually contributors to adaptive and maladaptive behavior
Does the transactional perspective suggest
Suggests that children psychological disorders don’t reside within the child nor are they solely because of Environmental causes. Instead the come from a combination of sectors which interact in ways that follow general laws of organized development
Why is it uncommon for a psychological problems to suddenly appear without any warning signs or connections to earlier issues and how much these issues manifest as children grow older
Page 34 abnormal development involves continuities and to discontinuities. Psychological problems don’t just appear out of nowhere say I usually warning signs or links to earlier issues stop for example kids who have behavior problems early on often keep acting out as they grow up some problems my change over time