Intro. Psychopathology & Biopsychosocial Approaches

Question 0

What are the tasks specific to infancy?

Answer 0

Attachment to caregiver
Language
Differentiation of self from environment

Question 1

5 areas of development

Answer 1

Physical 
Cognitive
Emotional & Behavioral
Social 
Moral/Religious

Question 2

What are the developmental tasks specific to middle childhood?

Answer 2

Self-control and compliance
school adjustment (attendance)
Academic achievement 
Getting along with peers
Rule-governed conduct

Question 3

What are the developmental tasks specific to adolescence?

Answer 3

successful transition to secondary schooling
academic achievement
involvement in extra curricular activities
Forming close friendships within and across gender
forming a cohesive sense of self-identity

Question 4

Define Developmental Pathway

Answer 4

refers to the sequence and timing of particular behaviors and possible relationships between behaviors over time

Question 5

Explain multi-finality in terms of developmental pathways

Answer 5

various outcomes may stem from similar beginnings &

two children may start out same dev. pathway and have different outcome

Question 6

Define equifinality in terms of developmental pathways

Answer 6

different factors may lead to a similar outcome &

two children may come from different dev. pathaways but end up in similar outcomes

Question 7

Define Resilience

Answer 7

ability to avoid risk factors, rebound from stressful or misfortunate situations

Question 8

Define risk factors

Answer 8

variable that preceds a negative outcome of interest and increase the chances that the outcome will occur

Question 9

Define protective factor

Answer 9

personal or situational variable that reduces the chances for a child to develop a disorder

Question 10

List protective factors at the Invidivdual level

Answer 10

• Good intellectual functioning
• appealing, sociable, easygoing disposition
• self-efficacy, self-confidence, high self-esteem
• talents
• faith

Question 11

List protective factors at the family level

Answer 11

• Close relationship to caring parent figure
• authoritative parenting, warmth, structure, high expectations
• socioeconomic advantages
• connections to extended supportive family networks

Question 12

List protective factors at the social level

Answer 12

• adults outside the family who take an interest in promoting the child’s welfare
• connections to social organizations
• attendance at effective schools

Question 13

Define psychopathology

Answer 13

view adaptation and difficulties (maladaptation) over time through a normative developmental lens or
Typical development gone awry “off track”

Question 14

Psychopathology five questions of assessment?

Answer 14

• Age of the Child?
• Normative psychosocial developmental tasks for age?
• How has development gone awry re developmental tasks?
• Contributing factors, influences, stressors,”causes”?
• Course for child if stayed off-track (e.g. what will happen one, five, ten years from now)?

Question 15

Define Bio psychosocial approach

Answer 15

Consideration of three levels and the interaction between levels in understanding and treating psychological difficulties
-Three Levels: biological, psychological & social

Question 16

Define Biology part of Biopsychosocial

Answer 16

Gentics, Physiological, neurological, & medical problems

Question 17

Psychological component of Bio psychosocial

Answer 17

feelings,thoughts,behaviors

Question 18

Social component of Biopsychosocial

Answer 18

family, peers, school, community, culutre