EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE Abnormal Psychology

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1 EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE Abnrmal Psychlgy Curse Design Curse Infrmatin Divisin Scial Sciences Curse Number PSY 240 Title Abnrmal Psychlgy Credits 3 Develped by Nan Penningtn Lecture/Lab Rati 3 Lecture/0 Lab Transfer Status ASU NAU UA PSY Dept Elective PSY Departmental Elective; Scial and Plitical Wrlds [SPW] PSY r PSYV Departmental Elective, Tier 1 & 2 Individuals & Scieties (IS) Activity Curse N CIP Cde Assessment Mde Pre/Pst Test (70 Questins/70 Pints) Semester Taught Spring GE Categry Scial Sciences Separate Lab N Awareness Curse N Intensive Writing Curse N Diversity and Inclusin Curse Yes Prerequisites PSY 101 with a grade f "C" r higher, and ENG 091 with a grade f C r higher r reading placement test scre as established by District plicy Educatinal Value This curse is designed t assist the student in understanding hw science can be applied t the study f abnrmal behavir and t understand the cntext in which behavir develps. The curse presents valuable cncepts t thse students entering any f the varius disciplines in the scial r behaviral sciences, e.g. educatinal psychlgy, industrial psychlgy, clinical psychlgy, psychiatric scial wrk, etc. Meets Diversity and Inclusin (DI) requirement. Descriptin This is a survey curse that includes histrical and cntemprary definitins f the theries and research regarding the field f abnrmal psychlgy. It includes assessment, diagnsis, and treatment f anxiety disrders, md disrders, dissciative disrders, stress and physical health, persnality disrders, bdy disrders, schizphrenic disrders, and life-span disrders. EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE -1- Abnrmal Psychlgy Equal Opprtunity Emplyer and Educatr

2 Supplies Nne Cmpetencies and Perfrmance Standards 1. Examine the cncept f abnrmal behavir and identify ways t classify it. Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Criteria fr determining abnrmality. b. Cultural bases f abnrmal behavir. c. Identify standards f assessment. d. Recgnize histrical rigins f mdern diagnstic systems and the develpment f the DSM system. e. Recgnize ther mdels f assessment. Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams Criteria - Perfrmance will be successful when: learner can identify the criteria that determine abnrmal behavir learner can discuss the relatinships between cultural beliefs and nrms and the labeling f behavir as nrmal r abnrmal learner can describe standards f assessment f abnrmal behavir learner can describe the features f the DSM system and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses learner can describe appraches used by investigatrs t demnstrate the reliability and validity f methds f assessment learner can identify the features f the mental status examinatin and different types f interviewing techniques learner can identify the features f tests f intelligence and persnality learner can describe the use f psychlgical tests in the assessment f neurpsychlgical functining learner can identify the advantages and limitatins f behaviral assessment, and describe the fllwing behaviral techniques: the behaviral interview, self-mnitring, use f analgue measures, and behaviral rating scales learner can identify cgnitive methds f assessment 2. Examine the histry f abnrmal psychlgy and its related disciplines. Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. The demnlgical mdel. b. Origins f the medical mdel. c. Medieval mdel. d. The refrm mvement and mral therapy. e. The cmmunity health mvement. EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE -2- Abnrmal Psychlgy Equal Opprtunity Emplyer and Educatr

3 Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams Criteria - Perfrmance will be successful when: learner can recunt the histry f beliefs abut disturbed behavir and the treatment f peple deemed "mad" r mentally ill learner can identify scietal factrs that cntributed t "Hmsexuality" being a diagnsable disrder then being remved frm the DSM in Identify research methds used in the field f abnrmal psychlgy. Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Identify the bjectives f science. b. Differentiate between science, scientific methd, and thery. c. Describe ethics in research. d. Define naturalistic bservatin. e. Define the experimental methd. f. Define the crrelatinal methd. g. Distinguish between thery and hypthesis. h. Define epidemilgical studies. I Define kinship studies. j. Define & describe case studies. Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams Criteria - Perfrmance will be successful when: learner can differentiate between crrelatin and causatin (experimentatin) learner can identify the research methds used in abnrmal psychlgy learner can distinguish the steps f the scientific methd learner can identify the elements f the experimental prcess 4. Identify cntemprary perspectives n abnrmal behavir. Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Define the bilgical perspective. b. Define the psychlgical perspective. c. Define the scicultural perspective. d. Define the bipsychscial perspective. Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE -3- Abnrmal Psychlgy Equal Opprtunity Emplyer and Educatr

