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.
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