March 15 AP Psych

March 15 AP Psych

Happy Monday! Let's rock this last quarter of school! Spring Break in two weeks - woohoo!

Open Ended

What awesome stuff did you do this weekend?

Open Ended

Self reflection -How did you do on the test? What do you need to work on to be successful on the AP test in May?

Make up test day

Friday - 19

Will be open all day from 8:00am - 11:50pm and then will close again - plan accordingly

How many narcissists does it take to change a lightbulb?

• Just one. All he has to do is hold it in place while the world revolves around him.

How is an English teacher like a judge?

• They both give out sentences.

  
  

Multiple Choice

In some cultures, depression and schizophrenia are nonexistent.

• True

• False

False

Rates and symptoms of psychological disorders may vary by culture, but no known society is free of depression and schizophrenia

Multiple Choice

The more contact people have with individuals with disorders, the less accepting their attitudes are.

• True

• False

False

Public figures as well as every day people are feeling freer to "come out" and speak with candor about their struggles with disorders such as depression. The more contact people have with individiuals with disorders, the more acceptiing their attitudes are.

Multiple Choice

About 30 percent of psychologically disordered people are dangerous; that is, they are more likely than other people to commit a crime.

• True

• False

False

Too often people with disorders are portrayed as objects of humor or riducle, as homicidal maniacs, or as freaks. Apart from the few who experience threatening delusions and hallucinated vices that command a violent act, mental disorders seldom lead to violence.

Multiple Choice

Research indicates that in the United States there are more prison inmates with severe mental disorders than there are psychiatric inpatients in all the country’s hospitals.

• True

• False

True

A 1999 US Justice Department study found that about 16% of US jail and prison inmates had severe mental disorders - this is roughly 100,000 more than 183,000 psychiatric inpatients in all types of US hospitals. Many people who have been executed or are now on death row have been limited by intellectual disabilities or motivated by delusional voices. The State of Arkansas forcibly medicated one murder with schizophrenia, Charles Singleton, with antipsychotic drugs - in order to make him mentally competent, so that he could then be put to death.

Open Ended

How would you define "psychological disorder"? (no looking it up)

Psychological Disorders: deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thought, feelings, or behaviors

Deviance

Deviance refers to a set of recurring behaviors, thoughts, or emotions that deviate from the normative expectations of a society or are deemed unacceptable. However, eccentricity (or “being strange”) cannot be the sole basis for diagnosis for a psychological abnormality

Distress

Distress refers to negative feelings that an individual may have toward him- or herself, or toward others. There is an overarching theme that things are not well.

Dysfunction

Dysfunction describes the degree to which the individual displays maladaptive patterns of behavior, thought, or emotions. These patterns interfere with his or her ability to function normally in important daily activities like work, school, social relationships, and personal hygiene or health status. Within the disorder, maladaptive behaviors or thoughts may achieve a specific end, but they are ultimately harmful to successful daily living

Danger

Danger to self or others is another feature.