Compare and contrast the bottom-up and top-down processes as they relate to the dimensional classification system. Identify at least one benefit of the dimensional classification system
What will be an ideal response?
• Bottom-up process – data are collected on children who are developing typically and atypically and group them into meaningful dimensions of disorder
• Top-down process – identification of disorder and specific symptoms of the disorder
• Difference between degree/quantity of a dimension rather than differences in kind of dimensions
• Externalizing/internalizing
• Benefit – reflects reality in that a child's behavior as well as typical/atypical development exist on a continuum
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