Monday, April 10, 2023

April 10, 2023

Monday April 10, 2023

Personality: An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting

Circle: According to the "Big Five" personality theory, there are 5 factors.  Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism(emotional stability vs. emotional instability), Openness, Extraversion, which one do you feel like is your biggest strength and why?

Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalytic Theory around Personality

Brewster Burns High School Psychology class video

Quiz

Introduce Abnormal Psychology:

How should we draw the line between normality and disorder?
What perspectives can help us understand psychological disorders?
How and why do clinicians classify psychological disorders?
What are anxiety disorders, and how do they differ from ordinary worries and fears?
What produces the thoughts and feelings that mark anxiety disorders?
What are somatoform disorders?
What are dissociative disorders, and why are they controversial?
What are mood disorders, and what forms do they take?
What patterns of thinking, perceiving, feeling, and behaving characterize schizophrenia?
What causes schizophrenia?
What characteristics are typical of personality disorders?
How many people suffer, or have suffered, from a psychological disorder?


Activity: Look up rates of mental illness;
In America
Worldwide
In Maine
In Men
In Women
In Teenagers
What are the most prevalent mental illnesses?
What are the rarest mental illnesses?

If we have time:

Activity: Revised Suicide Quiz

Activity: Social Anxiety Thoughts

Activity: Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale

Activity: Measuring Fear



  • Phobias
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Panic Disorder
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Somatization Disorders
  • Hypochondriasis
  • Conversion Disorders
  • Somatoform Pain Disorders
  • Depersonalization
  • Dissociative Amnesia
  • Dissociative fugue states
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder
  • Major Depression
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Schizophrenia
  • Delusional Disorder
  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Schizoid Personality Disorder
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Anorexia
  • Bulimia
  • Tourette Syndrome
  • Munchausen's Syndrome
  • Impulse Control Disorders

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