Unit XII & XIII Plan: Notice, with the exception of Quiz 1, you will not be reading Unit XII for any quizzes, you will be receiving all the information you need about Psychological Disorders from your classmates and your own research. (Which you will record during Step 9: Psychological Disorders' Note Taking Guide) Quizzes 2-5 will focus on Unit XIII.
Assignments:
Unit XII&XIII Outline Note Taking Guide
Pre-Assessing Your Knowledge of Psychological Disorders
"Psychological Disorders Note Taking Guide"
Research Project Grading Sheet
Case Studies on Disorders (Extra Credit)
Powerpoints
Unit XII Powerpoint
Unit XIII Powerpoint
Research Project Introduction: During your life, all of you will come in contact with a person who has a Psychological Disorder. Many of you are taking this class because you know someone who has a Psychological Disorder. Unfortunately, many people do not understand what the symptoms, causes, or treatments for even the more common Psychological Disorders. Through the following activities you will explore some of the basics and then go into detail on one specific disorder.
Assignments:
Unit XII&XIII Outline Note Taking Guide
Pre-Assessing Your Knowledge of Psychological Disorders
"Psychological Disorders Note Taking Guide"
Research Project Grading Sheet
Case Studies on Disorders (Extra Credit)
Powerpoints
Unit XII Powerpoint
Unit XIII Powerpoint
Research Project Introduction: During your life, all of you will come in contact with a person who has a Psychological Disorder. Many of you are taking this class because you know someone who has a Psychological Disorder. Unfortunately, many people do not understand what the symptoms, causes, or treatments for even the more common Psychological Disorders. Through the following activities you will explore some of the basics and then go into detail on one specific disorder.
Learners: 10th-12th grade students in an elective
Introduction to Psychology/AP Psychology social studies class. The students in this
class generally span the spectrum from special education to honors/AP
students.
Learning Targets:
1. Students can name the five most common categories of Psychological Disorders.
2. Students can name, list a minimum of three symptoms, describe two possible causes, and two forms of treatment for one disorder from each of the five common categories.
3. Students can describe how Psychological Disorders are diagnosed using the DSMIV or the DSM5.
4. Students can name and explain the therapies used to treat most Psychological Disorders
5. Students will demonstrate how to search for “reputable” websites, YouTube clips, and other online resources.
Research Project Grading Sheet: You and I will use this document to evaluate your work for this unit.
Step
1 Background Lesson:
Watch the following presentation to become familiar with what a psychological
disorder is and what the criteria are for diagnosis.
Step 9 Note Taking Guide: Print out the linked "Psychological Disorders Note Taking Guide" and use it to record the essential information from your classmates' presentations.
Step 10 Evaluate your own Project: Click on the following link Research Project Grading Sheet: and evaluate the quality of your work. This will be due the day of the test.
Step 2 Assessing your Knowledge of Psychological Disorders Assignment: Open the linked Google doc titled, "Pre-Assessing Your Knowledge of Psychological Disorders" (make a copy of it in your own "Drive" by clicking on file, "Make a copy") and tell me what you know about each of the major categories. You do not need to look anything up, just tell me what you know. Record your educated guesses on the "Pre-Assessing Your Knowledge of Psychological Disorders" Google doc.
- Mood
Disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Eating
Disorders
- Anxiety
(Stress) Disorders
- Personality Disorders
Step 3 Find a Video: What does it look like, feel like, or how does a person with a Psychological Disorder describe their experience. Use YouTube to find movie clips, documentaries, testimonials, interviews, or audio clips for each of the Psychological Disorders you select. Record your links and a brief description on the "Pre-Assessing Your Knowledge of Psychological Disorders" assignment from step 2.
Below are a few examples:
Below are a few examples:
Description of Bipolar Mood Disorder
Movie Portrayal of Paranoid Schizophrenia
Movie Portrayal of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Movie Portrayal of Paranoid Schizophrenia
Movie Portrayal of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Step 4 Research Project: Pick a specific
psychological disorder and research the following questions using a minimum
of three different sources (one must be the textbook, one must be an ebook).
-Are there any
other disorders or illnesses that are related to this disorder?
2. What is it caused
by? If you can’t find a specific cause, what do they believe are
contributing or correlating factors?
