week1

Question 1

first to treat children

Answer 1

Witmer

Question 2

one roadblock to the development of developmental clinical psychology

Answer 2

nature vs nurture

Question 3

another roadblock

Answer 3

shift from treatment to identification (IQ tests)

Question 4

differential diagnosis

Answer 4

ruling out all the other diagnoses

Question 5

what’s development like

Answer 5

as holistic (interactive and dynamic concept of the total child) and hierarchical (movement towards increasing complexity)

Question 6

Clinical decisions also made on measures of

Answer 6

intensity, duration, frequency

Question 7

the four Ds

Answer 7

o Deviance – the degree to which behaviours are deviant from the norm through informal assessment or test batteries + being aware of differential diagnosis and comorbidity
o Dysfunction – the degree of dysfunction in school performance or social skill
o Distress – degree of distress the disorder causes – children sometimes can’t articulate their feelings, interviews with parents and teachers
o Danger – risk for self-harm and harm to others