Author Question: Describe how the understanding of developmental psychopathology can be considered a developmental ... (Read 108 times)

bcretired · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Describe how the understanding of developmental psychopathology can be considered a developmental distortion.. Provide at least three examples.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Patty knows that if she cries, she will get her way. Paul knows that if he cries, he will be ignored. Which model of behavior suggests that Patty will increase her crying and Paul will decrease his crying?

a. classical conditioning c. psychodynamic theory
b. operant conditioning d. observational learning

aadams68 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Adaptational failure or unsuccessful adaptation to a developmental task (social, emotional, cognitive, etc.)
Could include examples of delay, fixation and deviance
Examples any reasonable response that connects a typical developmental task (e.g., talking) and a significant variation of that task (e.g., mutism)

Answer to Question 2

B