4 Criteria - Perfrmance will be successful when: learner can differentiate amng the Bilgical, Psychlgical, Scicultural, and Bipsychscial perspectives and is able t identify the merits and limitatins f each learner can identify and describe the key areas f the brain and a neurn and their related functins, activities, and influences n behavir learner can cnceptualize the rle f genes, and their limitatins, in influencing behavir 5. Describe methds f treatment fr varius psychlgical disrders. Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Recgnize the types f helping prfessinals. b. Identify the types f psychtherapy. c. Recgnize types f Bimedical therapies. d. Differentiate between hspitalizatin and cmmunity-based care. Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams Criteria - Perfrmance will be successful when: learner can describe the different types f helping prfessinals and the basic features f psychtherapy learner can identify the gals and methds f traditinal psychanalysis and cmpare and cntrast traditinal psychanalysis with mdern psychdynamic appraches learner can identify the gals and methds f behaviral therapy, humanistic therapies, and cgnitive therapy and the differences amng these frms f therapy learner can explain the develpment f eclectic appraches in psychtherapy learner can summarize the findings f research int the effectiveness f psychtherapy in general and specific therapeutic appraches assciated with particular therapeutic appraches learner can describe issues relating t the use f traditinal Western psychtherapy appraches with diverse cultural and racial grups learner can identify the varius drug therapies including antianxiety drugs, antipsychtic drugs, antidepressants, and lithium learner can identify the ther bimedical treatments including electrcnvulsive therapy, and psychsurgery learner can describe the cntemprary rles f cmmunity mental health centers and mental hspitals and the prblems f the psychiatric hmeless ppulatin 6. Identify hw stress, psychlgical factrs, and health are related t psychlgical disrders. Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Identify adjustment disrders. b. Characterize the relatinship between stress and illness. EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE -4- Abnrmal Psychlgy Equal Opprtunity Emplyer and Educatr

5 Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams Criteria - Perfrmance will be successful when: learner can identify the features f adjustment disrders learner can define and explain the features f Terrrism-Related Trauma learner can identify the signs f Trauma-Related Stress learner can define general adaptatin syndrme learner can explain the significance f stress factrs in health and illness, paying special attentin t the rle f the immune system learner can explain the rle f acculturative stress in terms f the mental health f immigrant and native ppulatins learner can identify sme f the psychlgical factrs that mderate stress including styles f cping, self-efficacy expectatins, psychlgical hardiness, ptimism, scial supprt, and ethnic identity learner can explain the cnnectin between psychlgical factrs and physical disrders including headaches, cardivascular disease, asthma, cancer, and AIDS 7. Examine and describe anxiety disrders. Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Define panic disrder, phbic disrders, OCD, generalized anxiety disrder, and traumatic stress disrder. b. Characterize ethnic differences in anxiety disrders. Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams Criteria - Perfrmance will be successful when: learner can describe histrical perspectives n anxiety disrders and the prgressin in understanding their etilgy and functin ver time learner can define anxiety and understand its histrical cnnectin with the term neursis learner can define and describe panic disrder, and explain the differences between panic attacks and ther frms f anxiety learner can define and describe generalized anxiety disrder learner can define, describe, and cntrast specific phbia, scial phbia, and agraphbia learner can define and describe bsessive-cmpulsive disrder learner can describe the features f acute and psttraumatic stress disrder learner can describe varius theretical perspectives n the anxiety disrders learner can describe the varius treatment appraches fr anxiety disrders learner can discuss learning-based appraches t the treatment f anxiety disrders including systematic desensitizatin, gradual expsure, flding, cgnitive therapy, virtual therapy, and cgnitive-behaviral therapy EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE -5- Abnrmal Psychlgy Equal Opprtunity Emplyer and Educatr

