Compare and Contrast the Symptoms Involved in the Externalizing Disorders

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Essay

Compare and contrast the symptoms involved in the externalizing disorders of childhood: oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder.

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Definitions:

Inborn Trait

Characteristics or features present in an individual from birth, resulting from genetic inheritance.

Personality Disorder

A type of mental disorder characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating from cultural norms.

Erikson's First Stage

Erikson's first stage is known as Trust vs. Mistrust, focused on infants' needs to develop trust when provided with reliable care and affection from caregivers.

Trust Versus Mistrust

The first stage in Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, where infants learn to trust their caregivers for basic needs or develop mistrust due to neglect.