Social Psych Peeps Diorama Challenge

Want to earn additional points on your upcoming Social Psychology test? Do you have an abundance of Marshmallow Peeps left over from Easter? Well, do I have an opportunity for you!

Create a Peeps Diorama illustrating a Social Psych principle of your choice. Snap a photo of that thing and Tweet it or email it to me. For full contest rules, click here.

Psych Disorders & Treatment Review

Reviewing for your Psych Disorders and Treatment Unit Test is going to require you to bring your A-game. You've been working hard all year to master your study habits, so put those hard-earned skills to work in the week ahead.

This unit has a lot (100+) of confusing-sounding vocabulary terms (e.g, drug names, disorder names), so it would be easy to get bogged down in vocabulary. I would highly recommend that you avoid simple "death-by-flashcard" review and instead focus on identifying connections and relationships between ideas. For example: if using flashcards, can you group terms into piles by category? Which ones are anxiety disorders? Which therapeutic techniques are behavioral?

To help you focus your studies and recognize the relationships between the vocabulary terms, I've created this Short List of key items for review. You might question whether this is "short" or not, it will provide a place to start.

Study Session Materials:

• Which One Doesn't Belong? (WS)
• Grid: Comparing Treatment Approaches
• Practice FRQ on Psych Disorders & Treatment
• Review Activity: Who Would Say That? (Therapists)
• Review Activity: Who Would Say That? (Patients/Disorders)
• Review Activity: Treatment Identification

Class Notes/Activities on Psychological Disorders


Therapy & Treatment - Unit 13


Biomedical Treatments (4/14/15)

The New Asylums

Interested in viewing the rest of documentary that we excerpted in class? The New Asylums aired on Frontline in 2006. It features an excellent overview of the difficulties of treating persons with mental illness in prison systems, and is definitely worth a watch (though, take the "graphic content" warning seriously: some of these inmates are very ill and their speech and behavior reflect that).

I wish we had time to view the entire thing in class. Perhaps after the AP Exam?

Practice Exam - Friday, April 3

Location:

Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe (large meeting room)

1120 122nd Street

Chippewa Falls, WI 54729

Start Time: 9:00 AM

Come early and buy a cup of coffee or tea. We’ll have breakfast snacks available in the meeting room, but you’re also free to purchase other items, if you like.

Bring:

• A pencil and a blue or black pen
• A watch that does not beep?
• Your student #

We will be reversing the order of the test sections (FRQ's first, MC second) to (hopefully) allow you to know how you did before you leave.

Sign-Up: Spring Check-In Meetings

Hi all,

With April upon us, it's time to check in and see how things are going. Similar to the process we used in the fall, I'd like you to sign up for a time to meet with me and discuss your progress and plans for the month ahead. :)

Please make a note of the time you scheduled (note it in your phone, if needed), as rescheduling (if you miss) will be difficult given my full schedule.

Find a time and sign up using this document.

Anxiety Disorders - Activities for 3-27-15

Hi all!

Today you get to explore an interesting category of disorder in the DSM-5: Anxiety Disorders. There have been some changes to the way these disorders are described and classified in the newest version of the DSM, so what you learn today may update previous understandings you might have had about these conditions.

(Note: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) used to be considered anxiety disorders in the DSM-IV-TR, and they are related to these conditions. As a result, your text describes them in the same Module, and Hank will describe OCD in today's video. We will address these conditions when I return on Monday.)

Here's what you need to do:

1. Watch the Crash Course video on Anxiety Disorders (below) to get an intro to these conditions.
2. Begin work on your Anxiety Disorders Booklet (due April 2). Today will be the only time you'll get class time to work on this, so use it productively! I will have the old versions of this project on display in the classroom. However, since those are based on DSM-IV-TR criteria, yours will end up looking different! Your sub will provide you with necessary supplies.

Major Issues in Abnormal Psychology - Activities for 3-26-15

Hello, AP Psych classes!

Sorry I couldn't be with you today. I'll be traveling to my meetings today, so your substitute and the wonderful Mr. Hank Green will be taking you through today's lesson on the models for understanding mental illness and their classification systems.

To Do:

1. Watch the Crash Course video on Psych Disorders (below).
2. Complete the accompanying WS. 

You will need access to the DSM-5 (full or desk reference versions), which I will have in the classroom for your use. You'll also need this list of Highlights of Changes from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5.