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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... social features of autism: how to diagram ideas on weak central coherence in autism Summary Chapter 5 The What and the How Ground rules of causal modelling Chapter 6 Competing Causal Accounts of Autism Representing the effects of ...
... social features of autism: how to diagram ideas on weak central coherence in autism Summary Chapter 5 The What and the How Ground rules of causal modelling Chapter 6 Competing Causal Accounts of Autism Representing the effects of ...
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... social information processing model for aggressive children 231 The coercive parenting model of Patterson 235 The theory of life-course persistent antisocial behaviour 236 What does the application of the framework tell us about the ...
... social information processing model for aggressive children 231 The coercive parenting model of Patterson 235 The theory of life-course persistent antisocial behaviour 236 What does the application of the framework tell us about the ...
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... social and moral values that rational discussion seems impossible and not much changed over the past 20 years. How could working mothers be the cause of their children's failure? And what might one do about it if they were? For the ...
... social and moral values that rational discussion seems impossible and not much changed over the past 20 years. How could working mothers be the cause of their children's failure? And what might one do about it if they were? For the ...
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... social class and marital status, the degree of marital discord and their current income. In this information, the contribution of social and genetic factors is unknown, and the interaction between them is extremely complex. Strictly ...
... social class and marital status, the degree of marital discord and their current income. In this information, the contribution of social and genetic factors is unknown, and the interaction between them is extremely complex. Strictly ...
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... social services in a particular region. The question of cause, in any of its senses, would not be relevant here unless there were a massive break with tradition, with a multi-agency, long-term attack on the problem. Box 1.1 A note on ...
... social services in a particular region. The question of cause, in any of its senses, would not be relevant here unless there were a massive break with tradition, with a multi-agency, long-term attack on the problem. Box 1.1 A note on ...
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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Understanding Developmental Disorders: A Causal Modelling Approach John Morton No preview available - 2005 |
Understanding Developmental Disorders: A Causal Modelling Approach John Morton No preview available - 2008 |
Understanding Developmental Disorders: A Causal Modelling Approach John Morton No preview available - 2005 |
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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