Monday, March 31, 2014

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

Monday, March 17, 2014

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? 

Thursday, March 13, 2014

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!