Psychology courses - The First Set of 8

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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY-ONLINE

WINTER 2014 DE ANZA COLLEGE

Linda Hurkmans, M.A.

Psyc-004.-63Z

Office hour: ONLINE CRN: 01864

Office mailbox: 4.0 units

Social Science Division Office L13 lindahurkmans@sbcglobal.net

De Anza College Distant Learning Center Info: Office Location Room 250 in the Media & Learning Center (MLC) Phone: 408-864-8969 FAX: 408-864-8245 Email http://distance.deanza.fhda.edu M-Th, 10:00 am–7:00 pm Fri: CLOSED

Please see MyPsychLab Registration Instructions for how to get onto the website. The COURSE ID is hurkmans51639

Attendance – This course is 100% online. However, besides reading the textbook, students MUST log onto MyPsychLab every week to view video clips, and take exams online. Those who fail to log onto the website each week, will be viewed as “inactive” in the class and might be dropped by the instructor.

Recommended but not Obligatory Prerequisite

:

General Psychology -PSYC 1. Also recommended eligibility for EWRT 1A or ESL 5 advised

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is intended to provide a historical overview of abnormal psychology with emphasis on current paradigms and models in psychopathology and therapy including a survey of research methodology; clinical assessment, classification, and diagnosis with special focus on cultural, gender, and age issues in psychopathology and therapy.

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK

Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World. 9th ed., Pearson Education, Inc., 2013 Authors: Jeffrey S. Nevid, Spencer A. Rathus, and Beverly Greene.

ISBN

9781269455770 NEVID

ABNORMAL PSYCH + MYPSYCHLAB PKG Note: this ISBN is for the textbook and access to the website MyPsychLab in which the

ENTIRE Psy 4 course will occur.

The textbook and access code are available through the De Anza College Bookstore http://books.deanza.edu/CourseMaterials.aspx

and through the publishers’ website custom built for you:

http://www.pearsoncustom.com/ca/deanza-mission_psych

Pick your campus: De Anza College. Pick your course: Psych 4 De Anza Winter 2014. Please be careful: DO NOT buy any access code that you find anywhere. It probably will NOT work to get you online with this course and will just cause frustration and waisted money. For help at anytime, please contact Pearson Education

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FINAL COURSE GRADE: will be based on

 Taking 15 chapter exams for all the assigned chapters worth 10 points each taken as specified below for a total of 150 points.

 Paper #1 on Cognitive Therapy worth 50 points

 Paper #2 Research Paper on a Mental Disorder worth 50 points

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TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE FOR THE COURSE = 250

These points determine FINAL COURSE GRADE: Paper #1: A = 45-50 points B = 38-44 C = 28-36 D = 20-27 F = 19 and below and Paper #2 A = 45-50 points B = 38-44 C = 28-36 D = 20-27 F = 19 and below and

15 Required Weekly Chapter Exams:

(15 exams x 10 points each = 150 points possible)

(All you have to do to earn 10 points for each exam is take them ON TIME! and score 70% or above. If you miss an exam, take it late, or score 69% or below, you will receive 0 points for the exam. NO EXCEPTIONS.)

GRADE for Psych 4 course: A = 240-250 total points B = 226-239

C = 180-225 D = 166-179 F = 165 and below

Be prepared to spend at least 12 hours per week using and studying course materials.

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How to Get Started-Watch Your Deadlines!

1. Register for the Psychology 4 course at De Anza College.

2. Complete the Online Orientation through the De Anza College Distant Learning website and submit the Student Information Form by 5:00 pm Friday, Jan. 10. If you do not make that deadline, you might be dropped from the course. Be ready to give your email address that you will use ALL quarter. All email correspondence with your instructor will happen with that same email address, so please keep it the same. Online Orientation may be found at:

http://deanza.edu/distance/

3. Purchase the course text and materials.

4. Register onto the MyPsychLab website by 11:59 pm Friday, Jan. 10 using your access code. This is where the Psy 4 course happens completely ONLINE. The course does NOT happen on Catalyst. If you do not make that deadline, you might be dropped from the course.

