Extra Credit Over Break

For Extra Credit you can do 1 of the following for up to 25pts. Max.

1. A 3 page typed paper on a Psychology Topic. Works Cited Include.
2. An original piece of Art describing a Psychological term or phenomenon.

3. An original song or rap.

4. A poster.

12/14-16 D.I.D.-Sybil

12/12-13 Somatoformm Disorders

Somatoform Disorder (Commonly/Formerly known as Hysteria)---Physical Symptoms for which there is no physical cause for.

Conversion Disorder—Battle Fatigue leading to blindness. Emotional Distress leading to the loss of a specific voluntary body function.

Hypochondriasis—A person in good health who is preoccupied with imaginary ailments.

12/7-12 OCD---"As Good As It Gets"

OCD—“As Good As It Gets”

In a reflective paragraph, answer the following question off of the video.

How did Melvin Udall display classic characteristics of OCD? In what ways were his symptoms lessened during the movie? What were the reasons for his recovery?

12/5-6 Anxiety Disorders

Video and Case Studies---In Class

12/2 Intro to Abnormal Psych

Abnormal Psych – Ch. 16 S1----Getting started.

1. What makes a person abnormal?
2. What 3 ways do psychologists draw the line from normal to abnormal?
3. What does Szasz argue about mental illness?
4. What is DSM-IV?
5. What are the 4 descriptions included in each diagnostic category?
6. What are the five major axes in the DSM 4?
7. If you are diagnosed under one of the five axes in DSM-IV, does that mean you’re crazy?

12/1 DEVELOPMENTAL QUIZ

+ Intro to Abnormal Psych.

11/28-30 Adolescence to Adulthood Video

Kohlberg's Moral Development

Parenting Styles

11/17-18 Intro to Developmental Psych

11/16 SLEEP QUIZ

11/14-15 Sleep Video and Review

11/8-10 Dreams on Internet

Find the Dreams on the Internet in the All Assignments Links.

Answer on paper or electronically submit by 11/14.

11/4-7 Sleep

Sleep--Ch. 7 and Outside Readings

11/1-3 Intro to Neuroscience

Reading Guides---Ch. 6 S1&2.
Ch. 6 S3&4.

10/31 LEARNING AND MEMORY EXAM

10/26-28 Memory

Memory Retrieval

3 Stage Model. Primacy/Recency

Ch. 10 S2 RG

Review for Exam

10/25 Social Learning

Operant Cond. Skits

Social Learning---Modeling
Discuss the issue of disinhibition.

10/24 Social Learning

Organize Skits.

Discuss Cognitive Learning (Mental Maps), and Learned Helplessness.

10/21 Social Learning

Ch. 9 S3 RG

10/18-20 Operant Conditioning

Schedules of Reinforcement

Aversive Control---Negative Reinforcement and Punishment.

10/12-17 Classical Conditioning Skits

Also--Assigned Ch. 9 S2 RG

10/10-11 Intro to Memory and Learning

Intro Lecture

Inside/Out Video--The Mind's Storehouse

10/7 PERSONALITY EXAM

10/6 Review for Exam

10/4-5 Personality Internet Activity

Find the Personality Internet Activity from the All Assignments Link.
Do the work in class on Tuesday and Wednesday and be ready to turn in on Thursday 10/6.

10/3 Intro to Trait Theory

OCEAN---The Robust Five


Ch. 14 S5 RG

9/29-30 Humanists and Personality

Maslow's Heirarchy

Roger's self-centered therapy.

9/28 Personality Quiz

9/27 Bandura's Theory

Bobo Doll Experiment

Review

9/26 Behaviorists and Personality

1. Concept Map Due

2. Behaviorist Thoughts on Personality

9/22-23 Freud and the NeoFreudians

Freud Biography

Review of the NeoFreudians.

Concept Map of Psychoanalytic Theory.

9/19-21 Intro to Personality

Video on Personality--Inside Out

Ch. 14 S1-2 Reading Guide Due on Wednesday.

9/16 UNIT I EXAM

9/14-15 The Joe File--Case Study

Group Proj. and Presentation Using the Joe File/Case Study to develop a treatment plan from the 6 major thoughts in Psychology

Review for EXAM

9/13-14 Ch. 1 S1-3 Wksts.

9/12 Intro to Psych Lecture & Video

9/7-9 Week #1

Intro to Psychology

Syllabus---Due on 9/9

Psycholand Tour 9/8

Intro to Overview Unit on Psychology on SmartBoard