Abnormal Psychology

Within Abnormal Psychology, we’ll first focus on the following learning outcomes:

• Factors influencing diagnosis

  • Great Research from the APA themselves regarding low inter-rater reliability:
  • Read this critique of the DSM-V (new in 2013) by Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Duke University:

• Etiology of Abnormal Disorders

  • Focused learning on Etiology of Depression Learning Helper / conceptual organizer 

• Treatment of Abnormal Disorders
  

To address some of the learning outcomes above, we’ll engage in the following learning activity (among others of course!): 

What is Weird; An in class reflection on abnormality

• Jahoda’s Health Model is a theoretical approach to understanding what is mental wellness: HERE

Application of your understanding of “concepts of abnormality”: Concepts of Abnormality

Psychological Disorders is a sub-unit of Abnormal Psych and has the following Learning Outcomes:

• Describe symptoms and prevalence of at least one disorder 
• Analyze etiologies (in terms of biological, cognitive, and sociocultural factors) of at least one disorder
  

  To address the above learning outcome, we’ll engage in the following debate! Some Resources below

  • ICD-10 Description of Major Depressive Disorder
  • DSM-V Description of Major Depressive Disorder 
  • Depression-review-debate: Depression-ETIOLOGY-DEBATE

Implementing Treatment is another sub-unit of Abnormal Psych and has the following Learning Outcomes:

• Discuss the use of eclectic approaches to treatment

• Discuss the relationship between etiology and therapeutic approach in relation to one disorder.

Abnormal Study Guide to Studies: 

Linked here, is our class google doc that we’ll use to cooperatively collate all our innovative and  current  research satisfying the learning outcomes of the Abnormal Unit!!!!!!

Abnormal Paper 2 Essay Writing Study Guide