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COURSE DESIGN PLAN for Abnormal Psychology - PSYC 2300
Course Description: Nature of abnormal behavior, theories and data regarding symptoms, etiology, treatment and prevention of mental disorders.
Three credits
Prerequisites: PSYC 1100 and PSYC 1101 or 1103
Text: Butcher, J.N., Mineka, S., & Hooley, J. (2014). Abnormal Psychology. 15th Edition, Pearson Education, Inc.
Course Goals: Please draft out your course goals in the space provided below. These should describe what learners will be able to DO at the end
of the overall instructional course.
Then describe the corresponding strategy you will use to assess the level of achievement of each course goal. The assessment strategy may be a
paper, project, exam, group exercise, etc. (Note: A particular paper or project may assess more than one course goal.)
Course Goals
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate mastery of the knowledge base in Abnormal
Psychology including the major theories, thinkers, constructs,
methods, and findings that incrementally advanced the field of
Abnormal Psychology.
2. Access online databases and review the various research methods
and data analysis techniques used in the field of Abnormal
Psychology.
3. Discuss the implications of findings generated by peer-reviewed
research and suggest arguments, decisions, or solutions that set
new directions in the field of abnormal psychology.
4. Critically analyze the evidence base and techniques used to assess
and diagnose disorders, psychotherapies, and other treatments
developed in the field of Abnormal Psychology and relate these to
specific categories of disorder included in the DSM-V.
5. Examine the historical and contemporary impact of a scientific
approach to psychology and ethical issues related to abnormal
psychology and mental health.
Assessment
The student’s achievement of the learning objective will be assessed
according to their performance on…
Powerpoint Quiz, Practice Tests, Exams.
Writing to learn exercises on Discussion Boards, Labs, and in Journals.
Participation in tasks found in Library links that provide training in
accessing PSYCInfo.
The Discussion Board provides information from the peer reviewed
literature presented by experts in the field and requires writing to learn
experiences with a focus on the implications of findings.
Diagnostic videos covering cases in depression, anxiety, schizophrenia,
and dangerousness are presented in Labs. The labs also present a
variety of treatment approaches to the same disorders. The latter include
exposure therapy and cognitive behavioral techniques.
The Journal assignment provides opportunities to write about the impact
of mental illness, deinstitutionalization, and the implications of advances
in neuroscience.
COURSE DESIGN PLAN for Abnormal Psychology - PSYC 2300
Module Outlines
Module 1: Assessment/Stress/Anxiety
Course Goals
Module 1 Schedule/Pacing: 1 week
Module 1 Topics:
1. Overview
2. Assessment & Diagnosis
3. Stress
4. Anxiety
Module 1 Objectives
What will students be able to do by the end of
this module?
Overview
 Identify the elements of abnormality.
 Identify the advantages and disadvantages of
classification.
 Recognize the prevalence and incidence of
mental disorders.
 Identify the various sources of research
information and pros and cons of each.
 Interpret research results.
 Discuss the impact of cultural perceptions on the
mentally ill.
Assessment & Diagnosis
 Recognize the basic elements of assessment.
 Identify various exam and test types and their
purposes.
 Recognize ethic issues in assessment.
 List the benefits and drawbacks of classifying
abnormal behavior.
 Identify presenting symptoms and explain what
Assessment & Feedback Strategy
How will students confirm their
knowledge or skill? Also, how will
feedback be provided to the student?
Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test:
Exam 1
Journal entry on video discussion of
stigma and mental illness.
Content Delivery
What materials and resources will you
use to help the student achieve the
module objective?
PPT Lecture. Chapter 1
Video Discussion of Stigma of Mental
Illness.
Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test:
Exam 1
Anxiety Lab: Interview and Exposure
Therapy Reports.
PPT Lecture; Chapter 4
Video demonstrations of Anxiety
Interview and Exposure treatment.
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they mean.
 Describe the procedure and goals of virtual
reality treatment for PTSD.
 Define memory reconsolidation and explain how
it changes fear.
 Discuss exposure therapy and the impact of it
on cognitive behavior therapy.
