Teaching Psychology Assessment One: Unit 4 Area of Study 2 Mental Health 2014 Week/Lesson 1-1 (50 minutes) Main Teaching Dot Points The concept and definitions of ‘Normality’ and ‘Abnormality’ Approaches to Defining Abnormality Introductory Activity Main Lesson Activity Resources Homework Distribute handout on whether a particular action is considered to be ‘normal’ or ‘abnormal’. Students are to complete the table on their own and then we will discuss it as a class at the end. Students to copy down notes about the different approaches to defining what is normal and abnormal as well as definitions of normality and abnormality ‘Uncovering Psychology VCE Units 3 & 4’ Textbook. Sargent, Bormanis etal. Completing their table for homework if it has not been finished already. Pre-prepared Mental Health Power Point slides No Homework for this lesson. Duration: 10 minutes 1-2 (100 minutes) Health & Illness definitions Mental Health, Mental Illness & Mental Health Problems Definitions & Differentiations. Classification systems of Mental Disorders and underlying principles: Categorical Approaches (DSM IV & ICD) Brainstorm on the whiteboard what the students think are examples of Mental Illnesses and Mental Health Problems or what they think the definitions are or them. Students to copy down the table on slide 11 (see attached powerpoint) and decide whether a scenario is an example of mental health of mental illness. Duration: 10 minutes 1 Shane Johnston 3855190 Students are then to create a table in their books that displays a definition of each of the 6 approaches to defining normality and abnormality as well as providing their own example. e.g. Historical Approach example: homosexuality now compared to the 1950’s. Students to copy down the notes on Power Point regarding the categorical approaches with a focus on the DSM-IV. Read article in VCE textbook regarding DSM-IV pg. 490. Students are split into four groups where they are each given a different case study (see attached). The group has to make a diagnosis of the case study using each of the 5 Axis of the DSM-IV e.g. Axis I: obsessive VCE Macmillan Textbook Teaching Psychology Assessment One: Unit 4 Area of Study 2 Mental Health 2014 compulsive disorder etc. Before conducting the activity make sure the case studies are not too controversial for the class. Debrief them afterwards and ask them why we do this. 1-3 (100 minutes) Short Revision of DSMIV to consolidate knowledge Classification systems of Mental Disorders and underlying principles: Dimensional Approaches Watch the video from the Education Portal website titled ‘What is the DSM?’ that goes through the DSM definition and uses. Complete the quiz that is online from the Education Portal website as a class as a revision for the DSM. Go through the answers together as a class. Duration: 15 minutes Duration: 1 period Students are to take notes on the Dimensional Approach to classifying mental disorders that are located on the Power Point slides attached. Duration: 20 minutes Students are to visit the ‘Psychology Today’ website on their iPad’s to conduct a version of the ‘Big 5 Personality Test’. This will give them an idea of which personality trait out of the ‘Big 5’ that they are similar to and not similar to. The idea is to give them a shortened version of what a Dimensional Approach can look like when graphed. Duration: 30 minutes 2 Shane Johnston 3855190 Education Portal: ‘What is the DSM?’ activity located at: http://educationportal.com/academy/less on/what-is-the-dsmdefinition-lessonquiz.html#lesson Pre-prepared Power Point slides that are attached Psychology Today website for personality test located at: http://psychologytoday.t ests.psychtests.com/bin/t ransfer VCE Macmillan Textbook Students to complete the table with strengths and weaknesses of the approaches if they have not completed it. Teaching Psychology Assessment One: Unit 4 Area of Study 2 Mental Health 2014 Students are also to create a table with column headings as ‘Strengths’ and ‘Weaknesses’ with the row headings being ‘Categorical’ and ‘Dimensional’. Students are to use their textbooks to list strengths and weaknesses for each. Discuss them as a class Duration: 20 minutes 2-1 (100 minutes) Use of a biopsychosocial framework (the interaction and integration of biological, psychological and social factors) as an approach to considering physical and mental health Revision Activity: Refer to the Power Point that is attached called ‘Revision Quiz Mental Health’. The Power Point contains questions from what the class has learned so far regarding Mental Health. Students are to write down their answer for each question on a spare sheet of paper under test conditions. We will go through the answers once completed. Students are to copy down the notes on the Power Point slides regarding the biopsychosocial framework definition. Pre-prepared ‘Revision Quiz Mental Health’ Power Point that is attached. The activity is to draw a Venn diagram in their books where in each section (biological, psychological and social) they are to write down 6-8 examples of each factor. e.g. biological would be genetics. This will help the students understand the importance of each factor. Pre-prepared ‘Mental Health’ Power Point that is attached. Duration: 20 minutes Duration: 15 minutes Students are also to work in pairs to apply their knowledge. The students will be given an 3 Shane Johnston 3855190 ‘Uncovering Psychology VCE Units 3 & 4’ Textbook. Sargent, Bormanis etal. General Revision if they are unhappy with their performance on the Revision Quiz Teaching Psychology Assessment One: Unit 4 Area of Study 2 Mental Health 2014 example and have to decide whether it is a biological, psychological or social factor. e.g. children leaving home would be a social factor. Refer to slide number 37 on the Mental Health Power Point. 