I) Internet Assignment:
1) Use the web page providing "links" to Abnormal Psychology sites.
Visit some sites relevant to the homework topics below.
2) Find and use material obtained from one of the relevant web sites
to contribute at least 1
Discussion post related to the homework questions or related
to issues we are covering.
Include in your post a comment, a question, or a response to
someone else's question or comment, making clear what are your own
words.
Put
quotation marks around material you have copied from a relevant web
site.
3) When you use material from a related web site provide a reference for the site from which you obtained information. Follow the guidelines provided on the class web site regarding How to Reference a Web Site.
4) You may wish to quote material from a related site by using "cut and paste" techniques.
5) Remember to use Reload or Refresh to see your new post
6) Read at least 50 % of the posts on the discussion list by
HW due date.
II) Typewritten Assignment
Chapter 4
1) Consider the DSM diagnostic system. What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of this system.
2) Describe some of the tools psychologists use to gather information pertinent for helping understand an individual with abnormal behaviors. Include intelligence testing and the MMPI.
Chapter 5
3) What is panic disorder and how is it related to agoraphobia?
4) Describe obsessive-compulsive disorder? Provide an illustration of characteristic symptoms.
5) Choose 2 different anxiety disorders and explain how each
disorder
might be treated from two different theoretical treatment models.
Chapter 6
6) What makes one person more vulnerable to PTSD symptoms than
another experiencing the same stressor?