AP PSYCHOLOGY
6th Six Weeks
April 21, 2014
Today’s Lesson 4/21/2014
• Journal prompt:
Psychotherapy
• Go into Therapy
(Chapter 15)
• The King’s Speech
Planning:
• 4/21 Psychotherapy
• 4/23 Medical approach; Eclectic approach
– Power point notes
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4/25 Quiz chapter 15. Begin Social Psychology.
4/26 AP Psychology Test Review
4/29 Social Psychology Chapter 16
5/1 Social Psychology Chapter 16
Journal Prompt: 4/21/2014
Learning Goal : Identify psychological treatments.
p. 638 What Would Freud Say?
1) What are you trying to accomplish with free
association?
2) “Just as Jerome began telling his therapist about
a painful childhood experience, he complained
of a headache and abruptly ended the session.”
3) “Mr. Phillips has recently begun to express
feelings of hostility and resentment toward his
therapist, who is consistently friendly, caring,
and helpful.”
Psychological Therapies
We will look at four major forms of
psychotherapies based on different theories of
human nature:
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Psychoanalytic theory
Humanistic theory
Behavioral theory
Cognitive theory
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Psychoanalysis: Aims
Since psychological problems originate from
childhood repressed impulses and conflicts, the
aim of psychoanalysis is to bring repressed
feelings into conscious awareness where the
patient can deal with them.
When energy devoted to id-egosuperego conflicts is released, the
patient’s anxiety lessens.
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Psychoanalysis: Methods
Dissatisfied with hypnosis, Freud developed
the method of free association to unravel the
unconscious mind and its conflicts.
The patient lies on a couch and speaks about whatever comes to his or her mind.
http://www.english.upenn.edu
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Psychoanalysis: Methods
During free association, the patient edits his
thoughts, resisting his or her feelings to express
emotions. Such resistance becomes important in
the analysis of conflict-driven anxiety.
Eventually the patient opens up and reveals his or
her innermost private thoughts, developing positive
or negative feelings (transference) towards the
therapist.
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Psychoanalysis: Criticisms
1. Psychoanalysis is hard to refute because it
cannot be proven or disproven.
2. Psychoanalysis takes a long time and is very
expensive.
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Psychodynamic Therapy
Influenced by Freud, in a face-to-face setting,
psychodynamic therapists understand
symptoms and themes across important
relationships in a patient’s life.
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Psychodynamic Therapies
Interpersonal psychotherapy, a variation of
psychodynamic therapy, is effective in treating
depression. It focuses on symptom relief here
and now, not an overall personality change.
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Today’s Lesson
4/23/2014
• Journal prompt: Operant Conditioning
Therapy
• AP Preparation: How to answer Free Response
Questions (FRQs)
• Notes: Therapy
• Handout: Medical therapies for anxiety
Journal prompt: 4/23/2014
Categories of Treatment and Types of
Treatment Providers.
Evaluate the efficacy of treatments
for particular disorders.
p. 645-646
What are some
situations in which
behavior modification is
used?
How does a token
economy work?
What are criticisms of
behavior modification?
AP PRACTICE SESSION ROOM 234 SATURDAY 4/26
Today’s Lesson 4/25/2014
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Journal prompt: Biomedical therapies
Finish notes packet Chapter 15
Medical therapy chart
IMPORTANT: Do Vocabulary and/or Study Guide
for Chapter 16 by Thursday next week.
• Coming Up:
– Tuesday 4/29 Chapter 16 Discussion/ Notes
– Thursday 5/1 Practice Exam
• Turn in practice FRQ
Journal Prompt 4/25/2014
2.1 Identify biomedical
treatments
2.4 Evaluate the efficacy of
treatments for particular
disorders
p. 663, 668.
People with depression
often improve after a month
on anti-depressants.
However, some researchers
say the drug effect is
actually minimal.
How do researchers
evaluate the effectiveness of
a particular drug therapy?
AP PRACTICE SESSION
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Test Format: College Board Website
FRQ Analysis
Test practice websites
Analogies
Graphic Organizers
Test Format: Multiple Choice
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2-4% history and approaches (Prologue & Chapter 1)
8-10% research methods (Chapter 1)
8-10% biological bases of behavior (Chapters 2 & 4)
6-8% sensation and perception (Chapter 6)
2-4% states of consciousness (Chapter 3)
7-9% learning (Chapter 7)
8-10% cognition (Chapters 8 & 9)
6-8% motivation and emotion (Chapter 10)
7-9% developmental psychology (Chapter 5)
5-7% personality (Chapter 13)
5-7% testing and individual differences (Chapter 11)
7-9% abnormal behavior (Chapter 14)
5-7% treatment of abnormal behavior (Chapter 15)
8-10% social psychology (Chapter 16)
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