2-2 (100 minutes) Application of a biopsychosocial framework to understanding the relationship between stress and physical and mental wellbeing: physiological and psychological characteristics of responses to stress including fight-flight response, eustress and distress. Students are to think of a situation where they are under significant amounts of stress. They are to write down the situation in their books and to write down what was happening to them in terms of their body and thought processes. They can write down what they did to overcome the stress and what the outcome was. Students can share these ideas with the class if they are comfortable in doing so. Write down common parts of their stories on the whiteboard as an introduction to stress. Duration: 10 minutes Duration: 20 minutes. The main section of the lesson will utilise YouTube videos to cater for the different types of learners in the class. The first video is titled ‘The Biology of Stress’ which goes through the physiological response to stress and what happens to the body. The students must take note of these physiological changes. The second video is titled ‘Fight or Flight’ response and shows an example of the response as well as physiological changes. Students can take notes and use their own example of a personal fight or flight moment. The third and fourth video are from the movie ‘Finding 4 Shane Johnston 3855190 ‘The Biology of Stress’ video from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com /watch?v=xt44uDsV8PE ‘Fight or Flight’ video from YouTube: https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=m2GywoS7 7qc ‘Finding Nemo’ videos from YouTube: https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=WeaVb242 Kgg https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=IYcZCOxq D38 VCE Macmillan Textbook Learning Activity 13.1 pg. 516 of Macmillan Textbook Teaching Psychology Assessment One: Unit 4 Area of Study 2 Mental Health 2014 Nemo’ and show examples of animals in the movie that use their fight or flight response. One is the squid and its ink when scared and the second is a blowfish expanding when under stress. Students can think of other examples of animals that possess a fight or flight response. The fifth video helps differentiate eustress from distress with a mother and child on a rollercoaster. Students can come up with own examples of eustress and distress. 3-1 (50 minutes) 5 Application of a biopsychosocial framework to understanding the relationship between stress and physical and mental wellbeing: psychological determinants of the stress response; strengths and limitations of Richard Lazarus and Susan Folkman’s Shane Johnston 3855190 One video to introduce the Lazarus and Folkman’s Transactional Model of Stress and Coping. The video is titled ‘AFL Game Winning Goals- After the Siren’ and shows the goals that are scored or missed after the siren to win the game. Duration: Over a Period Once the students have a thorough knowledge of the Lazarus and Folkman process using the pre-prepared Power Point slides and VCE Textbook they are to come up with their own example where they would have to appraise the situation and use coping resources. Students are to discuss what the players are going through when going for that They will then create a timeline on a poster that will incorporate the process that ‘AFL Game Winning Goals- After the Siren’ video from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com /watch?v=mzGXObsSy wU Pre-prepared Power Point slides titled ‘Stress’ that is attached VCE Macmillan Textbook No Homework for this lesson. Teaching Psychology Assessment One: Unit 4 Area of Study 2 Mental Health 2014 Transactional Model of Stress and Coping game winning kick. The point is that the player would primarily appraise the situation as either benign, threat or a challenge and then secondarily would assess if they have the resources to cope with kicking the goal. they go through using their example. e.g. car breaking down. Students will then present their poster and go through what they go through with their chosen example Duration: 30 minutes 3-2 (100 minutes) Application of a biopsychosocial framework to understanding the relationship between stress and physical and mental wellbeing: social, cultural and environmental factors that exacerbate and alleviate the stress response Duration: 8 minutes An introductory activity would be to conduct a class experiment where the class in their original seats view a list of 