Psychology: Personality, Disorders, and Therapy (PDT)
Spring, 2008
Mr. Duennebier
Texts
Abnormal Psychology in Context (Ab)
Ordinary People (probably) Studying Personality (SP) (in Xerox form - out
of print)
Additional
Gazillions of Xeroxes (X)
Topic/ Related Readings
I.) Personality
1) What is personality?
Related Readings
The Many Me's (X)
Related Activities:
Preliminary Survey, Machiavelli and Rogers Exercises
2) Approaches to Personality
a) psychoanalytic approach SP, 3-16
Related Readings:
Personality Assessment (X)
Honey, Let's Cheat (X)
The Assault on Freud (X)
The Second Death of Sigmund Freud (X)
Related Activities:
Al and Bill SC Test, Magazine Test, and Projective
Tests Exercises;
Little Hans and Elisabeth von R Cases; Films: Freud, the Hidden
Nature of Man, Anal-Retentive Carpenter
b) behavioral approach SP, 17-29
Related Readings
Little Brother (X)
A Clockwork Orange (X)
Related Activities:
Shaping Exercise, Classroom Observation Project;
Teddy Case
c) cognitive/humanist approach SP, 30-40
Related Readings
Knots (X)
Related Activities:
LOC, and RCRT Exercises, Brian and Joyce Kingsley Cases
d) descriptive/ typological approach SP, 40-53
Related Readings
Mental Patterns of Disease (X)
An Untrusting Heart (X))
Hotheads and Heart Attacks (X)
Related Activities:
Type A, Somatotyping, and Birth Order Audio Tape
Exercises; Four Approaches Debate, Please Understand Me, Jeff Case, North Dakota Inventory
3) Models of Abnormality
Related Readings
Excuses, Excuses (X)
Related Activities:
Mr. Brown/Mr. Green, DF, and Emma cases
II.) Disorders
4) Syndromes of Abnormality
a) anxiety disorders (Ab, pp. 1-2)
Related Readings
"I am Not Afraid" (Ab, pp. 3-8)
A Fear of Snakes (Ab, pp. 8 - 13)
The Accident that Didn't Happen (Ab, pp. 14 - 19)
Secret Illness (X)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Vietnam Veterans (Ab, pp. 20 - 25)
Case History: Miss L
b) dissociative disorders (Ab, 26-27)
Related Readings
The Divided Woman (Ab, pp. 28 - 33)
Who Am I? (X)
The People Inside (X)
I Have Multiple Personality Disorder (Ab, pp. 40 - 44)
c) somatoform disorders (Ab, pp. 45 - 46)
Related Readings Phantom Illness (Ab, 47 - 53) The Broken Mirror (Ab, pp. 54 - 59
d) affective/mood disorders (Ab, 65 - 66)
Related Readings
Suffering from Depression (Ab, 67 - 73) Unquiet Mind (Ab, 74 - 79)
Case History: Mrs. M
e) psychotic disorders (Ab, 65 - 66)
Related Readings
Welcome Silence (Ab, 121 - 130)
I Feel Cheated (Ab, 138-144)
Jordi (X
Case History: Mr. F
Related Activities:
Literature/Word Salad Exercise;
Peeling Toes Case; Depression, Madness, and Psychopathology Films
f) personality disorders (Ab, 145-146)
Related Readings Duke of Deception (Ab, 147-151) Girl, Interrupted (Ab, pp. 151 - 159)
Related Activities: Mystery Client Exercise
5) Causes
Related Readings
Sane/Insane (X)
The Mock Ward (X)
Related Activities:
Hollingshead and T. Eagleton Exercises
III.) Therapy
6) Cures
Related Readings
Hey, I'm Terrific (X)
Lemons from a Shady Dealer (X)
Medicated Minds (X)
When to Challenge the Therapist (X)
The Shrinking of George (X)
Ordinary People
Related Activities:
Quest for a Cure, Treatment Survey, Norman's Nut
Farm, Empathy, and Computer Therapist Exercises; Invent-a-Therapy Project;
Psychotherapy film
7) Society and the Abnormal
Related Readings
Force of Diagnosis (X)
Related Activities:
d Hinckley Case
Psychohistory presentations
Rules, Regulations, and Aspirations
1) The course will meet five times during the seven-day cycle, as you might expect. There may also be a couple of evening movies, attendance at which can earn you big-time extra credit (We'll also contemplate a field trip to the Institute of Living in Hartford). Please come to class having read, ready to discuss. I promise to do likewise. You should take notes on class material (it will supplement, not duplicate your reading) and spend five minutes each day (in the shower or something) thinking about how all this fits together and what it means.