-What are all of the possible
causes? (Particularly those mentioned in the book.)
3. Find a 1-3 minute video clip
that portrays or explains what it is like to have this disorder. Embed
the video into your presentation or your video. If you write a paper,
have the link ready so we can show it in class.
4. What type of therapy is used to deal with this disorder?
-How do the different treatment
methods work, what are they designed to do?
-If they take medications, are
they: mimickers, blockers, re-uptake inhibitors
5. Recommendations on how
one can best interact with
6. (EXTRA CREDIT)
Summarize the results of your Survey (See Step 5) using graphs and your overall
analysis of the responses.
- Here are some reputable sites that might help you in your research:
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Disabled World
- American Psychological Association
- Wikipedia DSM IV Codes
- PsychCentral
- Ebooks on most of the Disorders
- Log In using the following username and password you were given in class
- Hint: it is the name of the school in lower case
- Click on the Ebooks tab, search by subject or key word
- Case Study Questions: Do research on a specific person who has dealt with your selected disorder.
- How and when were they diagnosed?
- How has it affected their life?
- Do they have to/choose to take any medications? What type of therapy have they received?
- List of films & books that deal with this disorder.
- List of any well-known people with this disorder.
- Select a means of presenting your Final Project
- Option 1: A Traditional Explanatory Research Paper
- See attached Graphic Organizer & Rubric
- Option 2: A Power Point or Google Presentation
- See attached Presentation Template & Rubric
- 10 Points Extra Credit if you use this option
- Option 3: A Youtube Video
- See attached Video Rubric
- 15 Points Extra Credit if you use this option
Step 5 Collect the sources you used and attach a Bibliography to your
Research Project
- Option 1: Include a traditional bibliography page at the end of your paper
- Option 2: Include a slide or slides with your bibliography at the end of your presentation
- Option 3: Include a slide or slides at the end of your video with your bibliography
Step 6 (EXTRA CREDIT) Create
a Survey: use Survey Monkey to create a survey
designed to assess your peers and parents attitudes towards and understanding
of psychological disorders. Half of the questions should be general
questions about disorders in general and the other half should be about the
specific disorder you did your research on. Create a minimum of 10
questions and collect responses from a minimum of 10 peers or family
members. The following instructions should get you started.
Summarize your findings in your research paper (or
include it as a part of your Power Point or your Youtube), attach a copy of
your original list of questions and the graphs that are provided by Survey
Monkey (You can do screen shots or use Jing to
save your graphs). Address the following questions in your summary:
- How aware of and how informed about Psychological Disorders are the people around?
- Were you surprised by any of the data you collected or did it support your pre-conceived ideas?
Step
7 Submit your Research Project
via email jeremys@provo.edu (Share doc or send link)
- 3rd & 5th Period before class on Mon. 3/6,
- If you have an Anxiety Disorder it is due on Thurs. 3/2
Step 8 You will have 10 minutes to
present your Disorder in front of the class on your assigned day (see the Unit
Plan for the Categories we will be covering each day.) If you make a
YouTube Video, you will show the video to the class, if you do a
PowerPoint/Google presentation, you will use that to present to the class, if
you write a paper, you will summarize your paper for the class.
Step 9 Note Taking Guide: Print out the linked "Psychological Disorders Note Taking Guide" and use it to record the essential information from your classmates' presentations.
Step 10 Evaluate your own Project: Click on the following link Research Project Grading Sheet: and evaluate the quality of your work. This will be due the day of the test.
To Do Checklist
- Watch the Background Lesson Presentation
- Complete the Pre-Assessing your Knowledge of Psychological Disorders Assignment to include finding video clips (Due day of the test)
- Find a Video and record the source on your "Pre-assessing your knowledge of Psychological Disorders" assignment.
- The Final Project (Paper, Presentation, or YouTube Video)
- Bibliography
- (EXTRA CREDIT) Create and conduct a Survey: summarize your findings, include your questions & Graphs
- Submit your Research Project via email (See Step 7 for due date)
- Present your Disorder to the class on your assigned day
- Fill out the Psychology Disorders Note Taking Guide (Due the day of the test)
- Complete the "Research Project Grading Sheet" (Due the day of the test.)
- Complete the Case Studies Diagnosis Assignment (This will be done in class if we have time at the end of the unit.)
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