15 words that pop up on the screen. They are then to write down the words that they can recall. Next they are to combine with the table next to them where they have to sit close to them to view a different list of 15 words and recall as many as they can. Next all of the class is to attempt to recall another list of 15 words when all using the same table. This is an activity to understand the role of 6 Shane Johnston 3855190 After copying notes from the pre-prepared Power Point slides on the social, cultural and environmental factors in terms of the stress response. Students will discuss Calhoun’s crowding research that was conducted in 1962 regarding mice in an enclosure and doubling the population of the enclosure every 55 days. Pre-prepared Power Point with lists of words for the introductory activity Pre-prepared Power Point slides regarding the social factors that exacerbate stress from the ‘Stress’ Power Point VCE Macmillan Students are to identify the Textbook independent, dependent and extraneous variables from the experiment. They can also write an operational hypothesis for the experiment. Students will also discuss the ethical principles from doing this experiment and why it was conducted on mice rather than Students are to read the pages in the textbook that relate to Allostasis before next class as it can be a confusing topic for students. Students are to read the pages and complete the learning activity in the VCE Macmillan Textbook. Teaching Psychology Assessment One: Unit 4 Area of Study 2 Mental Health 2014 crowding as an environmental factor as crowding can often cause higher feelings of stress when completing tasks. 3-3 (100 minutes) Allostasis (stability through change brought about by the brain’s regulation of the body’s response to stress) as a model that integrates biological, psychological and social factors that explain an individual’s response to stress Strategies for coping with stress including biofeedback, meditation/relaxation, physical exercise, social support Duration: 10 minutes Students are to draw a flowchart in their books of the Allostasis model based on the reading and learning activity completed for homework. They are then to use a selected example to relate their example to the Allostasis model. For example, being broken down in a snowstorm and the allostatic responses such as the changes to metabolism. They will then share this with the class. humans. Duration: 30 minutes. After going through the notes regarding the strategies for coping with stress on the preprepared Power Point, students are to download a Meditation app on their iPads. If they can’t download it, just use your own and play it through the projector. As a class, practice the basics of meditation and attempt to complete meditation. Ask the students how they feel after this exercise and if they feel more relaxed. Duration: 10 minutes Duration: 20 minutes Survey the class and ask them what methods of coping with stress that they have used before and whether they think it is effective. Duration: 20 minutes 7 Shane Johnston 3855190 VCE Macmillan Textbook Pre-prepared ‘Stress’ Power Point slides that are attached Students are handed out a revision test that is to be completed for homework (see the attached file). Meditation iPad App They are to come to the next class with it completed and to go through the answers with them then. Teaching Psychology Assessment One: Unit 4 Area of Study 2 Mental Health 2014 4-1 (100 minutes) SAC: Concepts of normality and differentiation of mental health from mental illness Systems of classification of mental conditions and disorders Use of a biopsychosocial framework (the interaction and integration of biological, psychological and social factors) as an approach to considering physical and mental health 4-2 (100 minutes) 8 Application of a biopsychosocial framework to understanding the relationship between stress and physical and mental wellbeing Application of a biopsychosocial framework to understanding and managing simple phobia as an example of an anxiety disorder: biological Shane Johnston 3855190 Go through the answers of the Revision Test that they were asked to complete for homework. Go through each answer with an explanation and ask if they have any confusion with a certain topic. Students complete the Unit 4 Outcome 2 SAC on Mental Health (see the attached file) Unit 4 Mental Health & Stress Revision Test & Answers (see attached) Duration: 5 minutes reading time and 60 minutes writing time. Unit 4 Outcome 2 Mental Health SAC (see attached) Have the students draw a poster of the GABA process and how it helps manage phobic anxiety. They must draw a picture of the presynaptic neuron and postsynaptic neuron as well as labelling in the role of the ‘Maury Povich’ YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=JDvDCqLC dEE No Homework for this Lesson Allow them to also have time to complete any quick private study that they would like to complete. Duration: 15 minutes Show the class various videos that introduce the topic of phobias and explain the videos. There are videos from Maury Povich’s television show where there are individuals who have a phobia of