Stress
 Identify the various factors that cause stress.
 Recognize the physiological impacts of stress.
Anxiety
 Recognize the causes of anxiety disorders and
phobias.
 Identify the physiological symptoms of panic and
anxiety disorders.
 Recognize the behavioral symptoms of panic,
anxiety and obsession disorders.
 Discuss the manifestation of anxiety disorders
and their treatment.
Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test:
Exam 1
PPT Lecture; Chapter 5 Enrichment
Video and Library Demonstration.
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Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test:
Exam 1
Discussion Board response to expert
discussion of peer reviewed research
on Anxiety and the Brain.
PPT Lecture; Chapter 6;
Video: Anxiety and the Brain Series
video with Dr. Eric Kandel.
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COURSE DESIGN PLAN for Abnormal Psychology - PSYC 2300
Module 2: Mood/ Somatic/Dissociative & Eating Disorders
Course Goals
Module 2 Schedule/Pacing: 1 week
Module 2 Topics:
1: History of Mental Illness
2: Mood Disorders and Suicide
3: Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
4: Eating Disorders
Module 2 Objectives
What will students be able to do by the end of
this module?
History of Mental Illness
 Recognize early medical models of
psychological conditions.
 Identify the early leaders in establishing
humanitarian treatment of the mentally ill.
 Discuss the adverse impacts of the Community
Mental Health Act of 1963.
 Reflect on the problems of
deinstitutionalization.
Mood Disorders & Suicide
 Identify common mood disorders, their
symptoms, causes and treatment.
 Define key terms related to depression.
 Explain Deep Brain Stimulation and how it
could be used to treat depression.
 Recognize evidence of suicide ideation in a
depressed patient.
 Explain how Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
can change biased beliefs.
Assessment & Feedback Strategy
How will students confirm their
knowledge or skill? Also, how will
feedback be provided to the student?
Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test; Exam
2
Journal entry on the impact of
deinstitutionalization.
Content Delivery
What materials and resources will you
use to help the student achieve the
module objective?
PPT Lecture; Chapter Two;
Video Discussion: Final Asylum and
The Insanity Offense.
Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test; Exam
2
Discussion Board response to Deep
Brain Stimulation as a biological
treatment for depression.
Lab Report on Depression
assessment and diagnostic interview
and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
(CBT).
PPT Lecture; Chapter Seven; Video
presentation on Deep Brain Stimulation
Video presentation of diagnostic
interview and cognitive behavioral
treatment.
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Somatic Symptom & Dissociative Disorders
 Recognize common symptoms, causes and
treatment of somatic and dissociative disorders.
 Define key terms related to somatic symptom
and dissociative disorders.
Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test; Exam
2
PPT Lecture; Chapter Eight
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Eating Disorders
 Identify the common eating disorders and their
symptoms, causes and treatment.
 Define key terms related to eating disorders.
Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test; Exam
2
PPT Lecture; Chapter Nine
Library demonstration and video on
eating disorders.
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Module 3: Personality Disorders/Substance-Related Disorders & Sexual Variants
Course Goals
Module 3 Schedule/Pacing: 1 week
Module 3 Topics:
1:Causal Viewpoints
2. Personality Disorders
3: Substance Related Disorders
4: Sexual Variants
Module 3 Objectives
What will students be able to do by the end of this
module?
Causal Viewpoints
 Recognize key terms related to causal factors and
viewpoints.
 Discuss the notion of mental illness as a brain
disease rather than a mental or behavioral
disorder.
Personality Disorders
 Identify key terms related to personality disorders.
 Recognize common symptoms of personality
disorders.
 Discuss Borderline Personality Disorder and the
affects it can have on an individual and their family
members.
 Analyze Dialectical Behavior Therapy and its
effectiveness on personality disorders.
 Create a profile for an imaginary patient who
causes self-harm.
Substance Related Disorders
 Recognize key terms/models related to substance
related disorders.
Assessment & Feedback Strategy
How will students confirm their
knowledge or skill? Also, how will
feedback be provided to the student?
Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test; Exam
3
Journal entry on biological approach
to mental illness as a brain disease.
