Impulsivity

in the behavior neuroscience section of the US National Library of Medicine, a website serving as an online archive managed by the government themselves, is titled “Age-related differences in impulsivity among adolescent and adult Sprague-Dawley rats.” This study observed the similarity between the impulsivity of youth of different species specifically rats. The study showed that adolescent rats were more willing to explore new environments due to their increased tolerance for the unknown…

Prader-Willi Syndrome Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder presented at birth that results in numerous physical, cognitive, and behavioral problems, most notably food-related issues and obesity. Infants with PWS are characterized with severe low muscle tone, feeding difficulties, poor growth, and delayed development. Later on, these infants begin to eat excessively and become obese due to the hypothalamus not working properly. Most cases of PWS are not inheritable and are a…

potential risk. By doing so, the applications should not be held morally responsible. *************** Dark Triad is a cluster of personality traits that includes psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism. Psychopathy is characterized by high impulsivity and low empathy; narcissism is the personality trait of individuals with an inflated sense of their own self-worth; and Machiavellianism is characterized by manipulative and exploitative behavior. It is a new way to understand “evil” in…

When examining antisocial behavior in the schools there are practices interact with individuals to increase the probability of deviance. Examples include students with high impulsivity and low self-control. These individuals have trouble keeping quiet during classes and often get into trouble. However, we must concenter the environment the child was razed in on both the home and school as talked about in an article by Gerald R. Patterson titled “A Developmental Perspective on Antisocial…

They used a conceptual model for sexual offender recidivism risk when dealing with those who are considered to have an intellectual disorder (ID) which they have deficits for example, social skills deficits for example masturbating in public and impulsivity rather than being sexually deviant.(2009). Griffin and Vettor (2012) defined intellectual disability as “people who, prior to the age of 18, had impaired adaptive, social and cognitive functioning with an Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of less…

Static, Dynamic and Protective Factors The approach of a risk assessment requires health professionals to consider variable risk factors for CM. Different risk factors generate different risk outcomes. Risk factors can be classified as being “modifiable” or “non-modifiable” (Allnutt et al., 2010). The non-modifiable risk factors are “static” and do not change over time and assist in identifying baseline and longer-term risk (Allnutt et al., 2010). CM’s age, gender, ethnicity, social class,…

are called psychopaths. Psychopaths are individuals with “emotional detachment and antisocial behavior” (Macfound.org, n.d). Also, “defined as a constellation of affective, interpersonal, and behavioral characteristics, including egocentricity; impulsivity; irresponsibility; shallow emotions; lack of empathy, guilt, or remorse;…

the medication due to a reaction they had to it. While behavior methods can be effective, it has some limits. These include being able to address all settings the child might be in, being able to reduce ADHD’s core characteristics (hyperactivity, impulsivity, and short-attention spans), as well as keeping up with the behavior-altering treatment. However, it can be most effective in situations where the child has other psychological disorders co-existing with their ADHD. In these situations, the…

disorders. Diagnosis Initially, this student assigned the client a diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD. According to the American Psychiatric Association, ADHD is “a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning and development” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p. 59). In the case description, it discusses that the client cannot focus, in other words, she has a pattern of inattention, and that pattern has…

ADHD Life Coaching For Parents And Teens https://www.pexels.com/photo/adult-anger-art-black-background-356147/ To put it in simple words, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a condition where the individual shows extreme impulsivity, has difficulty sustaining attention and is overly active, to an extent that he/she might find it difficult to sit at one place for more than a minute. ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a recognized and persistent pattern and normally…