pickles, peaches, https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=6q- No Homework for this Lesson. Teaching Psychology Assessment One: Unit 4 Area of Study 2 Mental Health 2014 contributing factors: role of the stress response; role of the neurotransmitter gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) in the management of phobic anxiety cotton and mustard. There is another video with another man who is afraid of dogs. Good to get the class interested as this is often a topic that peaks interest. Also survey the class to see if there are any general fears or phobias so they are not uncomfortable in the future. See if these are just general fears and not phobias. Good conversation starter. benzodiazepines. SQtpjuYM A picture is attached in the file labelled ‘Role of the GABA neurotransmitter Process’ to give an idea of what would be an acceptable drawing. https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=zOtkLmXxI G4 Duration: 30 minutes ‘My Extreme Animal Phobia: Tough guy afraid of puppy’ YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=JDvDCqLC dEE VCE Macmillan Textbook Duration: 15 minutes 5-1 (50 minutes) 9 Application of a Biopsychosocial framework to understanding and managing simple phobia as an example of an anxiety disorder: psychological contributing factors: psychodynamic, behavioural and cognitive models Shane Johnston 3855190 Focus on the Behavioural Model in particular by splitting up the class into groups and give each group a particular phobia (e.g. dogs, water, enclosed spaces). Each group must discuss and write down how an individual would acquire their phobia through Classical Conditioning and how they would maintain their phobia through Discuss the ‘Little Albert’ Experiment conducted by Watson who helped Albert acquire a phobia through his experiment. Students are to identify the independent, dependent and extraneous variables in the experiment as well as formulate an operational hypothesis. Pre-prepared Power Point slides titled ‘Anxiety Disorder and Phobia’ that are attached VCE Macmillan Textbook Pre-prepared Power Point slides titled ‘Anxiety Disorder and Phobias’ that are attached. Students are to create a table in their book that illustrates the types of cognitive bias. This table must include a definition of the bias as well as their own example. Teaching Psychology Assessment One: Unit 4 Area of Study 2 Mental Health 2014 Operant Conditioning using the correct terms. Students are to discuss the experiment using classical and operant conditioning terms as It is a good refresher for the well as discuss the ethical learning topic that will be on principles involved in the the exam. Students are to ‘Little Albert’ experiment. reveal their answers to the class. Duration:40 minutes 5-2 (100 Minutes) Application of a biopsychosocial framework to understanding and managing simple phobia as an example of an anxiety disorder: the use of psychotherapies in treatment including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), systematic desensitisation and flooding Duration: 15 minutes Brainstorm on the white board the different types of phobia that have been mentioned throughout the unit or ones that the students are familiar with. Students are to discuss ways that they think the phobia could be treated as well as how long they think the treatment could take. Highlight common ideas that the students have mentioned Duration: 10 minutes After letting the students write down and discuss the notes regarding CBT, systematic desensitisation and flooding using the Power Point slides, perform a short example of what might happen during a systematic desensitisation treatment. Give the students, in groups, a particular phobia and they must come up with fear hierarchy that they think would be useful for their particular fear. Students will present their hierarchy. Students can role play their treatment as well in front of the class Duration: 25 minutes 10 Shane Johnston 3855190 Pre-prepared Power No Homework Point slides titled for this Lesson. ‘Anxiety Disorders and Phobia’ that are attached. VCE Macmillan Textbook. Teaching Psychology Assessment One: Unit 4 Area of Study 2 Mental Health 2014 5-3 (100 minutes) Application of a biopsychosocial framework to understanding and managing simple phobia as an example of an anxiety disorder: socio-cultural contributing factors: specific environmental triggers such as being bitten by a dog; parental modelling and transmission of threat information Students are to have a class discussion as to how they think that an individual can acquire/maintain a phobia in terms of the social component of the biopsychosocial framework. Remind the students that the social component has to do with close relationships and the environment. Write these ideas on the board. Duration: 5 minutes Students are to look at Bandura’s BoBo Doll experiment that has to do with Observational Learning. This has to do with the parental modelling component of the socio-cultural factors. Pre-prepared Power Point slides titled ‘Anxiety Disorder and Phobias’ that are attached. Revision for upcoming SAC VCE Macmillan Textbook. Students must again, identify