March 23: Review Test

Class Activities:

1) Announcements.

Collect UNM $$ and permission slips. If you are a junior and in good standing in class, you can attend the field trip and miss the SBA test that day. You will need to make up this test during the week of April 20th.

If you are interested in learning more outside the classroom, please join me this Friday night for Los Alamos Little Theater's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." It is $10 for students and starts at 7:30. If you cannot attend Friday, it is also playing Saturday, the 28th, Sunday, the 29th (2:00) and next weekend. Los Alamos Little Theater is located behind Central Park Square on Nectar St.

If this is not an option, join me Saturday, April 11th for the Teen Brain Symposium. This is an amzing opportunity to learn a lot from the experts including Abigail Baird, Ph.D. from Vassar College and Mike Weisend, Ph.D. and Sara Feldstein-Ewing, Ph.D. from The Mind Research Network. It couldn't be easier -- they are coming here to UNMLA, it is free, and you get food! Sign up at the JJAB website. http://www.losalamosjjab.com/

2) Psych News and Neuron Note. We are back into the routine of Neuron Notes and a few people presented news articles so we are all caught up.

3) Review the Ch. 16 Test. We went over the trickiest questions.

4) Grade Free-Responses. We graded the free-responses from last class. Hopefully, you feel like you are getting better at them each week.

Assignments:

1) $$ and permission for UNM field trip due on Wednesday.

2) Read chapter 17 up to page 685.

3) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Friday 7pm.

March 19: Test on Disorders

Class Activities:

1) Neuron Note. You got back all the responses of this unit's questions! Hopefully, it is a good quick review before the test!

2) We will finish the Creative Project Presentations of Eric and Lindy 2B and Heather 3B on Monday.

3) Multiple Choice Test on Chapter 16.

4) Free -Response on Disorders. This was timed. You had 25 minutes to answer it.

Assignments:

1) TURN IN YOUR AP TEST $$!!

2) Start reading chapter 17 up to page 673.

3) $$ and permission for UNM field trip is due before Spring Break!

March 17: Presentations of Disorders

Class Activities:

1) Announcements. Turn in your AP exam $$ to Mrs. Arbuckle. Practice another free-response to get you ready for the test on Thursday. We'll get caught up with the News presentations after this test.

2) Presentations of creative projects. Each of you got 3-5 minutes to explain the disorder you selected and your creative project. WOW! You guys continue to be awesome! Great job being creative!

Assignments:

1) Turn in $$.

2) Practice Free-Response due on Thursday.

2) Test on Chapter 16 will be on Monday, March 23.

March 13: Creative Projects on Disorders

Class Activities:

1) Announcements.
Turn in your AP exam $$ to Mrs. Arbuckle.

Look at www.losalamosjjab.com for information on the Teen Brain Event -- awesome 1/2 day with well-respected researchers learning about the teen brain on April 11th.

Field Trip will be Thursday, April 9th.

2) Presentations of creative projects. Each of you got +5 minutes to explain the disorder you selected and your creative project. WOW! You guys are awesome! Great job being creative and sharing!

Assignments:

1) Turn in $$.

2) Test on Chapter 16 will be on Thursday, March 19.

March 11: Schizophrenia

Class Activities:

1) Psych News/Neuron Note. You wrote a question. I'll get my responses to you next class. News was presented.

2) Pop Quiz on chapter 16.

3) Schizophrenia Notes and Video clips. We watched a clip of a man named Jerry who has all the classic symptoms of schizophrenia. We also watched the beginning of a Discovery show on schizophrenia. It had great explanation of the disorder.

Assignments:

1) Creative Project is due on Friday.

2) Test on Chapter 16 will be on Thursday, March 19.

March 9: Mood Disorders

Class Activities:

1) Neuron Note/Psych News.

2) I collected your handout for the disorder you will present next week. Work on your creative part this week. It was

4) Mood Disorders Notes. Depression, Dysthmia, and Bipolar Disorder.

5) "Fires of the Mind: Depression and Bipolar" Discovery Health program. It is really good at seeing what is these disorders would be like.

Assignments:

1) Read and take notes over chapter 16 to the end.

2) Work on your creative project. It is due on Friday.

March 5: Anxiety Disorders

Class Activities:

1) Neuron Note/Psych News. Keep writing those questions. I'll answer them once I finish all those free-responses! :) Psych News

2) Checked Sources. You needed to show me your book titles and websites for you to learn about your selected disorder.

