History and Prominent Figures

Question 1

She believed that mentally defective children were actually suffering from emotional and behavioral problems primarily due to inept treatment by adults and a lack of appropriate intellectual damage.

Answer 1

Leta Hollington

Question 2

Pioneer in psychiatry. Argued that children are incapable of true adult-like insanity because of immaturity of brains.

Answer 2

Benjamin Rush

Question 3

3 questions to consider in looking abnormal child behavior.

Answer 3

1. How do we judge what is normal
2. when does an issue become a problem?
3. why are some children’s abnormal pattern of behavior relatively continuous from early childhood through adolescence and into adulthood, whereas other children show variable (discontinuous) patterns of development and adaptation.

Question 4

First to give meaning to the concept of mental disorder by linking it to childhood experiences.

Answer 4

Sigmund Freud

Question 5

She believed that emotional and behavioral problems are related to developmental stages

Answer 5

Anna Freud

Question 6

Children’s emotional and behavioral problems can be understood using play therapy.

Answer 6

Melanie Klein

Question 7

Established 32 humane mental hospitals for the treatment of troubled youths.

Answer 7

Dorothea Dix