Describe and give examples of how risk factors affect the following developmental domains: physiological, cognitive, relationship, and self
What will be an ideal response?
• Physiological: prefrontal cortex, HPA axis, hormone system, multiple regions, neural circuits and neurotransmitter system
• Cognitive: attention, memory, problem solving, executive functioning, deficits in social information, negativity bias
• Relationship: family and peer systems, insecure attachment, bullying and victimization, physical aggression, relational aggression
• Self: deficits in self-concepts; self-regulation; autonomy; atypical experiences of perception, memory and identity; dissociation
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