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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:

Module 5.4a: Anxiety Disorders (Virtual Lecture 49:26 to END)
- Causes of Anxiety Disorders
Module 5.4b: Depressive & Bipolar Disorders (Virtual Lecture watch up to Bipolar disorder)
- Depression – the most prevalent disorder – view transparency of symptoms.

What's it like to have Depression? (2 min)
How do the different perspectives explain depression.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (4 min)
Persistent Depressive Disorder/Dysthymic Disorder – how is different from depression?
State dependent memories & depression – an in-class exercise.
Watch Fires of the Mind: Mood Disorder DVD (49 min). Watch segments on:
- Biology of Depression (27:30-29:50)
- Adolescent Depression (30:50-33:45)
- Depression Treatment with Medication (33:45-35:00)
- Parts of the Brain Involved in Depression & their Response to Medication (39:20-42:00)
Conquering Depression: How I Became My Own Hero - (8 min) - A teen talks about her journey and victory over depression.

Teen Suicide Prevention (4 min)

Suicide Prevention Hotline
TED Talk: Why People Choose Suicide (15 min) - What's going on inside the mind of a person who attempts suicide? How one's perception affects their decision making. A thoughtful discussion. (+1 extra credit)
TED Talk: From suicidal to hopeful, how I learnt to fight (9 min)

Further Your Understanding on Your Own:

Try this Beck Depression Inventory Survey to see if you exhibit any symptoms of Depression.

Need to review on your own?
- Review today's lesson using the Khan Academy Overview on Major Depression (11 min)
- Crash Course #30: Depressive & Bipolar Disorders

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:

EXTRA CREDIT PODCASTS & VIDEOS: Complete the Podcast Extra Credit handout as you watch/listen. (+1 point)
- Stanford Professor's lecture on Depression - see how a college professor explains Major Depression. (thanks to Micah B. for sharing this one!)
- TED Talk: Why People Choose Suicide (15 min) - What's going on inside the mind of a person who attempts suicide? How one's perception affects their decision making. A thoughtful discussion.
- TED Talk: Conquering Depression: How I Became My Own Hero - (8 min) - A teen talks about her journey and victory over depression.
- TED Talk: Laura Bain - Living with Bipolar Disorder (15 min)
- Radiolab - A Flock of Two (18 min) - Can a talking parrot help a man with Bipolar Disorder?
- Radiolab - Elements: Lithium (33 min) - How Lithium could hold the key to your brain and help those with Bipolar Disorder
- RadioLab - How to Cure What Ails You (22 min) - Groundbreaking work in the field of depression that just may help us toward better diagnosis and treatment.
- RadioLab - The Fix (40 min)- Could we treat addiction as a medical problem and simply treat it with medication? This fascinating episode looks at the possibilities.
- RadioLab - Forget About Blame? (17 min) - Should we focus on who's to blame for crimes or instead on the risk that they'll committ them again? (second store of this episode)
- RadioLab - Fault Line (25 min) - When a brain abnormality causes you to committ a crime, should you be held responsible?
- Worried Sick: A Journey into the Anxious Teenage Mind - (14 min. video - NY Times)
EXTRA CREDIT ARTICLES: do the article review for one or two of the following articles (1 point each - 2 article limit) - You can create your own NY Times account using the school's access - Go to https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/digitalpass and using your school email, set up an account.:
1. NY Times: Nowhere Else to Go - A shortage of in-patient care leades suicidal teens to go to ERs.
2. NY Times: Treating the Mentally Ill Homeless in LA

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:

Module 5.4b: Depressive & Bipolar Disorders (Virtual Lecture watch Bipolar disorder to END)
- What are the biological factors that contribure to Bipolar Disorder?
- Watch Fires of the Mind: Mood Disorder DVD (49 min). Watch segments on:
  - Bipolar (start at 3:10-12:15)
  - Bipolar/Mania biology & treatment (16:10-20:25)
  - If time allows: Spending Mania (20:15-26:55)
- Case study of mania (5 min) - look for symptoms we discussed.
Further Your Understanding on Your Own:
- Try this Khan Academy video on Bipolar Disorder (4 min)
- Vice: Living with Bipolar (13 min)
- TED Talk: Laura Bain - Living with Bipolar Disorder (15 min)
- Watch the documentary Of Two Minds - trailer - (actual documentary is 1 hour 30 minutes)
- Crash Course #30: Depressive & Bipolar Disorders
  - 0:00 Bipolar Disorder Explained
  - 4:30 Bipolar Disorder
  - 5:48 Causes of Mood Disorders
  - 7:00 Mood Disorders in the Brain - Neurotransmitters

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:

Module 5.4c: Schizophrenia (Virtual Lecture)
- Intro to Schizophrenia: Stolen Minds, Stolen Lives (1:30) - see full documentary here.
- TED: What is Schizophrenia (5 min)
- Examples of Schizophrenia:
  - Case study of person with schizophrenia with paranoid symptoms (start at 7:00-10:50 to see delusions of grandeur on time travel)
  - Schizophrenia: Symptoms in Patient Gerald S. (8 min.)
  - A person with schizophrenia explains what is happening as they have an episode (11 min - 8:20 discusses hearing voices)
  - What’s it like to have Schizophrenia (3 min)
  - WebMD Voices: Living with Schizophrenia (10 min)
  - Schizophrenia & Mental Illness: What The Voices In My Head Say (5 min)
- Types of Hallucinations
  - Experience what a hallucination is like: See Warm-up at the top of today's lesson
- Disorganized Speach "Word Salad" Example (1 min)
- Prevalence & Potential Causes of Schizophrenia
- How do the major perspectives explain Schizophrenia?
- How do people successfully live with Schizophrenia? (25 min)
Need a quick review of Schizophrenia?