the independent, dependent and extraneous variables as well as creating an operational hypothesis. They must also discuss the ethical principles involved in the study. Good practice for the Research Scenario section for the final exam. 6-1 (100 minutes) 11 Application of a biopsychosocial framework to understanding and managing simple phobia as an example of an anxiety disorder Shane Johnston 3855190 Students are to draw a threecircle Venn Diagram in their books with the headings: biological, psychological and social. The student is then to choose a phobia and write under each heading how they might contribute to their phobia and how they Duration: 30 minutes Students are handed out two articles that have to do with phobias and have to highlight the sections of the newspaper that have to do with anything they have learned from the phobias unit. Students will also discuss the treatment technique in each article. This is good practice for their VCE Macmillan Textbook Pre-prepared Power Point slides titled ‘Anxiety Disorders and Phobias’ that are attached. Article One titled ‘Case Study One Phobias’ that Revision for upcoming SAC Teaching Psychology Assessment One: Unit 4 Area of Study 2 Mental Health 2014 can manage their phobia under each heading. upcoming SAC which is a media analysis. Duration: 10 minutes Duration: 30 minutes is attached in the file retrieved from: http://www.dailymail.co. uk/femail/article2736082/The-highachieving-womenscared-drive-likeHELEN-CARROLLconquer-phobia.html Article Two titled’ Case Study Two Phobias’ that is attached in the file retrieved from: http://www.newsjournal.com/features/life style/is-it-a-fear-orphobia/article_cd76ba05 -550f-56cf-bd290fe8cb3fea09.html 6-2 (100 minutes) 12 SAC: Application of a biopsychosocial framework to understanding and managing simple phobia as an example of an anxiety disorder Revision Game called ‘Phobias Game’ that is attached in the file. The class will complete this individually and will go through the answers once they have completed the questions. Biological contributing factors: role of the stress response; role of the neurotransmitter gamma- The revision game includes questions relating to the phobias topic and also very unique names of phobias Shane Johnston 3855190 Students complete their SAC that is a Media Analysis that is attached in the file. Duration: 5 minutes reading time and 60 minutes writing time. Pre-prepared Power Point slides titled ‘Phobias Game’ that is attached. Media Analysis SAC that is attached titled ‘SAC media response’ The Media Analysis article is attached titled ‘Phobias SAC Article Page 1’ and ‘Phobias Teaching Psychology Assessment One: Unit 4 Area of Study 2 Mental Health 2014 amino butyric acid (GABA) in the management of phobic anxiety Psychological contributing factors: psychodynamic, behavioural and cognitive models; the use of psychotherapies in treatment including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), systematic desensitisation and flooding that the students have to guess. SAC Article Page 2' A good game to help revise and help them relax before their SAC. Duration: 15 minutes Socio-cultural contributing factors: specific environmental triggers such as being bitten by a dog; parental modelling and transmission of threat information *Note: Periods are 50 minutes long and VCE Psychology runs on a Ten Day Timetable with 1x 50 minute lesson and 4x 100 minute lessons per cycle. 13 Shane Johnston 3855190 Teaching Psychology Assessment One: Unit 4 Area of Study 2 Mental Health 2014 Unit Plan Background: A Psychology Lesson has a duration of 50 minutes The timetable at my placement school worked on a 10 day timetable with each day consisting of 6 periods The first 5 days of the timetable consisted of 1x 50 minute lesson and 2x 100 minute lessons The second 5 days of the timetable consisted of 2x 100 minute lessons The coursework and assessments followed the VCAA guidelines Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Statement: In terms of the Outcome the student will be judged as being either ‘Satisfactory’ or ‘Unsatisfactory’ depending on a combination of: Their results from the SAC’s. If they have achieved a score of 50% and above then they will be deemed as having achieved a ‘Satisfactory’ score for that unit Their attendance for the outcome, if they have not attended at least 80% of the classes for the outcome then that will come into consideration for their mark at the end of the outcome. Formative & Summative Assessment: The formative and summative assessment methods from the above unit plan are as follows: The formative assessments during the outcome will come in the form of revision quizzes and general class participation. If the student is displaying weaknesses from those forms then special attention will be given to those students to help them during the outcome The summative assessments will take the form of School Assessed Coursework (SAC) 14 Shane Johnston 3855190 Teaching Psychology Assessment One: Unit 4 Area of Study 2 Mental Health 2014 References: AFL Game Winning Goals - After the Siren [HD], (2014). 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