AGENDA – MONDAY, APRIL 7TH

Psychological Disorders

• Overview• Perspectives

DSM-V

• Example

Begin project

Homework: Reading Quiz TUESDAY

AP COUNTDOWN: 28 regular days, 19 school days

PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERSBEHAVIOR MUST BE CONSISTENT AND/OR REPEATED

Someone’s behaviors, thoughts, and/or feelings must be…

• 1.) Deviant• 2.) Distressful• 3.) Dysfunctional

PERSPECTIVES

Psychodynamic

• Disorders arise from childhood conflicts or unconscious thoughts

• Examples• Most people who suffer from DID had extremely

abusive childhoods• People with anxiety have failed to repress past

experiences with stimuli

PERSPECTIVES

Humanistic

• Disorders arise from a failure to strive towards one’s full potential

• Being out of touch with one’s true feelings• Examples

• People who suffer from depression are unable to get out of their low on their own

PERSPECTIVES

Cognitive

• People suffer from disorders because their train of thought is irrational, dysfunctional, inappropriate

• Examples• Most personality disorders originate because people

view the world and certain situations in drastically different lights

PERSPECTIVES

Sociocultural

• Disorders arise from a dysfunctional society and home life

• Examples• Why do so many homeless people suffer from

disorders? (keep in mind, there are many ways to answers this question)

PERSPECTIVESBiological (Biomedical)

• Disorders come from genetic inheritances, organic problems, or chemical imbalances

• Examples• People who suffer from

depression have a lack of serotonin production within their brain

• People with antisocial personality disorder have a malfunctioning amygdala

PERSPECTIVES

Behavioral

• People have disorders because certain behaviors and thoughts have been reinforced, punished, or observed over many years

• Examples• Someone with PTSD would have been continually

punished by the loud noises and threatening stimuli around them in a war-like situation

PERSPECTIVES

Biopsychosocial

• Combination of many different perspectives• Argues that people can have genetic

predispositions AND a bad environment AND cognition can play a role in developing a disorder

• Examples:• An individual with a genetic predisposition for

depression could lose their job and develop the disorder

DSM-V“The big book of disorders”

Explains symptoms and a person’s background

Does not provide treatment or reasons why a person developed the disorder

AGENDA – TUESDAY, APRIL 8TH

Abnormal Psych Reading Quiz

Work on Fractured Fairy Tales project

Frequently Asked Questions

Work time on laptops

Homework: Project due THURSDAY

FAQSWhich version of the fairy tale can my group use?

Any version, as long as you specify which one and you stay consistent

Where should I save my project?

Google Drive. Always.

Does every group need to present their case study?

Yes, but you can earn extra credit by making it more visually appealing for your classmates

I really need to present it to the class?

Yes.

What if we don’t know the character’s family or medical history?

Use whatever information is available to you from their story. Do not fabricate very important information, but get creative with their thoughts and emotions based on their known behavior

AGENDA – MONDAY, APRIL 14TH

Practice FRQ – Abnormal Psych

Begin therapy notes

Homework:

Reading Quiz Tomorrow

Exam #5: Monday, April 21st

AP Test countdown: 14 school days, 21 regular days

CASE STUDIES

Josephine Armitage

Borderline Personality Disorder

Odd, erratic behavior

Avoids being abandoned

Repeated self-mutilation and suicide attempts

No feelings of euphoria and intense excitement (not bipolar disorder)

No constant behavior (not depression)

CASE STUDIES

Rosalind Noonan

Conversion Disorder

No medical cause of stuttering

Not in extreme pain or physically disabled

Precipitated by extreme emotions and recall of these past feelings