Short Answer Question: Instructions: Answer the following questions. Be sure that each paragraph ranges from 5-10 sentences and address all points asked in the prompt.
Please type your response in a different font and color so that I can easily read your response.
These questions are based on the “Introduction” recording:
Describe how genetic makeup, developmental, biopsychosocial, behavioral, neural, and environmental considerations interact together to play a role in developmental psychopathology
Putting Behaviors in a Developmental Context: Using concepts of frequency, intensity, duration, culture, and context – explain the following examples through 2 different perspectives – one perspective where the behavior is indicative of psychopathology and another where the behavior can be understood to be within normal range as determined by the above-specified factors.
Julie is isolating herself from her family
Ben is not paying attention in school
Gabbi cuts her wrists
Many people believe that after the age 25, a brain cannot develop further. The belief that all brain development occurs in childhood and there is nothing we can do to improve or change brain functioning in adulthood is false. Using the video of the “Taxi Driver”, explain what you have learned.
Long answer question:
Read Case 11 Scott Michaels. Boys Will Be Boys? Oppositional Defiant Disorder and ADHD. In the 4th Edition of the text, it is located on page 167 – 177. In the 5th Addition of the book it is located on page 226 – 238. Your book may have the pages laid out different if you are using an electronic version or a different size text. Answer the following question using as many sentences as needed:
Using information form the case study itself, and if you would like, you can also use the supplementary assessment data found in Appendix A, identify as many symptoms as you can find of ODD and ADHD that meet the DSM criteria. Remember to specify the predominant type of ADHD that Scott’s symptoms match. Use your slides and course recordings to help you recognize the diagnoses.