Summary for Week 2

Week Wrap Up

• Today, as we finished up Chapter 1.
• We defined what a disorder is and the general definition of "abnormal" or a problem considered to qualify as a "mental disorder." Remember there are three parts to it.
• What kind of model is often used for training a psychologist and what is it designed to achieve?
• Be sure you carefully read through what distinguishes a psychologist from psychiatrists social worker and so forth. I skipped over that in class.
• Think about what a therapist does when they see a client, presenting problem, etiology, course of treatment... all that important stuff. Also, what do I always do before seeing someone for the first time? Am I required to see a client just because they call and make the request?
• What does the "integrative view" involve?
• You need to understand "incidence" and "prevalence.
  
• The historical section is important and we only covered a small part of it in class. Please read thoroughly.
• Use the PowerPoint for Chapter 1 below. Even though it's a different edition (need to post new ones), it's still relevant.
  

Assignment due next Wednesday - Paper Proposal

• Write a proposal telling me what the topic is and how you plan to cover it. Remember, the final paper should be 5 pages or less and if you wish, you may make an oral presentation. However, you will be graded not on the oral presentation itself but on the recorded version of the oral presentation.
• Your paper is due the day of the first Exam. If you are planning an oral presentation, you must include that in your proposal and all materials, notes, outline, handouts, etc. you plan to include must be turned in the day of the exam. I will hand them back to you to conduct the presentation at the beginning of class the following meeting.
  

Have a good weekend and please remember I will not be in class on Monday but there will be a movie. Normal People Scare Me about autism.