April 1st Class

Just a heads up- we will be doing a little switcharoo.....
On April 1st, we will have a guest speaker coming from '3 Key Elements' who will be speaking about body language and gender! I hope that you all are as excited as I am :)
We will still have the quiz on pages 366-371 tomorrow, however everything else will be moving  to Thursday!
I'll post a link to their website for you to check out before 3 Key Elements comes to speak to us tomorrow! Check it out and start preparing any questions that you may have!

3 KEY ELEMENTS

Unit 3 TEST REVIEW

To best prepare for this test make sure that you are able to list disorders by category, give specific examples, causes and treatments :) Use this list below to help you study! GOOD LUCK 

Name 3 types of Anxiety Disorders?

•       What are some differences between a somatoform and dissociative disorder?

•       Give me an example of 1 of each

•       What about similarities?

•       Give me three symptoms/characteristics of Phobias

•       Give and explain 2 treatments for phobias

•       Name 3 types of Mood Disorders?

•       Give me three symptoms/characteristics of Depression

•       Name 2 causes of depression

•       Give and explain 2 treatments for Depression

•       Name 3 types of Personality Disorders?

•       Name 2 causes of Anti-social personality disorder

•       Give me three symptoms/characteristics of Narcissism

•       Give and explain 2 treatments for Narcissism

•       Be prepared to read different Case Studies, provide diagnosis’ and explain your reasoning why

•       Which type of Schizophrenia can the individual experience relatively normal cognitive/emotional functioning?

•       What does it mean when we say ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ in psychology?

•       What are some positive and negative examples?

•       Describe the different therapy types ie. Cognitive, Behavioral, Humanistic, Biomedical, Psychoanalytical

•       How is Bipolar Disorder different from Depression? 

skits/PowerPoints/projects

I have to say great job on your skits today- I was very impressed

I have finally put all the PowerPoints for the Abnormal psych unit up :)
*they are located under the 'Unit 3: Stress & Disorders' tab

Remember your projects are due next week- so if you haven't already started working on your projects, now is the time!

Have a wonderful weekend!

TEST & STUFF

REMEMBER! Tomorrow is your Unit 2 Test!!!! The study guide is up and ready for you to start studying :)
I told you that I would attach a list of assignments that are due and here they are:

Assignment

1. Nervous System notes

2. Perception (Pt. 1)

3. Consciousness/Dreams & Sleep class notes

4. “How do you know if others are lying?” Class notes

5. OJ Lying Assignment (back of “Lying” handout)

6. Altered States of Consciousness class notes

7.  Dream Interpretation worksheet &  Response to Dream Interpretation questions (on bottom of handout)

8. Meditation Log

9. Dream Interpretations for all 3 dreams

10. Drug Research Paper

Psychology People!

As you know this Wednesday (2/26) is the Unit 2 Test-
This also means that all of your assignments are due Wednesday (2/26).... please bring them and have them ready to turn in to me or else they are late and I cannot accept them!
Because of time constraints we didn't have time to do a good review in class, so I have made a mini study guide for you to use in preparation for your test-
here is a list of terms and a few concepts that you should be familiar with. This means you should be able to describe/define, give an example and apply it; if you are able to do these 3 things you will do very well on the test :)

HAPPY STUDYING!!!

 Nerves

 Stimulant

 Blocker

 Adrenaline

 Amphetamine

 Serotonin

 Somatic

 Autonomic

 Addiction

Dopamine

Depressant

Mimicker

Sleep Apnea

Insomnia

 Meditation

 Freud

Five

Night Terrors

Somatic

 Unconscious

 Circadian Rhythm

 Hypnosis

 REM

Pre-conscious

Neuron (parts and functions)

Sleep Cycle

Drug Categories

Nervous System(parts/division)

DREAMS & such

Today we talked a lot about dreams/sleep.... I know you had tons of questions about specific dreams that I was unable to answer: DON'T FEAR. Monday we will be interpreting your dreams in class, so hopefully lots of your questions will be answered then! This also means that you need to have your dream journal ready to go by Monday!

Here is the link to the sleepwalking documentary that I told you, you could watch for extra credit:
SLEEPWALK DOC.

We also mentioned Lucid Dreaming and how one goes about doing so- this is a website that I found that looked pretty good, if you find something better let me know so I can pass along the information :)
LUCID DREAMING

If you haven't done so, start thinking about psychological disorders that you want to do your project on, so you can sign up next class period!

PSYCH FRIENDS! 

In class today I handed out the UNIT 2 packet- this weekend get started on your dream journal and meditation logs! here are a few links that may help you with your meditations......

Meditation Techniques: http://www.wikihow.com/Sample/Meditation-Techniques

For the 'meditation log' simulation, we did a progressive relaxation technique- here is a variation to the script that I read to you in class:
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/files/Progressive_Muscle_Relaxation.pdf

*Also for those pintrest fans out there if you search MEDITATION some great stuff comes up :)

Also for those of you who asked about the song we listened to it was by Florence & the Machine, 'Only if for a night'.