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WEEK 13
2nd Semester
APRIL 28 - MAY 2

MONDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Zung Self-Rating Depressive Scale Survey

While you're completing this, have out your Positive Psych Notes for me to check.

LEARNING TARGETS:

  • ANXIETY DISORDER

    • Potential causes and treatments for Anxiety Disorders.

    MOOD DISORDERS

    • Describe the characteristics for the following mood disorders: major depression, persistent depressive disorder, seasonal affective disorder, bipolar disorder.
    • Describe the role of the following in the development of mood disorders: genetics, brain chemistry, stress & creativity.

AGENDA:

ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Read & Take Notes on Module 5.4c: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (pg. 722-729) - WEDNESDAY.
  • Classical & Operant Conditioning Review Quiz covering Modules 3.7a & 3.8a - THURSDAY

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

TUESDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: TED:  What is Bipolar Disorder? (5 min)

LEARNING TARGETS:

  • BIPOLAR DISORDER:

    • Describe sociocultural factors that influence society’s view of cognition, perception, and behavior, particularly in regards to bipolar.
    • Describe the characteristics & symtpoms for bipolar disorder.

AGENDA:

ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Read & Take Notes on Module 5.4c: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (pg. 722-729) - WEDNESDAY.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Read & Take Notes on Module 5.4d: Dissociative, Personality Disorders (pg. 730-735) - THURSDAY.
  • Classical & Operant Conditioning Review Quiz covering Modules 3.7a & 3.8a - THURSDAY
  • Read & Take Notes on Module 5.4d: Eating, & Neurodevelopmental Disorders (pg. 735-744) - FRIDAY.
  • Test over Stress & Disorders (modules 5.1a-b, 5.4a-d) - TUESDAY!


WEDNESDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Check your understanding of the anxiety & mood disorders you've read about by taking this quick-check self assessment.

What’s it like to have Schizophrenia?  Watch this short 6 minute video to get a 1st person viewpoint.

See Anderson Cooper try a modern version of this simulator (5 min). See an example what simulation is like at the UC Davis Second Life Online Virtual World

LEARNING TARGETS:

  • SCHIZOPHRENIA:
    • Define schizophrenia and describe the various positive and negative symptoms.
    • Describe the characteristics of the three major types of schizophrenia
    • Explain the various theories around the causes of schizophrenia (genetics, parental age, environmental factors, stress, dopamine hypothesis, pruning).

AGENDA:

    • Khan Academy Video Reviews:
    • Schizophrenia: A Case Study  (9 min)Learn more about the brain differences and potential biological causes and the different kinds of symptoms in schizophrenia as well as the treatment of the disorder.
      • What is the common denominator in the development of all disorders?
    • Crash Course #32:  Schizophrenia
      • 0:00  Intro to Schizophrenia & DID
      • 1:30  General Psychotic Symptoms of Schizophrenia
      • 3:30  Delusions
      • 4:00  Hallucinations
      • 5:15  Positive vs. Negative Symptoms
      • 5:35  Disorganized Symptoms
      • 5:55  Brain Abnormalities - Dopamine Theory
      • 7:00  Diathesis Stress Model Explanation for Schizophrenia
      • 7:20  Genetic Predisposition
    • IF Time Allows: Fires of the Mind:  Schizophrenia video

ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Classical & Operant Conditioning Review Quiz covering Modules 3.7a & 3.8a - TOMORROW
  • Read & Take Notes on Module 5.4d: Dissociative, Personality Disorders (pg. 730-735) - TOMORROW.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Read & Take Notes on Module 5.4d: Eating, & Neurodevelopmental Disorders (pg. 735-744) - FRIDAY.
  • Test over Stress & Disorders (modules 5.1a-b, 5.4a-d) - TUESDAY!
THURSDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: NONE - QUIZ TODAY!

LEARNING TARGETS:

  • DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS:

    • Define what is meant by dissociation?
    • What is the difference between dissociative amnesia and dissociative fugue?
    • Describe the characteristics of dissociative identity disorders.

AGENDA:

ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Read & Take Notes on Module 5.4d: Eating, & Neurodevelopmental Disorders (pg. 735-744) - TOMORROW.
  • Test over Stress & Disorders (modules 5.1a-b, 5.4a-d) - TUESDAY!

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Practice Exam #2 in MyAP College Board website. Complete and then fill out the diagnostic item analysis to see what you need to restudy between now and exam day! - Due MONDAY, MAY 12.
FRIDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Do you have any tendancies towards one of these personalities? You can take this online self survey. Be aware though, this is not a diagnostic tool and may not be accurate. It's purposes are for "fun" only.

Working with a partner or by yourself, create an example from movies or TV for each of the different kinds of personality disorders.

LEARNING TARGETS:

  • PERSONALITY DISORDERS:
    • How does a personality disorder differ from most of the other disorders discussed?
    • What are the three categories of personality disorders?
    • Describe the characteristics of the following personality disorders: paranoid, antisocial, schizoid, schizotypal, borderline, narcissistic, histrionic, dependent, avoidant, obsessive-compulsive?

AGENDA:

ASSIGNMENTS:

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Practice Exam #2 in MyAP College Board website. Complete and then fill out the diagnostic item analysis to see what you need to restudy between now and exam day! - Due MONDAY, MAY 12.


WEEK 14
2nd Semester
MAY 5-9

MONDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Watch Dying to be Thin video to better understand what goes on inside the mind of an Anorexic.

  • 3:20-7:15 Anorexia Explained
  • 13:49-24:55 History, Causes, Role of Serotonin & Treatment
  • 28:50-33:25 Diminishing Bone Density due to Anorexia
  • 39:50-44:00 Bulimia causes & treatment explained
  • 44:00-46:55 Experiment looking at the role of CCK in Bulimia
  • 8:45- 13:49  Examples – Looking at high school and supermodel to plus size model perspective (If Time Allows watch all of this segment)

LEARNING TARGETS:

  • EATING DISORDERS:
    • Explain the difference between anorexia nervosa & bulimia nervosa.
    • Describe the symptoms of Binge Eating Disorders.
  • NEURODEVELOPMENT DISORDERS:
    • Describe the symptoms of Specific Learning Disorders, Motor Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD

AGENDA:

ASSIGNMENTS:

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Practice Exam #2 in MyAP College Board website. Complete and then fill out the diagnostic item analysis to see what you need to restudy between now and exam day! - Due MONDAY, MAY 12.
TUESDAY - AP PSYCH

AGENDA:

  • CHOOSE OUR FINAL TEST TAKERS OF THE YEAR!
  • TEST TODAY ON STRESS & PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS (MODULES 5.1a-b, 5.4a-d)

ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Read & Take Notes on Modules 5.5a & 5.5b: Psychotherapies (pg. 745-766) - Use the Study Outline in our Google Classroom to help you! - DUE THURSDAY!

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Read & Take Notes on Modules 5.5c & 5.5d: Evaluating Psychotherapies & Biomedical Therapies (pg. 766-790) - Use the Study Outline in our Google Classroom to help you! - DUE FRIDAY!


WEDNESDAY - AP PSYCH
NO SCHOOL
CLAP-A-THON FOR TEACHERS
THURSDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION:

 

LEARNING TARGETS:

AGENDA:

ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Read & Take Notes on Modules 5.5c & 5.5d: Evaluating Psychotherapies & Biomedical Therapies (pg. 766-790) - Use the Study Outline in our Google Classroom to help you! - DUE TOMORROW!

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:


FRIDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION:

 

LEARNING TARGETS:

AGENDA:

  • Hypnosis - a fun explanation and example of how it works (9 min)

ASSIGNMENTS:

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS: