Understanding Developmental Disorders: A Causal Modelling ApproachA long-awaited book from developmental disorders expert John Morton, Understanding Developmental Disorders: A Causal Modelling Approach makes sense of the many competing theories about what can go wrong with early brain development, causing a child to develop outside the normal range.
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... effects of environmental factors Cognitive theories of autism Chapter 7 The Problem of Diagnosis Diagnosis and cause: relying on behaviour The Spanish Inquisition example: the dangers of labelling Problems of diagnostic practice ...
... effects of environmental factors Cognitive theories of autism Chapter 7 The Problem of Diagnosis Diagnosis and cause: relying on behaviour The Spanish Inquisition example: the dangers of labelling Problems of diagnostic practice ...
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... effect on achievement. This is because the achievement referred to is a piece of behaviour – performance on school tests – which has an immediate cause, as it were, in terms of the intellectual capability of the child (plus other ...
... effect on achievement. This is because the achievement referred to is a piece of behaviour – performance on school tests – which has an immediate cause, as it were, in terms of the intellectual capability of the child (plus other ...
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... effects. Rather, the mother has to behave in particular ways, to be specified, in order to influence the child.2 Even more likely would be an indirect effect, where the mother was fulfilling a pedagogical function, actually increasing ...
... effects. Rather, the mother has to behave in particular ways, to be specified, in order to influence the child.2 Even more likely would be an indirect effect, where the mother was fulfilling a pedagogical function, actually increasing ...
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... effect in a disciplined and systematic way. The most obvious answer is: 'Romeo was killed by the poison that he took.' This is a scientifically acceptable answer. There is a gap in the causal chain – Did the poison lead to heart failure ...
... effect in a disciplined and systematic way. The most obvious answer is: 'Romeo was killed by the poison that he took.' This is a scientifically acceptable answer. There is a gap in the causal chain – Did the poison lead to heart failure ...
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... effect must neither be broad nor be too far removed from each other in conceptual space. In addition, it is clear that when we try to examine the individual case, it's easy to become overwhelmed with detail. There are a variety of ...
... effect must neither be broad nor be too far removed from each other in conceptual space. In addition, it is clear that when we try to examine the individual case, it's easy to become overwhelmed with detail. There are a variety of ...
Contents
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A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 2 Introducing Cognition | 20 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 3 Representing Causal Relationships Technical and Formal Considerations | 34 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 4 Autism How Causal Modelling Started | 67 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 5 The What and the How | 98 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 6 Competing Causal Accounts of Autism | 106 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 7 The Problem of Diagnosis | 133 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 8 A Causal Analysis of Dyslexia | 161 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 9 The Hyperkinetic Confusions | 208 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 10 Theories of Conduct Disorder | 227 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 11 Tying in Biology | 247 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 12 To Conclude | 270 |
A Causal Modelling Approach References | 273 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Name Index | 292 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Subject Index | 296 |
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ability ADHD antisocial behaviour autistic children autistic signs behaviour Figure behaviour genetic behavioural level biological level biological origin biology cognition behaviour Blair brain abnormality brain cognition behaviour brain difference Caspi and Moffitt causal chain causal model cause cause of autism central coherence chapter child claim cognitive deficit cognitive factors cognitive function cognitive level cognitive processes component condition conduct disorder correlation developmental disorders diagnosis diagram Down’s syndrome dyslexia dyslexic effects elements environment environmental example executive dysfunction executive function EXPRAIS false belief task Frith frontal lobe gene genetic GP system hyperactivity hypothesis impairment individual interaction kinds lack language lead learning mechanism mental Morton neural neurons normal development notation particular performance phenotype phonological deficit phonological processing difficulty possible predictions problems psychopathy reason relation represent representation response Ritalin shown in figure social specific syndrome theories of autism Theory of Mind ToMM underlying Uta Frith variability verbal visual