Substance Use Disorders - Addictive Substances

Today in class we'll be looking at the various substances that have been associated with Substance Use Disorder. As part of your exploration, you may choose to investigate links from this website.

Stress and Stress Responses

Today in class we'll be taking a look at "Psychological Factors Affecting Other Medical Conditions," otherwise known as Psychophysiological Disorders. There are a couple of pieces of research that your text introduced that are worth revisiting here.

The first is the Social Readjustment Rating Scale developed by Holmes and Rahe. This attempts to measure the number of stressors one has encountered in a particular period of time. Each item on the scale is assigned a number of "Life Change Units," and this Undergraduate Stress Questionnaire (designed for college students) gives you a sense of how it is scored.

You'll also encounter the work of Friedman and Rosenman, whose work established a link between personality style and risk of heart attack. This (brief) Type A/Type B Indicator will give you a sense of the different personality styles addressed in the model.

PTSD Treatments

Today in class you will be completing a Jigsaw on treatment approaches for PTSD. After reading your case example and discussing with others in your "expert group," add your description to this shared document to help others understand the treatment approach you explored.

Lab: Clinical Observations

Today in class we'll be exploring methods of Clinical Assessment, including clinical observations of patients.

When your instructor directs you to, please complete this form. We will be using the data from this lab to explore issues related to assessment.

Link to Clinical Assessments Grid Google Doc

Today in class we'll be exploring various strategies for Clinical Assessment. You may choose to make use of this Google Doc to organize the information you've found. Alternatively, you may use the paper handout.

Winner, Winner!

What can I say? The people love Freud. Today's vote on t-shirt designs gave Mr. Freud a clear victory over his competition.

 If you'd like to be the proud owner of this year's Freud-friendly Psych Club t-shirt, sign up in rm 136 and pay your $12 to Mrs. Welle by September 26.

(Note: if paying by check, please make the check to Chippewa Falls Senior HS)

Enter Your Textbook Number

Today in class you will receive your copy of the course text, Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology, 8e by Ronald Comer.

You will notice right away that this is a fairly fragile textbook. It's a paperback, and the pages are thin. This is in part because it's a college text, which students normally purchase for themselves and use for a single semester. I would HIGHLY recommend finding a safe spot to keep your book (e.g., if you are doing all your reading at home, keep it there) and not carrying it around in your backpack. If you need to use a copy during Prime Time, I have extras in my room.

Please enter your book number next to your name in this spreadsheet.