Unit 1-What is Psychology/Mental illness?

Today's Agenda:

• Continue: Mental Illness Group Project
• Research/Transition: What will your presentation look like? What are you responsible for?

Optional:

1. Literary analysis of the Yellow Wallpaper (linked on yesterday's blog)
2. Analyze the "Insanity Defense" in the criminal justice system.

Unit 1-What is Psychology/Mental illness?

Today's Agenda:

• Linked: Mental Illness Project
• Research: Today and Tomorrow we are in the library
• Present: Begin on Monday

Optional: Read Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Unit 1-What is Psychology/Mental Illness

Today's Agenda:

• Open Note Quiz on Ch. 1
• Intro: Mental Illness Opening Lecture
• Choose: What disorder do you want to study?
• Read: Famous People with Mental Illness

Unit 1-What is Psychology/Mental Illness

Today's Agenda:

Share/Discuss: Current Events/Work that we did yesterday
Complete: Chapter 1 Textbook work
Optional: Underground Psychology

Link to the textbook on-line (Let's look at it)

Unit 1-What is Psychology?

Today's Agenda:

Research: Using technology, find an article, a study, or psychology related information that you think is interesting. Summarize it for us, tell us where you got it, and bring to class tomorrow. Cite your source.

Here is the "official" assignment.

Unit 1-What is Psychology?

Today's Agenda:

Psychological Organizations:

• American Psychological Association
• National Institute of Mental Health
• American Mental Health Counselors Association
• Psychology Today
• American Psychiatric Association

Lecture Notes: The Founding Fathers of Psychology

Time permitting: Finish the Chapter 1 Textbook Work

Unit 1-What is Psychology?

Today's Agenda:

• What is Psychology? Notes
• Careers in Psychology (if you are interested read this article)
• U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics on Careers in Psychology 

Video clip: intro to Psychology: Crash Course

Define: Key terms and Concepts for Chapter 1 (Vocab quiz)

Here is the link to the textbook online

Welcome to Psychology!

Wednesday January 20 2016

• Meet and Greet Activity
• Course Expectations and Sign Off sheet
• Careers in Psychology (if you are interested read this article)
• U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics on Careers in Psychology
• Activity: Challenging Assumptions

Unit 8-Mental Illness

Today's Agenda:

• Collect: Lifeline Papers
• Discuss: Therapy
• Complete: Chapter Attack (18)

Unit 8-Mental Illness

Today's Agenda:

History of Mental Illness
Read: Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Chapter Attack: Chapter 18

Unit 8-Mental Illness

Today's Agenda:

Intro: Mental Illness Opening Lecture
Choose: What disorder do you want to study?
Read: Famous People with Mental Illness

Unit 7-Stress and Health

Today's Agenda:

• Welcome Back from the Holiday Break!
• Conflict Management Styles (Personal Assessment)
• Self-Reflection

Reminder: Lifeline paper is due this Thursday