Final Exam

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Schizophrenia Blog

Today in class we discussed the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia. Use the knowledge that you gained in class and previous classes to discuss Josh from the True Life episode. He was the one with the huge hair. Discuss his hallucinations, disillusion, self medicating, and overall attitude toward treatment. To get full credit you must discuss all four of these.

Bipolar Disorder

After watching the movie and our discussion in class how do you feel about diagnosing and labeling children that have bipolar depression as such. Give reasons and explanations for your answer!!!!

Emily Intervention

Today in class we watched a movie about Emily, a young woman suffering from anorexia. In the documentary we watched Emily's daily life and the struggles that she has been fighting with anorexia over the past 8 years. Using the information that you learned today in class about drive reduction theory explain how Emily reduces the drive of feeling overweight and restores her body back to homeostasis in her mind. Use specific examples in your answer and make sure you explain drive reduction theory

Inception

 

Students need to write a paper relating what we learned in class about sleep and dreams to the movie inception. Key points that you must address.... 

• Subconscious mind
• The architect and dream theories  
• Projections
• Stages of sleep in relation to the stages in the movies
• Waking and altered states of consciousness and how the characters knew the difference between the stages  

You need to use examples from the movie!!!! Paper is due March 30th!!!! 

60 Minutes Sleep Science

In the 60 minute documentary "Sleep Science" the researches talked about the importance of having a full nights sleep. What are the benefits of getting a full nights sleep along with the negative side effects that they mentioned in the film. Use examples from the documentary along with the knowledge that you acquired in class. Also use an example from your life!!! Chino use a real experience not a made up one!!!!!

Adrenaline Rush

Today in class we talked about how our bodies handle risk. Describe the processes of fight and flight and use a personal example from your life for both fight and flight. Make sure you describe the biological processes that occur in each stage. Please keep your examples appropriate!!!!

Adventures of an Incurable Optimist!

After watching the movie on Micheal J Fox do you think it is possible for the biological effects of a disease to be slowed due to an environmental factor such as optimism? Why?

Nature vs. Nurture

Do you think that nature plays a larger role in development or does nurture? Support your opinion with the bible or general examples. HINT, Nature means your genes your genetic make-up. Nurture think your life experiences and the environment around you

Theory of Knowledge

What theory of knowledge do you agree with? Do you think Socrates theory that all  knowledge is innate and that through reasoning we can access knowledge or John Locke's theory that the mind is a blank slate and we access knowledge through experience? Please tell me why you feel this way and use examples to support your reasoning.

If you are interested in a read, here is the Wikipedia site on the plan crash in the Andes Mountains we talked about in class on Friday!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571

Welcome

This blog will be dedicated to the responses of the students in my psychology class. I hope that you use it and jump on board because it is apart of your grade. You will have to respond weekly to a question that I post about a topic we have been discussing in class. Your response will be graded for content and correct grammar etc...  I can tell when you write fluff or copy the text book. Don't do that! Don't worry I will show you how to begin.