Content Delivery
What materials and resources will
you use to help the student achieve
the module objective?
PPT Lecture; Chapter Three
Video Journal on Brain mechanisms
and mental illness.
Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test; Exam
3
Discussion Board response on
Borderline Personality.
Lab Report on Self Harm assessment
and diagnostic interview and
Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
PPT Lecture; Chapter Ten
Video Discussion on Borderline
Personality.
Video Demonstration on Self Harm
Interview and Dialectical Behavior
Therapy.
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Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test; Exam
3
PPT Lecture: Chapter Eleven
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 Identify common symptoms, causes and
treatments of substance related disorders.
Sexual Variants
 Identify key terms related to sexual variants, abuse
and dysfunctions.
 Recognize causal factors and treatments of sexual
variants.
Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test; Exam
3
PPT Lecture; Chapter Twelve
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COURSE DESIGN PLAN for Abnormal Psychology - PSYC 2300
Module 4: Schizophrenia/Neurocognitive Disorders
Course Goals
Module 4 Schedule/Pacing: 1 week
Module 4 Topics:
1: Schizophrenia
2: Neurocognitive Disorders
3. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
Module 4 Objectives
What will students be able to do by the end of
this module?
Schizophrenia
 Identify key terms related to schizophrenia.
 Recognize common symptoms, causes, and
treatment of schizophrenia.
 Describe the biological basis of schizophrenia.
 Reflect on the genetic and chronic nature of
schizophrenia.
 Discuss the pros and cons of Cognitive
Behavior Therapy to treat schizophrenia.
Neurocognitive Disorders
 Identify key terms related to neurocognitive
disorders.
 Recognize the common symptoms, causes
and treatment of neurocognitive disorders.
Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
 Identify key terms related to disorders of
childhood and adolescence.
 Recognize common symptoms, causes and
treatment of childhood/adolescence disorders.
 Discuss the mechanisms of autistic spectrum
disorder.
Assessment & Feedback Strategy
How will students confirm their
knowledge or skill? Also, how will
feedback be provided to the student?
Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test
Journal entry the burden of mental
illness.
Discussion response on mechanisms
of schizophrenia
Lab Report on schizophrenia interview
and treatment.
Content Delivery
What materials and resources will you
use to help the student achieve the
module objective?
PPT Lecture; Chapter Thirteen
Video on the impact of schizophrenia
and burden of mental illness.
Video on the brain mechanisms of
schizophrenia.
Video on Interview and Treatment of
schizophrenia.
Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test
PPT Lecture; Chapter Fourteen
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Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test
Discussion response on mechanisms
of autism.
PPT Lecture; Chapter Fifteen
Video on the mechanisms of autism.
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Course Goals
Module 5: Therapy and Legal issues
Module 5 Schedule/Pacing: 1 week
Module 5 Topics:
1: Therapy
2: Legal Issues
Module 5 Objectives
What will students be able to do by the end of
this module?
Therapy
 Identify the various models/types of therapy.
 Recognize techniques used in different therapy
types.
 Recognize the purpose and physiological
effects of drug and other biological therapies
therapy in the treatment of mental health
disorders.
Legal Issues
 Identify key terms related to legal issues and
mental health.
 Recognize perspectives on prevention and
intervention.
 Recognize controversial legal issues related to
mental illness.
Assessment & Feedback Strategy
How will students confirm their
knowledge or skill? Also, how will
feedback be provided to the student?
Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test; Exam
4.
Content Delivery
What materials and resources will you use
to help the student achieve the module
objective?
PPT Lecture; Chapter Sixteen
Powerpoint Quiz; Practice Test: Exam
4
Enrichment Journal entry on the
brain and the law.
Enrichment webinar on the
assessment and treatment of
dangerousness.
PPT Lecture: Chapter Seventeen
Video on the legal implications of brain
based explanations of human action.
CDC Webinar on assessing
Dangerousness in the workplace.
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 Discuss the implications of defining mental
illness as a brain disorder for the law and
individual responsibility.
 Defend your position on neuroscience and
society based on your learnings in this course.