AP PSYCHOLOGY

6th Six WeeksApril 21, 2014

Today’s Lesson 4/21/2014

• Journal prompt: Psychotherapy

• Go into Therapy (Chapter 15)

• The King’s Speech

Planning:

• 4/21 Psychotherapy• 4/23 Medical approach; Eclectic approach– Power point notes

• 4/25 Quiz chapter 15. Begin Social Psychology. • 4/26 AP Psychology Test Review• 4/29 Social Psychology Chapter 16• 5/1 Social Psychology Chapter 16

Journal Prompt: 4/21/2014

p. 638 What Would Freud Say? 1) What are you trying to accomplish with free

association? 2) “Just as Jerome began telling his therapist about a

painful childhood experience, he complained of a headache and abruptly ended the session.”

3) “Mr. Phillips has recently begun to express feelings of hostility and resentment toward his therapist, who is consistently friendly, caring, and helpful.”

Learning Goal : Identify psychological treatments.

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Psychological Therapies

We will look at four major forms of psychotherapies based on different

theories of human nature:

1. Psychoanalytic theory2. Humanistic theory3. Behavioral theory4. Cognitive theory

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Psychoanalysis: Aims

Since psychological problems originate from childhood repressed impulses and conflicts, the aim of psychoanalysis is to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness where the patient can deal

with them.

When energy devoted to id-ego-superego conflicts is released, the patient’s anxiety lessens.

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Psychoanalysis: Methods

Dissatisfied with hypnosis, Freud developed the method of free association to unravel the unconscious mind and its

conflicts.The patient lies on a couch and speaks about whatever comes to his or her mind.

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Psychoanalysis: Methods

During free association, the patient edits his thoughts, resisting his or her feelings

to express emotions. Such resistance becomes important in the analysis of

conflict-driven anxiety.

Eventually the patient opens up and reveals his or her innermost private thoughts, developing positive or negative feelings (transference) towards the therapist.

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Psychoanalysis: Criticisms

1. Psychoanalysis is hard to refute because it cannot be proven or disproven.

2. Psychoanalysis takes a long time and is very expensive.

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Psychodynamic Therapy

Influenced by Freud, in a face-to-face setting, psychodynamic therapists

understand symptoms and themes across important relationships in a patient’s life.

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Psychodynamic Therapies

Interpersonal psychotherapy, a variation of psychodynamic therapy, is effective in

treating depression. It focuses on symptom relief here and now, not an

overall personality change.

Today’s Lesson4/23/2014

• Journal prompt: Operant Conditioning Therapy

• AP Preparation: How to answer Free Response Questions (FRQs)

• Notes: Therapy• Handout: Medical therapies for anxiety

Journal prompt: 4/23/2014Categories of Treatment and Types of Treatment Providers. Evaluate the efficacy of treatments for particular disorders.

p. 645-646What are some situations in which behavior modification is used? How does a token economy work? What are criticisms of behavior modification?

Today’s Lesson 4/25/2014

• Journal prompt: Biomedical therapies• Finish notes packet Chapter 15 • Medical therapy chart• IMPORTANT: Do Vocabulary and/or Study Guide for

Chapter 16 by Thursday next week.

• Coming Up: – Tuesday 4/29 Chapter 16 Discussion/ Notes– Thursday 5/1 Practice Exam

• Turn in practice FRQ

AP PRACTICE SESSION ROOM 234 SATURDAY 4/26

Journal Prompt 4/25/2014

2.1 Identify biomedical treatments2.4 Evaluate the efficacy of treatments for particular disorders

p. 663, 668.People with depression often improve after a month on anti-depressants.However, some researchers say the drug effect is actually minimal.How do researchers evaluate the effectiveness of a particular drug therapy?

AP PRACTICE SESSION

• Test Format: College Board Website • FRQ Analysis• Test practice websites• Analogies• Graphic Organizers

Test Format: Multiple Choice• 2-4% history and approaches (Prologue & Chapter 1)• 8-10% research methods (Chapter 1)• 8-10% biological bases of behavior (Chapters 2 & 4)• 6-8% sensation and perception (Chapter 6)• 2-4% states of consciousness (Chapter 3)• 7-9% learning (Chapter 7)• 8-10% cognition (Chapters 8 & 9)• 6-8% motivation and emotion (Chapter 10) • 7-9% developmental psychology (Chapter 5)• 5-7% personality (Chapter 13) • 5-7% testing and individual differences (Chapter 11)• 7-9% abnormal behavior (Chapter 14)• 5-7% treatment of abnormal behavior (Chapter 15)• 8-10% social psychology (Chapter 16)

AP PSYCH EXAM on the Internet

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Today’s Lesson: 4/29/14

• Journal Prompt: Changing your attitude• Fundamental Attribution Error – Activity

• Discovering Psychology• Notes Chapter 16• The Lunch Date

Journal Prompt 4/29/2014

• Describe the relationship between attitudes (implicit and explicit) and behavior

p. 676Do you have an attitude or tendency that you would like to change? Using the attitudes-follow-behavior principle, how might you go about changing that attitude?

Themes in Social Psychology

1. We construct our social reality.2. Our social intuitions are often powerful but

sometimes perilous.3. Social influences shape our behavior.4. Personal attitudes and dispositions also shape

behavior5. Social behavior is biologically rooted.6. Social psychology’s principles are applicable in

everyday life.Source: David Myers

Today’s Lesson 5/1/2014

• Journal prompt: Group polarization• True/ False• Lessons: Group Influence… Altruism• Chapter 16 Vocabulary is due; I will check during

practice exam. • Practice Exam 35 minutes– Finish first 50 questions, turn in scantron– Keep test copy. – Pick up answer sheet.

Journal prompt 5/1/2014• Describe how group dynamics

influence behavior.p. 689How does the idea of group polarization explain why some people become suicide bombers?

Today’s Lesson 5/7/2014

• “Diagnosing A Star”