Khan Academy Video Reviews:
- Schizophrenia (6 min)
- Biological Basis of Schizophrenia (14 min)
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!
Extra Credit (+1):
- NY Times: 24, And Trying to Outrun Schizophrenia

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:

Classical & Operant Conditioning Review Quiz (modules 3.7a & 3.8a)

Module 5.4d: Dissociative Disorders: (Virtual Lecture)

Describe a time when you were spaced out and later couldn’t remember what you did. How does this compare to dissociation?
Three kinds of Dissociative Disorders Explained - APA Website
- Dissociative Amnesia
- Dissociative Fugue
- Dissociative Identity Disorder

Disociative Identity Disorder Examples:
- The Brain: Module 23: Multiple Personality Disorder – The Case of Tony (4 min)
- Woman with 6 Personalities (6 min)
- 60 Minutes: Treating DID (4 min)
- DID - 16 minutes with a person who has DID - (4:00 - Alters described, 6:20 how a switch looks, 12:50 - treatment) (short interview)
Other Dissociative Disorders:

Vice: Living with Dissociative Depersonalizational Derealization Disorder (9 min)
- Includes use of EMDR - Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy that involves moving your eyes a specific way while you process .

Is Dissociative Identity Disorder real? A psychiatrist responds to a person's question

Three Faces of Eve

Continue Exploring on Your Own:

Person with DID in which his brain waves are measured during a few of his alters - Cameron West segment from Oprah (4 min)
The Case of Sybil: A Brillian Hysteric? - NY Times takes a look at the famous case of Sybil who was said to have 16 personalities.
After our lesson today, come back to this question: Is Dissociative Identity Disorder real?
Kim Noble - woman with DID on Oprah (5:20)
American Undercover: Multiple Personality (59 min) - Emmy award-winning documentary looks into how people can develop multiple personalities
The Unexplained: Multiple Personality Disorder - DVD Clip of Gary, the Dissociative Farmer who thinks he’s a woman or baby 2:10-18:50 (16 min).

Review with Crash Course #32: Dissociative Disorders
- 8:10 Dissociative Disorders defined
- 8:45 Dissociative Identity Disorder

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:

Module 5.4d: Personality Disorders (Virtual Lecture)
- The three clusters of personality disorders (Study Chart - print off to help you study):
  - Cluster A Disorder Types (7 min)
  - Cluster B Disorder Types (11 min)
  - Cluster C Disorder Types (7 min)
- Other Personality Disorders to Explore:
  - TED: Narcissism Explained (5 min)
  - Borderline Personality Disorder (5 min)
  - Histrionic Personality Disorder example (2 min)
  - Antisocial Personality Disorder (3 min)

Overview of Personality Disorder:
- 10 Personality Disorders with Examples (11 min)
- Crash Course #34: Personality Disorders
  - 0:00 Intro to personality disorders
  - 2:05 3 clusters of disorders
  - 3:35 Overlap between disorders - dimensional model
  - 4:35 Borderline PD
  - 5:35 Anti-social personality
  - 6:55 Causes of anti-social personality
  - 9:00 Treatment/Prevention
Example of Antisocial Personality Disorder/Psychopaths:
- Dennis Rader (BTK) Confession (20:10-23:50) Shows the disconnect between an antisocial personality and their crimes. If pressed for time, check 22:40 to see him discuss his crime.
  - BTK Killer Speaks (interview with Dennis Rader - 5 min)
- The Iceman & the Psychologist (45 min) (Watch first 5 minutes) - WARNING - some graphic crime scene images are shown periodically in this documentary.
- Jeffrey Dalmer Interview (4 min)
- Ted Bundy Interview (4 min) - He discusses how he believes an addiction to pornography led to his crimes.
Harry Potter DSM: Personality Disorders:

ASSIGNMENTS:

Finish reading & taking notes on Module 5.4d: Eating, & Neurodevelopmental Disorders (pg. 735-744) - MONDAY.
TEST TUESDAY ON STRESS & DISORDERS (MODULES 5.1a-b, 5.4a-d)! STUDY!!!!
- Psychology of Stress Practice Test
- Stress & Health Practice Test
- Stress Chapter Concept Map
- Diagnosing Disorders Case Review - Check your answers when finished to see how you did.
- Practice Test on Psych Disorders
- Disorders Concept Map
- Quia Review Games
- Name that Disorder - review game
- Quizlet Flash Cards
- Mnemonics for Every Major Psychiatric Diagnosis
- Step Up to Psychology Review Game
- Review Sheet of Psych Disorders

The Science of Mental Illness - Stats & review of neurotransmitters involved with different illnesses all in an easy to read picture form.
Review each major disorder with these easy to read and follow infographics:
- Schizophrenia, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Bipolar, PTSD, OCD, DID, Personality Disorders
Review of Neurotransmitters & Disorders they are associated with.
Harry Potter Disorders Review - Work your way through the lessons and review the different disorders using the characters from the Harry Potter series.
Mr. Sinn Review Videos:
Crash Course Video Reviews:

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.