6 8. Examine and describe dissciative and smatfrm disrders. Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Identify types f dissciative disrders. b. Describe culture-bund dissciative syndrmes. c. Describe treatment f dissciative disrders. d. Identify types f smatfrm disrders. e. Define Kr and Dhat Syndrme. f. Describe treatment f smatfrm disrders. g. identify theretical perspectives. Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams Criteria - Perfrmance will be successful when: learner can identify the majr features f the dissciative disrders including dissciative identity, dissciative amnesia, dissciative fugue, and depersnalizatin disrder learner can recunt varius theretical perspectives n the dissciative disrders learner can identify varius methds fr treating dissciative disrders learner can differentiate between malingering and factitius disrder and describe the symptms f Munchausen syndrme learner can identify the features f smatfrm disrders including cnversin disrder, hypchndriasis, bdy dysmrphic disrder, and smatizatin disrder learner can identify theretical perspectives n smatfrm disrders learner can distinguish smatfrm disrders frm malingering 9. Examine and describe md disrders and suicide. Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Identify types f md disrders. b. Differentiate theretical perspectives n md disrders. c. Identify varius treatments f md disrders. d. Characterize suicide. Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams Criteria - Perfrmance will be successful when: learner can distinguish between nrmal and abnrmally depressed mds and define the term "md disrder" learner can identify the features f majr depressive disrder and dysthymic disrder and distinguish between them learner can describe seasnal affective disrder and pstpartum depressin learner can differentiate between reactive and endgenus depressin learner can identify the features f biplar disrder and cyclthymic disrder and EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE -6- Abnrmal Psychlgy Equal Opprtunity Emplyer and Educatr

7 distinguish between them learner can characterize the relatinships between stress and md disrders learner can differentiate psychdynamic, behaviral, cgnitive, and bilgical perspectives n the rigins and treatment f md disrders learner can characterize integrative mdels fr understanding depressin learner can identify theretical perspectives n causes f suicide 10. Examine and describe substance abuse and dependence. Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Classificatin f substance-related disrders. b. Identify drugs f abuse. c. Differentiate theretical perspectives n substance abuse. d. Differentiate between varius treatments f substance abuse and dependence. Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams Criteria - Perfrmance will be successful when: learner can differentiate substance use, intxicatin, abuse, and dependence learner can distinguish between tlerance and withdrawal learner can distinguish between psychlgical and physilgical dependence learner can identify physical and psychlgical effects f depressants, stimulants, and hallucingens learner can characterize the bilgical, learning, cgnitive, psychdynamic, and scicultural perspectives f substance abuse and dependence learner can identify appraches t treating substance abuse and dependence including detxificatin, disulfiram, antidepressants, nictine replacement, methadne maintenance, and nalaxne/naltrexne learner can specify the need fr, methds f, and limitatins f relapse-preventin training learner can identify genetic and envirnmental cntributins t substance abuse and dependence 11. Examine and describe eating disrders, besity, and sleep disrders. Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Define anrexia nervsa. b. Define bulimia nervsa. c. Identify causes f anrexia and bulimia. d. Identify treatment f anrexia nervsa and bulimia nervsa. e. Define binge eating disrder. f. Identify causes f besity. g. Identify ethnic and sciecnmic differences in besity. h. Define sleep disrders. EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE -7- Abnrmal Psychlgy Equal Opprtunity Emplyer and Educatr

8 i. Differentiate between dyssmnias and parasmnias. j. Describe treatments f sleep disrders. Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams Criteria - Perfrmance will be satisfactry when: learner can identify the features f anrexia and bulimia and the medical cmplicatins assciated with each learner can identify the etilgical similarities and differences between anrexia and bulimia learner can identify the features f binge-eating disrder and hw it differs frm bulimia learner can identify treatments fr anrexia, bulimia, and binge-eating disrder learner can identify the prevalence and causes f besity learner can characterize ethnic and sciecnmic differences in besity learner can identify the diagnstic features f sleep disrders, the methds f assessing them, and their treatments learner can differentiate dyssmnias frm parasmnias and describe their key features learner can identify features f the majr types f dyssmnias: primary insmnia, primary hypersmnia, narclepsy, breathing-related sleep disrder, and circadian rhythm disrder learner can identify the features f the majr types f parasmnias: nightmare disrder, sleep terrr disrder, and sleepwalking disrder learner can identify pharmaclgical and psychlgical treatments f sleep disrders 12. Examine and describe disrders invlving gender and sexuality. Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Define gender identity disrder. b. Define sexual dysfunctins. c Define paraphilias. d. Define rape. Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams Criteria - Perfrmance will be satisfactry when: learner can describe scicultural factrs invlved in classifying sexual behavirs as nrmal r abnrmal learner can identify the features f gender identity disrder learner can discuss the prcess f gender reassignment and discuss the utcmes f the prcedures undergne learner can define and describe the features f varius sexual dysfunctins learner can differentiate theretical perspectives n sexual dysfunctins and ways f treating them learner can define and describe the features f varius paraphilias learner can differentiate theretical perspectives n the paraphilias and ways f treating EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE -8- Abnrmal Psychlgy Equal Opprtunity Emplyer and Educatr