2) There will be frequent class exercises (mostly done in class, requiring little at-home preparation) weekly graded projects (usually cases or labs – worth much more), a bunch of little quizzes (the number being inversely proportional to your collective degree of preparedness). You'll also probably be doing a multimedia presentation psychohistory, at the end of the fourth quarter.
3) Late work is downgraded 5% per day late (days on which we do not have class do count in this equation). But strive to keep up - the quality is generally better, and you stand a better chance of going to the college of your choice. But, no matter how late, it is always better to turn something in than not to do so.
4) If you are absent, assume that we had class anyway and did something, despite our collective depression at not seeing you. Get notes and assignments from a competent classmate and handouts and readings from me asap. Materials will be available in a standing file on my file cabinet in Room 215. Get what you missed before you come to class. If you find yourself behind and/or struggling, please remember that extra help is cheerfully and willingly given.
5) Whether you use your laptop for notes or the more conventional pen-and-paper method is up to you. However, there will be times when laptops will be required, to access various websites, simulations, etc. I
’ll give you warning. I’ll also give you a list of approved, supplemental websites as we get into this, which should prove especially helpful for your psychohistory.6) This material will be new to all of you and controversial to many. Please keep an open and inquiring mind, and remember that you learn most from those people with whom you disagree. Feel free to challenge your classmates or me (but in a respectful fashion) - I have fewer "right" answers than you might hope.
BRUNSWICK
HISTORY DEPARTMENT
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY GUIDELINES
The community which makes up
Brunswick School demands that all “young men grow in an atmosphere of trust,
care, and mutual respect.” All members of the department endeavor to instill
the values of honesty and integrity in each and every student. It is with these
lofty goals in mind (and in conjunction with and ancillary to the Brunswick
School Handbook.) that the History/Social Studies Department presents the
following specific policies regarding academic integrity:
Cheating
The giving or receiving of any
unfair advantage on any academic exercise not deemed group work by the
instructor. This includes tests and quizzes, essays, homework, projects and
reading notes.
Plagiarism
The submission of work as one’s
own any part of which is:
-written or created by another. (This includes term paper "mill"
sites)
-copied or paraphrased from any source without proper citation
(i.e. cutting
and pasting of web materials)
-based upon an idea unique to another source without proper
acknowledgement.
When in doubt, check with your
particular instructor for clarification.
Dishonesty
The willful perversion of the truth with intent to deceive. In particular, students tend to be dishonest with regards to homework, be it either written or read. Unless a teacher specifically says a student can work with another student, written homework should not be shared or copied. And if you have not read, the department feels it is better just to be up front with your teacher instead of trying to "fake" your way through it during Q&A or a class discussion. Worse yet, begging a classmate for the details is deceitful as well--remember your character and reputation are at stake!
Test Taking
It is in the best interest of the student to take tests on the day they are scheduled. Minor “sicknesses” and the postponement of tests only set students back in the long run. However, if a student is sick, a makeup test will be offered. Students must seek out their instructor first thing in the morning to schedule a time for the makeup. All make-ups must be taken as soon as possible, preferably on the first day back unless there are extenuating circumstances which would not allow the student to take the make-up in the required 24 hour extension period.
All students should not discuss tests after a test has been taken. Post-test discussion, even with students who have taken the exam, constitutes cheating. Student often do not realize that “private” hallway conversations are often heard by others who have not yet taken the test on that day. Play it safe—do not risk being accused of cheating.
The Internet (and the pilfering thereof)
The Internet is a wonderful resource that greatly lends itself to the study of history. Still, there are some pitfalls that must be avoided at all cost. First, the “surfing” of improper sites and/or sites not approved by your instructor during class time is a violation of school rules. Second, avoid surfing to sites that offer term papers (often called paper "mill" sites) for downloading and sale—this is plagiarism. It is surprisingly easy for teachers to find these Web sites as well. Third, there has been a great rise in the incidence of "cutting and pasting" of paragraphs from web sites into papers without proper citation—this also is an act of plagiarism.
Finally, e-mail is a great way to communicate with your classmates but sometimes leads to the cutting and pasting of other’s written homework assignments, in complete violation of the Brunswick Handbook. Use the Internet to accentuate your work--not to compromise your efforts.
Still, in order to "help" students not stray from the proper path, the department now uses technology developed by Turnitin.com to check all major written assignments. Students are required to turn in both a digital and hard copy of all papers. With the digital copy teachers can take the text and run a scan of the words via Turnitin.com's software. This software searches over 10 billion web sites including those called "paper mill" sites which allow students to buy papers.
Any details not specifically covered in these guidelines can be found in the Brunswick School Handbook.
(Updated 9/2005)