AGENDA – MONDAY, APRIL 7TH Psychological Disorders

• Overview• Perspectives

DSM-V• Example

Begin projectHomework: Reading Quiz TUESDAYAP COUNTDOWN: 28 regular days, 19 school days

PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERSBEHAVIOR MUST BE CONSISTENT AND/OR REPEATEDSomeone’s behaviors, thoughts, and/or feelings must be…

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

PERSPECTIVESPsychodynamic

• 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

PERSPECTIVESHumanistic

• 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

PERSPECTIVESCognitive

• 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

PERSPECTIVESSociocultural

• 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

PERSPECTIVESBehavioral

• 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

PERSPECTIVESBiopsychosocial

• 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 backgroundDoes not provide treatment or reasons why a person developed the disorder

AGENDA – TUESDAY, APRIL 8TH Abnormal Psych Reading QuizWork on Fractured Fairy Tales project

Frequently Asked QuestionsWork 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 consistentWhere 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 classmatesI 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 PsychBegin therapy notesHomework:

Reading Quiz TomorrowExam #5: Monday, April 21st AP Test countdown: 14 school days, 21 regular days

CASE STUDIESJosephine Armitage

Borderline Personality DisorderOdd, erratic behaviorAvoids being abandonedRepeated self-mutilation and suicide attemptsNo feelings of euphoria and intense excitement (not

bipolar disorder)No constant behavior (not depression)

CASE STUDIESRosalind Noonan

Conversion DisorderNo medical cause of stuttering Not in extreme pain or physically disabledPrecipitated by extreme emotions and recall of these past feelings