Congratulations Nogales Arizona
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Little League Intermediate
Division World
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Canada Eh!: Dr. Douglas Murdoch
Clinician
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Registered Clinical
Psychologist
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30 years
Alberta Health Services &
private practice
Primarily Child &
Adolescent
Teacher
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Mount Royal University
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Assistant Professor
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Full time since 2010
University of Calgary
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Adjunct Professor
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Instructor since 1993
So what makes a good therapist?
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Has a sophisticated set of interpersonal skills.
student
Builds trust, understanding and belief from the client.
student
Has an alliance with the client.
Coursecondition.
material
Has an acceptable and adaptive explanation of client's
Has a treatment
plan and allows it to be flexible.
teaching
Is influential, persuasive and convincing.
student progress.
Monitors patient
Offers hope and optimism (realistic optimism, not Pollyanna-ish).
students’ characteristics in context.
Is aware of a client's
Is reflective.
Relies on best research evidence.
Continually improves through professional development
Bruce E. Wampold, PhD, as quoted in APA Monitor, October 2011, 42(9) 14
Are you WEIRD?
 Western
 Educated
 Industrialized
 Rich
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96% of psychology
samples are from
countries that = 12%
of the world’s
population
 Democratic
Henrich, J., Heine, S.J. & Norenzayan, A. (2010) The weirdest people in the world?
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 33, 61–135 doi:10.1017/S0140525X0999152X
New Math?
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94% of American professors rated themselves above
average
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East Asians, Mexicans, Native Americans , Chileans, & Fijians
view themselves less positively
“At best, the sharp self-enhancing biases of Westerners are less
pronounced in much of the rest of the world, although self –
enhancement has long been discussed as if it were a
fundamental aspect of human psychology (e.g., Rogers 1951)”
P. 71
Henrich, J., Heine, S.J. & Norenzayan, A. (2010) The weirdest people in the world? Behavioral and Brain Sciences 33, 61–135
doi:10.1017/S0140525X0999152X
The weirdest people in the world?
Figure 2. Mueller-Lyer results for Segall et al.’s (1966) crosscultural project.
PSE (point of subjective equality) is the percentage that segment a must be longer than b before subjects perceived the segments as equal in
length.
Children were sampled in the 5-to-11 age range.
Henrich, J., Heine, S.J. & Norenzayan, A. (2010) The weirdest people in the world? Behavioral and Brain Sciences 33, 61–135
doi:10.1017/S0140525X0999152X
From the abstract
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“The domains reviewed include visual perception, fairness,
cooperation, spatial reasoning, categorization and inferential
induction, moral reasoning, reasoning styles, self-concepts
and related motivations, and the heritability of IQ. The
findings suggest that members of WEIRD societies,
including young children, are among the least representative
populations one could find for generalizing about humans.”
Henrich, J., Heine, S.J. & Norenzayan, A. (2010) The weirdest people in the world?
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 33, 61–135 doi:10.1017/S0140525X0999152X
Multicultural and Diverse
Ethnicity
Age, religion ,
gender
Physical and learning
differences
Sexual orientation and
gender identity
Is aware of a student's characteristics in context:
Engagement requires inclusion
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Empathy is key
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Teaching with sensitivity and inclusion
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Listening more important than talking
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What are their questions?
What do they want to know?
Non-verbal communication
Attention to Language
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42% anxiety; 34% depression (APA Monitor June 2013)
Place of Worship
Partner or significant other
Referencing research using diverse populations
Hope I did not miss anyone
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Thank – you
бо вам
Gracias
‫الشكر لكم‬
‫איר‬-‫דאַ נקען‬
Dank u
Dankeschön
お礼
謝
కృతజ్ఞ తా మీరు
Na gode da kaDaalụ-ị
terima kasih
Padėka
teşekkür ederim
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Спаси
Tack
Merci
Ringraziamento
‫شکریہ‬
Agradeço-lhe
Natôtela
Terima kasih
ধন্যবাদ, আপন্াকে
Ευχαριστούμε
Asante
Dupẹ-o
Ngiyabonga-wena
Ke a leboga.
Shukran
Additional Material
Passion – Do you love what you do?
Love of psychology,
teaching & practice
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30 years “ in the trenches”
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“ My first case”
“ I knew a young man….”
Student Comments
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“..Dr. Murdoch… engages
his class with interesting
material, an active
enthusiasm, as well as his
own experience in the
field.”
Multicultural and Diverse
Stats Canada 1996
Stats Canada 2001
Top 25 Ethnic Origins
Jamaican
Greek
Spanish
American
Filipino
Hungarian (Magyar)
Russian
Swedish
Portuguese
Welsh
Norwegian
Jewish
South Asian origins (6)
Polish
Dutch (Netherlands)
Chinese
Ukrainian
Aboriginal origins (5)
Italian
German
Irish
Scottish
French
English
Canadian
No religious affiliation
Other religions
Eastern religions
Sikh
Hindu
Buddhist
Jewish
Muslim
Christian not included elsewhere
Christian Orthodox
Protestant
Catholic
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Make Content Relevant
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Connect to the content –
feel, not just know
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Why should they care?
What can they use?
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Art
Poetry
News
My life is a nightmare
one from which i cannot wake
so frightening, so surreal
one from which there is no break
Societies Reject
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/depression%20poetry
Relate to what they know
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Psychological literacy is a crucial
“If I had only known……”
life skill
Assessment as an integral part of the course
 Apply
the principles of reinforcement
 Marks
are “tokens”
 What do you want to reward?
 Where do you want the students to
spend their time?
Active is better than passive: Reinforce
Preparation
“Sparks” (20%)
•Have to take a side – no fence sitting
•1 Point from the book
•1 article that was on point
•Due before debate of the day
•Halgin , Richard
•Taking Sides: Clashing Views in
Abnormal Psychology
•Significant Participation Points
•Moderate not direct
•Must be neutral
•Correct factual errors if possible
•Second chance on Blackboard
Content:
Controversial Topics
Advanced Abnormal Psychology: Debates
Debate (20%)
Positive Student Responses
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Student Evaluation of Instruction:
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“I feel very comfortable sharing in class discussions and the
debates really open up my mind to things I’ve never thought of
before and different ways of thinking….makes me want to
expand how I think and what I think about.”
Other Observations
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Discussing topic before class and at the breaks
Spontaneously stating that they discuss/debate the topics with
parents, family and friends
Multi-Method Assessments work best
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SA False Negative
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And humor helps
Humor Helps
What is abnormal?