5. Start your studies.

Read Text Chp.s

Students can read the hard copy or the e-Text.

Please be self-motivated and make sure to read the required chp.s each week.

View Videos

See instructions on last page of syllabus.

On the MyPsychLab website. View each video clip that pertains to the text chp. you are reading.

Exams (worth 150 points total)

See instructions on last page of syllabus. I will be checking to see that you are taking them each week. You must take the chapter exams on time and earn a 70% or above score in order to earn the 10 points for each exam. If you score anything 69% or below, take an exam late or fail to take an exam, you will lose 10 points per exam. If you take All of the chp. exams on time and earn a 70% or above, you will earn a total of 150 points. NO MAKE-UP exams. No exceptions. As a distant learner you MUST organize your time and keep to the deadlines.

Submit 2 Papers via email to the Instructor to

lindahurkmans@sbcglobal.net

If you submit your paper to ANY other email address, you will not get credit for your paper.

In the subject line of the email, please write, for example “Megan Nguyen’s Psych 4 Paper #1”

Please simply copy and paste the paper right into the body of the email. If you send it in another format, you will not get credit for your paper. All papers should be 5 pages, font size of 12, spell-checked, and college level paper. They are due by 11:59pm on their due dates.

Please cite at least 4 resources that you used on a separate bibliography page. Use your textbook and at least 3 other resources, such as:

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(You do not have to purchase anything from these websites. Just use them for information.) http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/dsm4Trclassification.htm http://psychcentral.com http://allpsych.com http://apa.org http://www.dsmivtr.org http://www.mentalhealthchannel.net http://www.psychnet.uk.com http://www.revolutionhealth.com http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/DSM-IV http://www.dsm5.org http://www.medscape.com

Papers are worth a maximum of 50 points each. Late work will NOT be

accepted!!

As a distant learner you MUST organize your time and keep to the deadlines.

Psych 4 Paper #1 DUE:

11:59pm on

Friday Feb. 7

(worth a maximum of 50 points):

On Cognitive Therapy Explaining who the theorists were and what

these terms mean:

Aaron Beck, Cognitive Triad of Depression, Albert Ellis, Rational Emotive Therapy. Martin Seligman. “Learned Helplessness”.

Also, see chp. 8 page 269, Table 8.6 on Cognitive Distortions and Rational Responses.

Think about any Automatic Thoughts you have had in the past or still do have.

For example, you may write it like this: Automatic Thought:

I just do not have the brains for college. Kind of Cognitive Distortion:

Labeling and mislabeling Rational Response:

Stop calling yourself names like stupid. I can accomplish a lot more than I give myself credit for.

Then write several sentences explaining:

What do you say to yourself? What is the type of situation in which you say that to yourself. Which emotions are you feeling when you say that to yourself? What is the Kind of Cognitive Distortion(s) that cognitive

therapists would say you are using? Are you aware that you do this? What are some Rational Responses you have learned or can learn now that you are more aware that you may be using some irrational and negative automatic

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you.

Use your text reading, videos, flashcards and any other resources on MyPsychLab to help you explain these terms well. Use your own analytical skills and what you have learned from Cognitive Therapy to examine your cognitive distortions and how you can use more rational responses. Email the paper to lindahurkmans@sbcglobal.net

Psych 4 Paper #2 DUE:

11:59pm on

Friday March 21

on a Mental Disorder (worth a maximum of 50 points): Write a research

paper on one of the Mental Disorders that was OR was NOT covered in this

course. You may choose which Mental Disorder you will explore in this paper. Describe the symptoms, typical onset (do we know from research what age

this disorder typically begins?), prognosis (for this given disorder, what are

we looking at? How will it progress? How long will it last? How does it typically respond to treatment), and what are effective treatments? According to the new DSM 5, how would this disorder be classified (for example a personality disorder, a mood disorder, etc.). On which Axis would it be written on the DSM diagnosis? Why did you choose this topic (ie, you saw it in a movie, or it has affected someone you know, or you always wondered about it, etc.) Discuss the ramifications for friends or family members of a person who has this disorder. How are they impacted? Are there any misconceptions among the general public about this disorder? Email to lindahurkmans@sbcglobal.net

Need help with the Paper

If you are having trouble please flag your email with “questions on the assignment” or “help needed with the Psy 4 Online Paper” or something to that effect. That way I don’t just think you are submitting your assignment and fail to respond quickly.