3) Anxiety Disorders. We took notes and watched video clips on over four main ones: Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia, and OCD. Amazing. I shared articles on them and heard stories.

Assignments:

1) Read and take notes over chapter 16 up to page 646.

2) Research your disorder for the creative project. Bring your handout with all the information on Monday.

March 3: Review Test/Select Disorder

Class Activities:

1) Neuron Note/Psych News. No Neuron Note. Psych News. When you are signed up, please be prepared at the beginning of class.

2) Review Test. We reviewed the most difficult questions on the chapter 15 test.

3) Select disorder to research. Each of you will research a selected disorder. The assignment is to make a handout with all sorts of information about this disorder, make something creative related to this disorder, and present it all to class. In class today, you chose your disorder. Start researching it. For our next class on Thursday, bring 5 sources that you are using to learn about your disorder. Your handout is due next Monday. Your creative project is due on Friday, March 13th.

4) What is abnormal? We talked about what is normal and what is abnormal. There are three criteria I use when determining if something is a mental disorder:
1. Does it violate cultural norms?
2. Is it harmful for yourself or others?
3. Does it make your life inefficient?

We also talked about labeling and its problems, the DSM-IV, drapetomania, the study of being sane in insane places, and more.

Assignments:

1) Read and take notes over chapter 16 up to page 633.

2) Research your disorder for the creative project. Bring 5 resources to class on Thursday.

3) Mental Disorders Websites. This assignment takes you through two great websites on mental illness: the National Institutes of Mental Health website and a website for online diagnoses. Complete the questions and you view them. Due on Thursday too.

February 27: Test on Personality

Class Activities:

1) No Neuron Note or Psych News today.

2) Multiple Choice Test on Personality.

3) Free-Response on Personality. You had 25 minutes to complete it.

4) Pick up Abnormal Psych Outline and Creative Project Assignment.

Assignments:

1) Read and take notes over chapter 16 up to page 619

February 25: Social Cognitive Theories and the Self

Class Activities:

1) Neuron Note/Psych News. You wrote a new question and read the answers to your questions.

2) Pop Quiz. :)

3) Social Cognitive Perspective.

Reciprocal Determinism clarification.

"Shindler's List" clip: The Jewish maid has lost all sense of control in her life. Have you ever felt a lack of control? What does that do to your personality?

Locus of Control Survey.

4) The Self.

Self-Esteem survey and evaluation. Notes on self-esteem.

The Dark Side of Self-Esteem notes and discussion.

Biased Self-Ratings. Better-than-average Phenomenon.

Self-Handicapping. Don't create an excuse for failure on Friday's test!

Assignments:

1) STUDY!!! Test on chapter 15 on Friday, February 27th. Multiple Choice and Free-Response

2) Personality Free-Response. Use this to practice for the test. Due on Friday.

February 23: Humanism & Trait

Class Activities:

1) Neuron Note/Psych News. You wrote a new question and read the answers to your questions.

2) Grade 2002 Free-Response on Development. Again, you got an idea of what these might be like. You probably were not able to answer it all, but how did you handle that? Did it cause you stress or were you able to use your knowledge to attempt to answer it?

3) Humanistic Perspective.

"Dead Poet's Society:" Neal tries to be true to himself but his father's expectations bury him.

Perceived vs. Ideal Self: Are they the same? Can we self-actualize?

Obstacles of Self-actualization

4) Trait Perspective.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Notes.

Keirsey Temperament Sorter: You completed the survey and found your "type" (i.e., ENFJ)

Big Five Survey: You got your score of extraversion, emotional stability, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness.

Assignments:

1) Finish chapter 15.

2) Personality Free-Response. Use this to practice before next week's test.

February 19: Psychoanalysis

1) Neuron Note/Psych News. You wrote a new question and read the answers to your questions.

2) Free-Response Grading. You wrote your first free-response essay. This one was related to research methods and you got a chance to see the rubric and grade your own. I gave many suggestions such as: use paragraphs and sound like a psychologist.

3) Freud and Psychoanalysis. We took a survey to see if psychoanalysis is in our lives today. I gave notes on Freud. Then we completed a handout of defense mechanisms to understand the examples of each type.

Assignments:

1) Read and take notes over chapter 15 pages 600-614.

2) Another Free-Response Question. Give yourself 30 minutes at home to read, outline, and write each essay.