9 them learner can characterize the effectiveness f sex therapy techniques learner can define sexual abuse and rape, their subtypes, and prevalence learner can identify the psychlgical, physical, and scietal csts f sexual abuse and rape learner can identify the scicultural factrs assciated with sexual abuse and rape in the United States 13. Examine and describe schizphrenia and ther psychtic disrders. Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Characterize the curse f develpment f schizphrenia. b. Identify prevalence and diagnstic features f schizphrenia. c. Describe perceptual disturbances in schizphrenia. d. Identify subtypes f schizphrenia. e. Identify theretical perspectives that pertain t schizphrenia. f. Define the diathesis-stress mdel. g. Identify treatment appraches. h. Define ther frms f psychsis. i. Define brief psychtic disrder, schizphrenifrm disrder, delusinal disrder, and schizaffective disrder. Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams Criteria - Perfrmance will be satisfactry when: learner can distinguish amng the disrganized, catatnic, paranid, Type I, and Type II types f schizphrenia learner can characterize the disturbances in thught, speech, attentin, perceptin, emtins, and ther types f impairment assciated with schizphrenia learner can distinguish between psitive and negative symptms and their subtypes learner can identify theretical perspectives n schizphrenia, including the psychdynamic, learning, bilgical, and family theries in the develpment f schizphrenia learner can identify and describe bilgical, psychdynamic, learning-based, psychscialrehabilitatin, and family interventin treatments f schizphrenia learner can identify the diagnstic features f brief psychtic disrder, schizphrenifrm disrder, delusinal disrder, and ther schizphrenic-spectrum disrders 14. Define types f persnality disrders Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Define types f persnality disrders. b. Identify persnality disrders characterized by dd r eccentric behavir including paranid persnality disrder, schizid persnality disrder, and schiztypal persnality disrder. EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE -9- Abnrmal Psychlgy Equal Opprtunity Emplyer and Educatr

10 c. Identify persnality disrders characterized by dramatic, emtinal, r erratic behavir including antiscial persnality disrder, brderline persnality disrder, histrinic persnality disrder, and narcissistic persnality disrder. d. Identify persnality disrders characterized by anxius r fearful behavir including avidant persnality disrder, dependent persnality disrder, bsessive-cmpulsive persnality disrder, and prblems with the classificatin f persnality disrders. e. Identify theretical perspectives related t persnality disrders including psychdynamic perspectives, learning perspectives, family perspectives, bilgical perspectives, scicultural perspectives. f. Identify treatments f persnality disrders including psychdynamic appraches, behaviral appraches, and bilgical appraches. g. Characterize the relatinship between antiscial persnality disrder and criminal behavir including murder. Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams Criteria - Perfrmance will be satisfactry when: learner can define the essential features f persnality disrders and why they are classified as Axis II disrders learner can identify the three research clusters f persnality disrders and features f each persnality disrder cntained within the clusters learner can characterize prblems in the classificatin f persnality disrders, including their reliability, validity, and sexist biases learner can identify theretical perspectives n persnality disrders including the psychdynamic, learning, family, bilgical, and scicultural perspectives learner can cnsider issues f cmrbidity with Axis I disrders and ther Axis II disrders learner can cnceptualize scietal factrs that may influence the prevalence and etilgy f persnality disrders, such as childhd abuse learner can summarize the research studies describing the relatinship between antiscial persnality disrder and murder, particularly describing studies using brain imaging techniques 15. Examine abnrmal behavir in childhd and adlescence and its relatinship t psychlgical disrders in adulthd. Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Characterize the relatinship between antiscial persnality disrder and criminal behavir including murder. b. Identify the prevalence f mental health prblems in children and adlescence. c. Identify risk factrs fr childhd disrders. d. Define autism and mental retardatin and identify causes. e. Discuss apprpriate interventin fr autism and mental retardatin. f. Define learning disrders. g. Identify types f learning disrders. h. Identify treatments fr learning disrders. i. Define cmmunicatin disrders. EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE -10- Abnrmal Psychlgy Equal Opprtunity Emplyer and Educatr

