Study Guide with lecture notes for Psychology Bachelor 3 at the University of Groningen

Learning goals for all weeks

• Understand and explain why we need person-centered interventions and person-centered research.

• Understand and describe various interventions in individual development. 

• Understand and describe person-centered research methodologies.

• Design and describe your own person-centered study of an intervention in individual development. 

Week 1 Introduction and complex dynamic systems

Ergodiciteit is de eigenschap van een dynamisch systeem dat het gemiddelde gedrag over de tijd gezien ruwweg hetzelfde is als het gemiddelde over alle toestanden waarin het systeem kan verkeren. Ergodicity continuum is that there are individual differences, a single subject to increasingly fixed coefficients.Ways of having a ergodicity continuum are: 

• Ecological inference fallacy. This has to do with stereotypes. The individual members of a group have the average characteristics of the group at large. Like for example the way that the coronavirus symptoms are indicated. The

Lecture 1

Neuropsychology is becoming increasingly important at schools. An important question is what can be done in assessment and treatment at schools, and what teachers can do to help.
Most children who have problems at school are comorbid. ADHD is the biggest problem at schools, with a prevalence rate of 3 to 6% in school-aged children. Thereby, 30 to 40% of the referrals to child guidance clinics considers children with ADHD. Teachers are part of the assessment of ADHD, but do not always know how to handle children who suffer from this disorder. The children with ADHD have difficulties in complying with the rules and instructions.