Abnormal Child Psychology: A Developmental Perspective (repost)
Abnormal Child Psychology: A Developmental Perspective by Linda Wilmshurst
English | August 29, 2008 | ISBN: 0415953634 | 648 Pages | PDF | 5 MB
English | August 29, 2008 | ISBN: 0415953634 | 648 Pages | PDF | 5 MB
Abnormal Child Psychology: A Developmental Perspective is intended for undergraduate and Masters-level students enrolled in courses in Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology. Written from a developmental perspective, the book is organized around five prominent and recurring themes: the course of normal development proceeds in an orderly and predictable direction; maladaptive behaviors represent deviations from the normal path; maladaptive behavior is represented by a continuum of severity (symptoms, syndromes, disorders) based on the degree to which behaviors deviate from the norm; individual, interpersonal, contextual and cultural factors interact in a reciprocal way to influence normal development and abnormal deviations; theoretical input from diverse perspectives can guide our understanding of underlying processes that precipitate and maintain behaviors and the different developmental pathways that might result.