SemesterSpring Semester, 2020
DepartmentSophomore Class of Department of Psychology
Course NameAbnormal Psychology
InstructorYANG CHIEN-MING
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
PrerequisiteBasic Psychology、Elementary Psychology、General Psychology、Human Behavior & Psychology、Intro Psychology as a Natural Science、Introduction to Psychology、Psychology、Psychology - 2、Psychology：Intro to Psychology 1
Course Objective
Course Description
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Week

Learning Topic

Teaching activities and homework assignment



Learning Hour

(Before Class/After Class )

Week 1

Course Introduction

Ch 1

3

Week 2

Defining Abnormal Psychology & Historical Overview



Current Paradigms in Psychopathology

Ch 1&2

3+6

Week 3

Diagnosis & Assessment Research Method in Psychopathology

Ch 3&4

3+6

Week 4

Mood Disorders and Suicide



Ch 5

3+6

Week 5

Anxiety Disorders

Ch 6

3+6

Week 6

Obsessive-Compulsive-Related Disorders Trauma related Disorders

Ch 7

3+6

Week 7

Dissociative Disorders Somatic Symptom-Related Disorders

Ch 8

3+6

Week 8

Schizophrenia & Others Psychotic Disorders

Ch 9



3+6

Week 9

Midterm Exam

 

8

Week 10

Substance Use Disorders

Ch 10

3+6

Week 11

Eating Disorders

Ch 11

3+6

Week 12

Sleep-wake Disorders

Barlow Ch8

3+6

Week 13

Sexual Related Disorders mid-term exam

Ch 12

3+6

Week 14

Physical Disorders & Health Psychology

Barlow Ch9

3+6

Week 15

Disorders of Childhood

Ch 13

8

Week 16

Late Life and Neurocogntive Disorders

Ch 14 



3+6

Week 17

Personality Disorders

Ch 15

10

Week 18

Final Exam

 

8

Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

Yachuan Huang (yachuan@nccu.edu.tw)


Requirement/Grading

  1. Class attendance and participation（10％）：Students are required to attend the class regularly and to participate in class discussion.

  2. Group project（20％）: students will be divided to different group to present the clinical features of a particular diagnostic category. The presentation can be in any kind of formate but will be limited within 30 min.

  3. Quiz（20％）：There will be a quiz after the teaching of each chapter.

  4. Mid-term Exam（20％）：It will cover the content of the first half of the semester.

  5. Final Exam（20％）：It will cover the content after mid-term exam.

  6. Attending a speech（10％）：Students will have to turn in a one-page report for the talk.


Textbook & Reference

Textbook：



Kring, A.M., Johnson, S.L., Davison, G.C., & Neale, J.M. (2014). Abnormal Psychology (12th Ed., DSM-5 Update). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.



References：




  1. American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), 5th ed.  Washington, DC.

  2. Hooley, J.M., Butcher, J.N., Nock, M.K., Mineka, S. (2017). Abnormal Psychology (17th Ed.). Pearson.

  3. Barlow D.H., Durand, V.M.& Hofamann S.G. (2018). Abnormal Psychology: An Integrative Approach (8th Ed.). Cengage Learning.


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