Extra Credit No Extra Credit is given in this class.

COURSE POLICIES

Those discovered to be cheating (unauthorized collaboration, plagiarizing on papers, etc.) will be given an F grade for the course and may be reported to college authorities for expulsion.

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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY CLASS SCHEDULE (subject to change)

WINTER 2014

Week 1:

-Monday:

-Register for the Psy 4 course and pay your tuition at De Anza College.

-Complete the Online Orientation through the De Anza College Distant Learning website by 5:00 pm Friday, Jan. 10. If you do not make that deadline, you might be dropped from the course.

-Buy required textbook and online access to MyPsychLab website.

Deadline to register onto the MyPsychLab using your online access code is

11:59 pm Friday, Jan. 10. If you do not make that deadline, you might be dropped from the course.

-Log onto MyPsychLab -Read text chp. 1

-View corresponding video clips.

NO EXAMS DUE FOR WEEK #1. I will let you get oriented to the website first. NOTE: some weeks will have 1 exam due and some weeks will have 2 exams due. You are responsible for following the schedule. NO LATE EXAMS PERMITTED. Week 2:

-View corresponding video clips.

-Take Chp. Exam for chp. 1 by 11:59pm on Sunday Jan.19. I will be checking them. See instructions for taking exams on last page of this syllabus. You MUST take the chp. exams by their deadline in order to get credit for them. Thank you!

Week 3:

-View corresponding video clips

-Take chp. exams for chp.s 2 and 3 by 11:59pm on Sunday Jan. 26. I will be checking them.

Week 4:

-Log onto MyPsychLab -Read text chp. 4, 5

-Take chp. exams for chp.s 4 and 5 by 11:59pm on Sunday Feb. 2. I will be checking them.

Week 5:

-Take chp. exams for chp.s 6 and 7 by 11:59pm on Sunday, Feb. 9. I will be checking them.

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Week 6:

-Take chp. exam for chp. 8 by 11:59pm on Sunday Feb. 16. I will be checking them.

Week 7:

-Take chp. exams for chp.s 9 and 10 by 11:59pm on Sunday Feb. 23. I will be checking them.

Week 8:

-Take chp. exam for chp. 11 by 11:59pm on Sunday March 2. I will be checking them.

Week 9:

-Take chp. exams for chp.s 12 and 13 by 11:59pm on Sunday March 9. I will be checking them.

Week 10:

-Take chp. exam for chp. 14 by 11:59pm on Sunday March 16. I will be checking them.

Week 11:

-Submit Paper #2 on a Mental Disorder by 11:59pm on Friday March 21 No chp. exams this week.

Week 12: FINALS Week at De Anza College. Your Final Exam is

simply your last chp. exam (chp. 15)

-Log onto MyPsychLab -Read text chp. 15

-Take chp. exam for chp. 15 by 11:59pm on Sunday March 23.

Final grades will be available via MyPortal on the De Anza College website once posted by faculty.

Students, please be responsible for completing your work according to the above dates. My advice to any distant learner is to try not to let the work pile up and then feel overwhelmed. Just take it day by day.

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INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO TAKE THE CHAPTER EXAMS

(Please ignore that it says Psych 1 Summer 2013. This is just an example.)

1. Go to the Assignment Calendar and click on the date something is due. See the Red circle to show you this.

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INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO VIEW THE VIDEOS:

Go to the Video Series and click on the picture. See the red writing we wrote for you “Click here”. For example: