ch2-developmental psychopathology perspective

Question 1

developmental tasks

Answer 1

cultural age-expectations (p.27)

Resilience is marked when they meet developmental tasks despite adverse life events

-resilience and vulnerability: opposite ends of spectrum

Question 2

Heterotypic continuity

Answer 2

disorder changes form on symptom/disorder level

Question 3

homotypic continuity

Answer 3

problem persist relatively stable over time

Question 4

continuity

Answer 4

maintained by environmental constancy, negative biases & genetic predisposition

Question 5

attachment

Answer 5

emotional bond formed around 7-9months

Question 6

temperament styles

Answer 6

easy, slow-to-warm, difficult

Question 7

temperament dimensions (how is it determined?)

Answer 7

negative reactivity, self-regulation, inhibition p.32

Question 8

differential susceptibility hypothesis

Answer 8

reactive children are more receptive towards both positive and negative environments, polarizing their outcomes depending on their environment