Decision One:
Curriculum Map
Topic: Psychological Disorders – Unit 5
Key Learning(s):
Unit Essential Question(s):
Characteristics and Origins of
abnormal behavior
Methods used in exploring abnormal
behavior
Impact of mental disorders
Treatment of Psychological disorders
Concept:
Characteristics VA-1
Lesson Essential Questions:
What are psychological
disorders?
Vocabulary:
Psychological disorders
Culture-bound syndrome
How can people experiencing
psychological disorders cope and interact
healthfully in everyday life?
Grade: 11/12
Optional
Instructional Tools:
Textbook,
Concept:
Concept:
Concept:
Methods VA-2
Impact/Categories VA-3,4
Treatment VB-1.1,1.2
Lesson Essential Questions:
How are psychological disorders
classified?
Lesson Essential Question
How do mood disorders and
anxiety disorders affect
individuals?
Lesson Essential Questions:
What is psychotherapy?
What is psychoanalysis? How do
cognitive and behavior therapists help
people?
What are the three main biological
treatments for psychological disorders?
Vocabulary:
Phobia, social phobia, panic
attack, agoraphobia, obsessivecompulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder,
depression, bipolar disorder,
mania
Vocabulary:
Dissociation
Depersonalization
Somatization
Schizophrenia
Catatonic stupor
Vocabulary:
Psychotherapy, self-help groups, free
association, resistance, dream
analysis, manifest content, latent
content, transference, humanistic
therapy, person-centered therapy,
nondirective therapy, active
listening,antianxiety drug,
antidepressant drug, lithium,
antipsychotic drug, electroconvulsive
therapy, psychosurgery, prefrontal
lobotomy
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