Thursday, November 6, 2008

Psych Project

Focusing on the brain...so I am exploring Attention Deficit Disorder

Some Basic Facts

What Is It?

  • a neurobehavioral disorder that affects 3-5 percent of all American children
  • It interferes with a person's ability to stay on a task and to exercise age-appropriate inhibition
    -cognitive or both behavioral and cognitive

Warning Signs/Symptoms

  • Failure to listen to instructions
  • Inability to organize oneself and school work
  • Fidgety
  • Talking too much
  • Leaving chores, homework, and projects unfinished
  • Difficulty paying attention and responding to details

Different Types

  • Inattentive subtype
  • Hyperactive-impulsive subtype
  • A combined subtype

3 comments:

Kaitlyn said...

I am researching attention deficit disorder as well and it is interesting to see all of the symptoms because I feel like many of the symptoms apply to me as an individual. I think it is a very intriguing topic

Marsha Montgomery Sander said...

Rachel,

Good beginning. Look at my blog and see how I have added links to videos as well as interesting stuff on the web about the brain.

Experiment with loading various stuff on your blog.

How about a survey to class members and then show the results on your blog?

Mrs. Sander

Rachel Eileen said...

Hey everyone, just so you know I did my Psych Project on Scrapblog, so hopefully it uploaded successfully to blogger and you can view it by clicking on the play button. :)