11 j. Define attentin-deficit/hyperactivity disrder, cnduct disrder, and ppsitinal defiant disrder. k. Define separatin anxiety disrder. l. Identify treatments f childhd anxiety disrders. m. Define childhd depressin and treatment. n. Discuss suicide in children and adlescents.. Differentiate between enuresis and encpresis. Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams Criteria - Perfrmance will be satisfactry when: learner can identify ways f determining what is nrmal and what is abnrmal in childhd and adlescence learner can define pervasive develpmental disrders, prvide examples, and define features f each learner can identify features, theretical perspectives, and treatments f autism and Asperger's Disrder and distinguish between the tw learner can identify features and causes f mental retardatin including chrmsmal, genetic, prenatal, and cultural-familial causes learner can distinguish between the levels f mental retardatin and perspectives n the pssible envirnmental causes f sme cases f mild retardatin learner can identify types f learning disrders, theretical perspectives, and interventins fr learning disrders, cmmunicatin disrders, attentin-deficit, and disruptive behavir disrders learner can identify features and treatment f anxiety disrders and depressin in childhd and adlescence learner can discuss prevalence f childhd and adlescent suicide learner can identify factrs assciated with increased risk f suicide, such as gender, age, gegraphy, race, depressin, previus suicidal behavir, familial discrd, stressful life events, substance abuse, and scial cntagin/suicide clusters learner can identify theretical perspectives n eliminatin disrders (enuresis and encpresis), gender differences, prevalence, and treatment 16. Examine cgnitive disrders and disrders related t aging. Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Define delirium, dementia, and amnestic disrders. b. Identify anxiety disrders, depressin, sleep prblems, and their relatin t aging. c. Define dementia f the Alzheimer s type. d. Define vascular dementia'. e. define dementias due t general medical cnditins. Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE -11- Abnrmal Psychlgy Equal Opprtunity Emplyer and Educatr

12 Criteria - Perfrmance will be satisfactry when: learner can define cgnitive disrders as a categry and be able t name and describe the types subsumed under this categry learner can cntrast dementia and delirium learner can identify the features and causes f dementia, delirium, and amnestic disrders learner can identify the basic features f dementia and the relatinship between dementia and nrmal aging learner can characterize the prblems and features f anxiety, depressin, and sleep, amng lder peple learner can identify factrs related t increased risk f suicide amng lder peple learner can define Alzheimer's disease with respect t its incidence, features, prgressin, bilgical bases, and treatment learner can identify the features f vascular dementia and ther dementias due t Pick's, Parkinsn's, Huntingtn's, HIV, Creutzfeldt-Jakb disease, head trauma and neursyphilis 17. Discuss abnrmal psychlgy and the law. Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Identify issues related t psychiatric cmmitment and patients' rights. b. Characterize the insanity defense. c. Define criminal behavir. Perfrmance Standards Cmpetence will be demnstrated: in bjective exams Criteria - Perfrmance will be satisfactry when: learner can define, cmpare, and cntrast vluntary and invluntary cmmitment and types f cmmitment, such as, civil cmmitment, psychiatric cmmitment, and criminal cmmitment learner can identify the legal prcedures fr psychiatric cmmitment and the safeguards t prevent abuses f psychiatric cmmitment learner can characterize the cntrversy cncerning psychiatric cmmitment learner can discuss the prblem faced by psychlgists and ther prfessinals wh are given the task f attempting t predict dangerusness learner can discuss the "duty t warn" bligatin fr therapists and describe the landmark case n which it is based learner can discuss the legal basis f the right t treatment, the right t refuse treatment, the right t the least restrictive envirnment, and similar laws assciated with the legal rights f thse with mental illness learner can identify landmark cases that establish the legal precedents fr the insanity plea Types f Instructin Lecture Discussin Demnstratin Experiential EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE -12- Abnrmal Psychlgy Equal Opprtunity Emplyer and Educatr

13 Grading Infrmatin Grading Ratinale Curse Exams 30% Assignments 40% Participatin 10% Final Exam 20% Grading Scale A 90% - 100% B 80% - 89% C 70% - 79% D 60% - 69% F Belw 60 % EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE -13- Abnrmal Psychlgy Equal Opprtunity Emplyer and Educatr