Internet Assignment for Psyc 2301

Out of class assignment for November 25th

This assignment is to be completed and turned in on Tuesday, December 2nd. Completion of this out- of-class assignment counts as your attendance for Tuesday, November 25^t.h. Well completed assignment may earn up to 10 x credit points.

Assignment: You will click on the following link titled Psychopathology.  This will open Discovering Psychology by Phillip Zimbardo and you will immediately see his 25 minute video on psychopathology.

View the video and answer the 10 questions below in a question and answer typed format.  You will turn in the questions and answers for attendance credit and up to 10 x credit points.

1. What is psychopathology?

2. According to Zimbardo, what is the extent of of mental disorders? (How may people suffer from mental disorders?)

3. Name two criteria for diagnosing mental disorders.

4. Who was the first psysician who viewed the mentally ill as sick and not as crazy?

5. Summarize the results of Dr. David Rosenthal’s experiment.

6. What are the 3 most common types of mental disorders?

7. Which disorder is characterized as the common cold of psychological disorders?

8. What is the difference between neurosis and psychosis?

9. Summarize the results of brain studies of identical twins with schizophrenia.

10. Briefly describe the results of Teresa La Framboise’s research with Native Americans.

**Assignments that are not completed in full will not count as class attendance and no extra credit points will be earned.