What Is the Primary Focus of the Field of Developmental

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Multiple Choice

What is the primary focus of the field of developmental psychopathology?

• A) Understanding how critical incidents in childhood affect people as adults.
• B) To understand what is within the range of normal development so as to have a better understanding of what is abnormal.
• C) To discover and improve the environmental factors that can contribute to a child later developing a mental illness.
• D) Understanding how disorders develop over time.

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Definitions:

Behaviorism

Study of the impact of reinforcements and punishments on behavior.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a consequence applied that will strengthen an organism's future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus.

Consequences

Outcomes or results that follow from an action or condition, often with implications for responsibility and decision-making.

Psychoanalytic Theories

A set of theories which focus on the unconscious motivations that shape personality and behavior, originally developed by Sigmund Freud.