Developmental Psychopathology
Overview
- Introduction
- Defining disordered behaviour
- How common are childhood disorders
- Some historical influences
- Children as special clients
- The Developmental Context
- What is development
- Overview of normal development
- How development occurs: The transactional model
- Behavioural disorders: Risk, vulnerability, protection
- Predicting behaviour disorders: Change and continuity
- Perspectives, Research, Classification, and Assessment
- Biological
- Psychodynamic
- Environmental
- Cultural
- Basic research methods
- Classification and diagnosis
- Assessment
- Psychological Disorders
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Peer relations
- Conduct disorder
- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Mental retardation
- Learning disabilities
- Autism
- Childhood schizophrenia
- Disorders of eating
- Disorders of elimination
- Sleep disorders
- Psychophysiological disorders
- Evolving Concerns for the Child
- Importance of prevention
- Families in transition
- Current and future challenges
The course will involve a number of instructional methods such as the following:
- lectures
- seminar presentations
- audio-visual materials
- small group discussion
- research papers
The course evaluation will be in accordance with ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½and Psychology Department Policy. Evaluations will be based on the course objectives. Specific evaluation criteria will be provided by the instructor at the beginning of the semester.
An example of a possible evaluation scheme would be:
4 quizzes - 40%
Midterm exam - 15%
Term paper - 15%
Oral presentation - 5%
Participation - 5%
Final exam - 20%
At the conclusion of the course the successful student will be able to:
- Define disordered behaviour.
- Describe normal development and the factors that affect this process.
- Investigate the biological, psychodynamic, behavioural/social learning, cognitive-behavioural, psychoeducational, and family systems perspectives of psychopathology.
- Describe the modes of treatment that are associated with each of the perspectives.
- Describe the case study, naturalistic observational, correlational, experimental, and longitudinal methods of scientific investigation.
- Review classification and assessment systems of psychopathology.
- Compare each of the following disorders of childhood and adolescence: anxiety disorder, depression, peer relations, conduct disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, mental retardation, learning disabilities, autism, childhood schizophrenia, disorders of eating, disorders of elimination, sleep disorders, psychophysiological disorders.
- Describe and evaluate the theories of etiology and treatments for each disorder.
- Compare the levels of prevention.
- Formulate models of prevention.
- Appraise continuing concerns for the child in the areas of family, maternal employment, child abuse, and poverty.
- Assess the impact of culture and other diversity factors on child and youth developmental psychopathology.
Textbook(s) such as the following, the list to be updated periodically.
Mash, E.J., & Wolfe, D.A. (2019). Abnormal child psychology (7th Ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
Requisites
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Courses listed here must be completed either prior to or simultaneously with this course:
- No corequisite courses
Equivalencies
Courses listed here are equivalent to this course and cannot be taken for further credit:
- No equivalency courses
Course Guidelines
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Course Transfers
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Institution | Transfer details for PSYC 3342 |
---|---|
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU PSYC 2XXX (3) |
Langara College (LANG) | LANG PSYC 2318 (3) |
Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU PSYC 356 (3) |
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU PSYC 2XXX (3) |
Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU PSYC 3XX (3) |
University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO PSYO_O 2nd (3) |
University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV PSYC_V 2nd (3) |
University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC PSYC 2XX (3) |
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV PSYC 356 (3) |
University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC PSYC 2XX (1.5) |