I am looking for recommendations for a good undergraduate Abnormal
Psychology text. Thanks in advance.
Eric Dahlen, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Southern Station Box 5025
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5025
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and how do we correct the misconceptions?
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
zophrenia can be "cured" with medication.
This isn't surprising coming from a generation that was raised to believe
there's a pill for everything.
Beth Benoit
University System of New Hampshire
on 7/21/01 1:21 PM, Jeff Ricker at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I was wondering if anyone had some
I was wondering if anyone had some examples of common student
misconceptions about the field of abnormal psychology. I would like to
address some of these misconceptions when I teach the course.
Jeff
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Title: Re: Misconceptions about abnormal psychology
The four that come immediately to my mind are about schizophrenia.
First, the confusion of schizophrenia with multiple personality disorder, or more appropriately, DID. (Students are often quick to argue that schizophrenia means split brain
Jeff Ricker wrote:
I have had several students develop psychotic episodes during the
semester (and sometimes show up for class during them)
How do you know they had developed a psychotic episode? Doesn't that
sound more like the power of suggestion -- what kind of students do you
teach?
local community colleges;
so it is not unusual that, in teaching a course such as abnormal psychology,
I would see a very large number of seriously mentally ill people over the
years. Lastly, my students are in the prime age ranges for developing various
psychotic disorders (especially
I give a similar assignment to my students (have them select a character
from a movie or book) but this year, since these are high school students, I
wanted to try to incorporate what they have been studying in other classes.
They are currently reading A Streetcar Named Desire in English. It has
Beth Benoit wrote:
I worry a lot, when teaching abnormal psych., that having the students
attempt to apply abnormal psychology concepts to themselves can be
dangerous. They don't have the expertise, of course, and they're very
vulnerable.
My comments are somewhat tangential to the original
Title: Re: Abnormal Psychology
What a creative idea! They'll probably never forget Streetcar after that.
I'd guess histrionic personality disorder right off the bat. But certainly some characteristics of narcissistic personality disorder too. But...
This might be a good time to point out
I am way, way out of my area of expertise here, so I am not even going to
attempt a direct answer.
However, I did want to raise a pedagogical issue. It seems to me that if I
were using this exercise either with undergraduates or high school
students, I would be more interested in how they
Regarding an assignment she gives to students in her abnormal-psychology
course, the ever-informative Beth Benoit wrote:
So I often have them select a character from a book or movie
(preferably
with an obvious diagnosis, such as Glenn Close's "Fatal Attraction"
character, who was a
Il grande Jeff Ricker wrote:
And the definitely nonhysterical but still infamous Dr. Nanjo wrote in
response to another post:
I would speculate that Blanche in "Streetcar" is a pretty good
fictional
representation of a person with histrionic personality disorder, and
perhaps
a co-existing
On the pedagogical question, I would also suggest that, at the high
school/undergraduate level, I would encourage overall understanding of
abnormal psychology, the general diagnostic categories, and the profound
effect it has on people and families, etc.
I agree that diagnosis is an area
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Hi everyone:
I'm teaching Abnormal Psychology next quarter and am trying to come up with a
paper assignment or other assignments that would reflect the student's knowledge
in the content area as well as be personally meaningful. For instance, in my
Personality class I have students respond
From: "Roderick D. Hetzel"
am trying to come up with a
paper assignment or other assignments that would reflect the student's
knowledge
in the content area as well as be personally meaningful.
I worry a lot, when teaching abnormal psych., that having the students
attempt to appl
Roderick,
I ask the students in my Abnormal Psychology course to write a 6-8 page
first-person-perspective paper, in which they discuss how they found out
about their disorder, how they feel about their disorder, and how their
disorder is treated. This allows them to research a disorder
OK Tipsters,
Todays final announcement involves Psychoanalytic and Abnormal Psychology
books:
Eidelberg Encyclopedia of Psychoanalysis
Roazen Brother Animal - The Story of Freud and
Tausk
FinePsychoanalytic Psychology
milar kind of textbook for abnormal
psychology. I am not asking for a text that includes cultural issues
within a few isolated boxes in a traditional chapter. Instead, I
wondered if there might be an abnormal-psychology text that extensively
integrates cross-cultural examinations of ment
Tipsters and tipsterettes:
Someone...I forget who...was inquiring about "The World of Abnormal
Psychology" video series.
I currently have in my possession an Annenberg/CPB catalog with all the
relevant material on ordering the series and ancillaries. If you are still
interest
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