Child Psych Unit 1 Lecture Notes

Question 1

Diathesis-Stress Model

Answer 1

Biological Vulnerability + Psychosocial or Environmental Factors = Psychopathology

Question 2

Internalizing Disorders

Answer 2

Not readily seen, internal
Overcontrol
Mood/anxiety
Females, increase with age

Question 3

Externalizing Disorders

Answer 3

Obvious, bothersome, outward
Under control
Conduct, behavioral, ADHD
Males, decrease with age

Question 4

Childhood Referrals

Answer 4

More likely to be for externalizing problems from caregivers
Children are more concerned with internalizing

Question 5

Psychoanalysis Founders

Answer 5

Freud and Jung from Europe

Question 6

Behaviorists

Answer 6

Skinner and Watson from USA

Question 7

Humanists

Answer 7

Rogers and Maslow
USA and Europe

Question 8

Neo-Freudians

Answer 8

Psychoanalysis + Humanists
Horney, Fromm, Erickson

Question 9

Trait Theorists

Answer 9

Psychoanalysis + Behavior
Cattell, Eysenck

Question 10

Social Learning Theory
Cognitive Behavioral Theory

Answer 10

Behaviorist + Humanistic
Beck, Michenbaum

Question 11

Intelligence

Answer 11

Ability to learn, adapt, reason, and problem solve
Wechsler- Grandfather of intelligence

Question 12

Neuropsychology

Answer 12

Clinical study and evaluation of brain-cognition relationships
Fathered by Dr. Arthur Benton
Assumes that behavior and cognition are linked to brain areas

Question 13

Neuropsychological assessment

Answer 13

Measurement of a person’s strengths and weakness
Clinical interview, formal testing, and results/feedback

Question 14

Achievement Tests

Answer 14

Domains in reading, arithmetic, spelling, and written expression
Test real-world ability

Question 15

Personality

Answer 15

Characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting in familiar situations
20-50% heritable

Question 16

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Answer 16

True/false questionnaire with 575 items
Three scales- Validity, clinical, and content
Large normative data pool
Redundant, not discriminative

Question 17

NEO-PI-R

Answer 17

Test for “Big 5 theory of personality”
Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness

Question 18

Robert’s Apperception Test for Children (RATC)

Answer 18

Thematic appercetion test for children with detailed scoring guide and normative data

Question 19

RATC adaptive scales

Answer 19

Reliance
Support
Limit setting
Problem identification
Resolution

Question 20

RATC clinical scales

Answer 20

Anxiety
Aggression
Depression
Rejection
Unresolved

Question 21

Criteria for Categorical Systems

Answer 21

Defined by measurable, defined, and regularly co-occurring symptoms
Reliable and consistent
Good validity
Economical

Question 22

Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)

Answer 22

Developed by Achenback
Most used dimensional system
Scored on 8 dimensions:
Withdrawn
Somatic
Anxious/depressed
Social problems
Thought problems
Attention
Rule-breaking
Aggression

Question 23

DSM I

Answer 23

1950
Glossary of 106 categories

Question 24

DSM II

Answer 24

1968
Glossary of 168 categories

Question 25

DSM III

Answer 25

1980
Explicit diagnostic criteria for 265 disorders
Introduced multiaxial system

Question 26

DSM III-R

Answer 26

1987
Increased to 292 diagnostic categories

Question 27

DSM IV

Answer 27

1994
3 stage revision process
Written by committee
Literature review, data analysis, and field trials

Question 28

DSM IV-TR

Answer 28

2000
Revisions based on research
300+ categories

Question 29

DSM 5

Answer 29

Reorganized categories
Removed multiaxial system

Question 30

Axis I

Answer 30

Clinical disorders and other psychiatric concerns

Question 31

Axis II

Answer 31

Mental retardation and personality disorders
Psychiatric conditions that will not resolve with time

Question 32

Axis III

Answer 32

General medical conditions with psychiatric relevance

Question 33

Axis IV

Answer 33

Psychosocial or environmental problems that contribute to psychopathology

Question 34

Axis V

Answer 34

Global Assessment of Functioning on 0-100 scale