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:
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:
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: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.
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!
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.
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