Class Evaluation

What did you like about the class? I found the class very intresting and fun because we are always discussing about different kinds of disorders and the way people react to different things.

What was your favorite activity or project? My favorite project was the brain model and the optical illusion activity.

What didn't you like about the class? The only thing I did not like about this class was that I feel I am not really prepared for the free response section for the AP exam.
What do you think I should leave out next year? I do not think anything should be left out.
Do you have any suggestions or ideas for things I could do next year in AP Psych? Have more practice AP's

Do you have any suggestions or ideas for next semester in AP Econ? More practice for the AP exam for Economics.

Week 5- Schizophrenia

People who have schizophrenia can lead a shorter life than other people. People with this mental disorder should focus on other aspects of life like health rather than the disorder itself. Schizophreniacs often take up smoking because it is hard to cope with their affects of the disorder. Eventually smoking will lead to lung cancer and then later on death. Schizophreniacs also have obesity problems which result in diabetes. They should engage in healthy acticity to take their mind off of their disorder.



http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/12/03/mental-illness-shorter-life/

week 4

1.I took a personalty Jung test, and answered a yes or a no to each characteristic question. My reaction to this test was that it really confused me, the only thing that was true about was that I am very extroverted. Other than that, the other percentages were very off. According to the test i am an ENFJ. I feel this test is not valid.
2. I took a 122 questioned test about personality and rated each characteristic from 1-9. My reaction to this test was that there were a lot of charcteristcs explaining my personality well. I think this test is very valid.
3. This test is like the second one, only this says i am more sympathetic toward others, which is true. This test is valid.
4. I took the attractive test, which was valid. It showed that I go toward extremely attractive men, who are trendy and really smart.
5. This test was not valid because they did not ask enough question that actually pertain to me. My eq was 45-54.

Personality Disorder

Dear mother,...
I am really relieved that I am out of that loony bin of a house. Don't even bother to call me because I am probably not even going to pick the phone up. I hear your messages asking how my classes are and my answer is that they are dumb. My professor says that I should join some stupid pre med program because of my vast knowledge in science... I rejected his idea and said that I rather sit in my dorm and watch The Office while eating puffy cheetos. My room mate is always taking her friends out to clubs, she asks me too, but I refuse because I think her and her friends are really happy and peppy for no reason. It's probably because they over caffeinate themselves. I am going to stop writing now, my hand is starting to cramp.

Umm Yea,
Natasha

Case Study 9

Case Study 9: A 27-year-old, athletic young man has an intense fear of needles. He tries to rationalize his fear by explaining that he is just being cautious and protecting himself from acquired immunodeficiency disease syndrome (AIDS). He realizes that his fear is irrational but is unable to control it. The patient has fainted twice in the past when his blood was drawn during a physical examination. He becomes extremely anxious at the sight of a needle and worries for days before an appointment with his physician or dentist.
This athlete has an anxiety phobia to injections which is also called Belonephobia. He has panic attacks and has fainted whenever he comes in sight of an injection. He is also hesitant about going to the physician or dentist's office. It is also known that he has this phobia because he himself realizes that this fear of injections has gotten out of control. He might have had someone in his family history have a bad encounter with needles.
A mode of therapy for this man is to reassure him that the injection will not cause any harm to him. Also tell him that the injection is sanitary and it will only help him get better.

Kurt Cobain's Acute Depression

Kurt Cobain was born in Aberdeen, Washington on February 20, 1967. He started taking interest to music at a very young age. When he was about 8 years old, his parents had gotten a divorce which about that time his personality started to change. His life came down to living with each parent for every other month or year, or even with other relatives. He was constantly abused and bullied by his fellow wrestling team and homophobics just because his friend was gay. That made him believe that he himself could be gay. He later dropped out of school because of lack of credits and his mother gave him an ultimatum to leave or get a job. He was forced out of his house and was forced to live in places like under bridges, his mother's basement, friend's houses etc. Also, most of his life he suffered from bronchitis. In 1986 he created the band Nirvana. In 1989 he and Courtney Love met and bonded through drug use.
His acute depression led to many suicide attempts. Cobain had a gun collection during when his wife wife pregnant and he tried to kill himself with one. But, oddly enough, his emotional stage was the thing the influenced his music and made Nirvana very popular at that time. Later on April 5, 1994 he finally succeeded in killing himself.
I feel that Kurt's childhood caused him to acquire this acute depression. I understand that the impact of his parents' divorce made a huge impact on his life, and he channeled this into his music. He had a rough life, and he took it out on himself.






















http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain
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