Unit 12- Abnormal Behavior & Therapy

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AP Psychology

Unit 11:  Abnormal Psychology & Treatment

7 - 9 % (Abnormal) 5 - 7 % (Treatment) of the AP Exam

Myers Textbook Chapters/Pages:

Modules  43, 44, 45, 46, 47 (Disorders) 48, 49, 50 (Treatment)

Unit Goals: Check the box when you have mastered the goal. This will help you when you study for the unit assessment, AP exam, and complete the left hand side letter to yourself.  

• Describe contemporary and historical conceptions of what constitutes psychological disorders .

• Recognize the use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the American Psychiatric Association as the primary reference for making diagnostic judgments .

• Discuss the major diagnostic categories, including anxiety and somatoform disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia, organic disturbance, personality disorders, and dissociative disorders, and their corresponding symptoms .

• Evaluate the strengths and limitations of various approaches to explaining psychological disorders: medical model, psychoanalytic, humanistic, cognitive, biological, and sociocultural .

• Identify the positive and negative consequences of diagnostic labels (the Rosenhan study).

• Discuss the intersection between psychology and the legal system (confidentiality, insanity defense)

• Describe the central characteristics of psychotherapeutic intervention .

• Describe major treatment orientations used in therapy (behavioral, cognitive, humanistic) and how those orientations influence therapeutic planning .

• Compare and contrast different treatment formats (individual, group) .

• Summarize effectiveness of specific treatments used to address specific problems .

• Discuss how cultural and ethnic context influence choice and success of treatment ( factors that lead to premature termination of treatment) .

• Describe prevention strategies that build resilience and promote competence.

Unit Overview:

In this portion of the course, students examine the nature of common challenges to adaptive functioning . This section emphasizes formal conventions that guide psychologists’ judgments about diagnosis and problem severity. This section of the course also provides students with an understanding of empirically based treatments of psychological disorders  The topic emphasizes descriptions of treatment modalities based on various orientations in psychology .

Unit Vocabulary: (Disorders)

1. Psychological disorder

2. Medical model

3. Bio-psycho-social perspective

4. DSM-V

5. Neurotic disorder

6. Psychotic disorder

7. Anxiety disorders

8. Generalized anxiety disorder

9. Panic disorder

10. Phobia

11. obsessive-compulsive disorder

12. Mood disorders

13. Major depressive disorder

14. Manic episode

15. Bipolar disorder

16. Schizophrenia

17. Delusions

18. Psychotherapy

19. Eclectic approach

20. Psychoanalysis

21. Resistance

22. Interpretation

23. Transference

24. Client-centered therapy

25. Active listening

26. Behavior therapy

27. Counterconditioning

28. Systematic desensitization

29. Aversive conditioning

30. Token economy

31. Cognitive therapy

32. Cognitive-behavior therapy

33. Family therapy

34. Regression toward the mean

35. meta-analysis

36. Psychopharmacology

37. Lithium

38. Electroconvulsive therapy ECT

39. Psychosurgery

40. lobotomy

People:

• David Rosenhan

Studies:

• Rosenhan, D.L. : On being sane in insane places

• Seligman, M.E. P, & Maier, S.F.:  Failure to escape traumatic shock

Unit 11 - Abnormal Psychology

unit 11 Part 1 Vocabulary  Unit 11, Part 2 Vocabulary Unit 11 Cornell Notes HW

Meyers Textbook         Interactive Notebook TOC     R.Hock 40 study book & Analysis Sheet

UNIT 11 DATES:  

• PROJECT: Wed. 12-19

• CC’s:  Fri. 12-21 - Disorder Matching

• VOCAB DUE:  Tues. 12-18

• VOCAB QUIZ: None

• CORNELL HW PACKET: Fri. 12-21

• NOTEBOOK: * After break

Unit 11 Agenda

Day

Date

Topics Covered/Class Procedure

Homework

Help/Comments

1

Thur.

12-13

Unit 10:  Assessment  - changing it to a 25 MC question QUIZ  (will be timed)

1. Pick up Unit 11 HW Pack

1. Update Unit 11 Dates

1. Assign Unit 11 Project

   1. Plaque

   2. DSM V

   3. DSM V changes

   4. Textbook resource (still references DSM IV, cross reference for updated info in DSM V) from 2011

   5. Cart in classroom of resources - cannot leave the room.

Art Inspiration 1  2

1. Sign up for a topic

1. Introduction to Abnormal psych notes   ppt  

1. Work on Cornell Notes & Vocab

2. Work on Project

2

Fri.

12-14

1. Work on project

1. Finish approaches notes

1. Disorder category notes

1. Work on Cornell Notes & Vocab

2. Work on Project

4

Mon.

12-17

1. Work on project

   1. Pick up paper & plaque

   2. Update TOC

1. Legal issues - the insanity defense- notes

   1. Textbook resource

1. Work on Cornell Notes

2. Finish Project

5

Tues.

12-18

1. Check Vocab Today - have it out on your desk

1. Update TOC - we have a lot  to put in your notebook today!

1. Notebook will not be due until after break  

1. Work on Project

1. Work on cornell notes

1. Finish Project

6

Wed.

12-19

1. Project due!

   1. Two piles -

      1. paper & Work cited

      2. Art & plaque paper clipped together

1. Notes: Treatment

1. Cinderella Therapy

1. Time for left hand sides

1. Finish on Cornell notes

7

Thur.

12-20

1. Mental Illness Art Gallery Walk

   1. Answer Key

1. Pick up left hand sides and work!  

1. Video Examples

   1. OCD

   2. Schizophrenia

   3. Agoraphobia

1. start Cornell Notes

8

Fri. 12-21

Early Release

• CC on Disorders- matching

• Work on unit 12 cornell & Vocabulary

1. Enjoy your break!

2. Work on unit 12 vocabulary & cornell notes

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