ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY-ONLINE SPRING 2017 DE ANZA COLLEGE Linda Hurkmans, M.A. Psyc-004.64Z Office hour: ONLINE CRN: 40536 Office mailbox: 4.0 units Social Science Division Office L13 lindahurkmans@sbcglobal.net De Anza College Online Education Center Info: Office Location Room 210 in the Media & Learning Center (MLC) Phone: 408-864-8969 Email http://deanza.edu/online-ed/ M-Th 9am-5pm F 9a-4pm Please see MyPsychLab Registration Instructions for how to get onto the website. The COURSE ID is hurkmans90334 Attendance This course is 100% online. However, besides reading the textbook, students MUST log onto MyPsychLab every week to view video clips, and take chp. exams online. Those who fail to log onto the website each week, will be viewed as inactive in the class and might be dropped by the instructor. If you no longer wish to be in the course, please make sure to drop yourself and do NOT assume the instructor will do that. Recommended but not Obligatory Prerequisite: General Psychology -PSYC 1. Also recommended eligibility for EWRT 1A or ESL 5 advised COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is intended to provide a historical overview of abnormal psychology with emphasis on current paradigms and models in psychopathology and therapy including a survey of research methodology; clinical assessment, classification, and diagnosis with special focus on cultural, gender, and age issues in psychopathology and therapy. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World. 9 th ed., Pearson Education, Inc., 2013 Authors: Jeffrey S. Nevid, Spencer A. Rathus, and Beverly Greene. ISBN: 0205968910 Note: this ISBN is for the loose leaf textbook and access code to the website MyPsychLab in which the ENTIRE Psy 4 course will occur. You Do NOT have to purchase the textbook at the De Anza College Bookstore. Please purchase the textbook and access code through the publishers website at www.mypearsonstore.com and then do a search with the ISBN above. The direct link to the book purchase page is: http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/abnormal-psychology-in-a-changingworld-books-a-la-9780205968916) 1
As an alternative, if you prefer to NOT have a hard copy of the book and to just use the ebook version, you can register and purchase access directly at www.mypsychlab.com. Please be careful: DO NOT buy any access code that you find anywhere. It probably will NOT work to get you online with this course and will just cause frustration and wasted money. For help at anytime, please contact Pearson Education http://247.support.pearsoned.com/ FINAL COURSE GRADE: will be based on -Logging onto MyPsychLab every Monday of the quarter and more if specified by the instructor -Reading the syllabus and the Friendly Weekly Announcements from the instructor -Reading 15 assigned text chapters -Viewing assigned video clips -Taking 15 chapter exams at specified time. All the assigned chapters are worth 10 points each for a total of 150 points total for your final course grade. In short: 15 Required Weekly Chapter Exams: (15 exams x 10 points each = 150 points possible) IMPORTANT: *In order to earn 10 points for each exam you must take them ON TIME! and score 70% or above. *If you miss an exam, take it late, or score 69% or below, you will receive 0 points for the exam. NO EXCEPTIONS. NO LATE EXAMS. -Reading, studying, using any other course material on MyPsyLab is optional, but encouraged to help you understand the material better and prepare for exams, but it will not earn more points in the course. GRADE for Psych 4 course: A = 140-150 total points B = 130-139 C = 110-129 D = 100-109 F = 99 and below Be prepared to spend at least 12 hours per week using and studying course materials. NOTE: If you try to take the entire course during the 2-week Free trial period on MyPsychLab and then not do anything else for the quarter, you will Fail the course. You must take the course as it is designed. You may not take the entire course with Temporary Access. NOTE: If you miss exams your grade will INSTANTLY go down. There are no make up exams, given the flexibility already built into the course, you must organize your time and take the exams on time. You must keep up and do all of the work if you hope to earn an A or B in this course. Thank you. 2
How to Get Started-Watch Your Deadlines! 1. Register for the Psychology 4 course at De Anza College. All email correspondence with your instructor will happen with that same email address, so please keep it the same. 2. Purchase the course text and materials. 3. Register onto the MyPsychLab website by 11:59pm Wed. April 19, 2017, using your access code. This is where the Psych 4 course happens completely ONLINE. The course does NOT happen on Catalyst. If you do not make that deadline, you might be dropped from the course. 4. However, please do NOT assume you will be dropped. If you do not wish to continue with the course, it is the student s responsibility to drop him/herself. 5. Start your studies. Read Text Chp.s Students can read the hard copy or the e-text. Please be self-motivated and make sure to read the required chp.s each week. View Videos See instructions on last page of syllabus. On the MyPsychLab website. View each video clip that pertains to the text chp. you are reading. The videos help the material to come alive. Exams (worth 150 points total) See instructions on last page of syllabus. I will be checking to see that you are taking them each week. You must take the chapter exams on time and earn a 70% or above score in order to earn the 10 points for each exam. If you score anything 69% or below, take an exam late or fail to take an exam, you will lose 10 points per exam. If you take All of the chp. exams on time and earn a 70% or above, you will earn a total of 150 points. NO MAKE-UP exams. No exceptions. As a distant learner you MUST organize your time and keep to the deadlines. Also, once you open an exam, you must take it. You cannot open and close the exams to just look at them. You will not be able to get back on the exam and you will loose those 10 points. NOTE: you may take exams early. You may NOT take exams late. Extra Credit No Extra Credit is given in this class. COURSE POLICIES Those discovered to be cheating (unauthorized collaboration, trying to open exams to copy them and take them later, plagiarizing, etc.) will be given an F grade for the course and may be reported to college authorities for expulsion. I can tell when students are doing these things. Only open a chp. exam when you are going to take it! 3
Here is a List of the Chapter Titles for the Text Edition of MyPsychLab. This will assist you in case you are using a different edition of the text book. Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World. 9th ed Chapter 1: Introduction and Methods of Research Chapter 2: Perspective on Abnormal Behavior and Methods of Treatment Chapter 3: Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior Chapter 4: Stress, Psychological Factors, and Health Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorders Chapter 6: Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders Chapter 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide Chapter 8: Substance Abuse and Dependence Chapter 9: Eating Disorders and Sleep Disorders Chapter 10: Disorders Involving Gender and Sexuality Chapter 11: Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders Chapter 12: Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders Chapter 13: Abnormal Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence Chapter 14: Cognitive Disorders and Disorders Related to Aging Chapter 15: Abnormal Psychology and the Law 4
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY CLASS SCHEDULE (subject to change) Spring 2017 Week 1: -Monday: -Register for the Psy 4 course and pay your tuition at De Anza College. -Buy required textbook and online access to MyPsychLab website. Deadline to register onto the MyPsychLab using your online access code is 11:59pm WEDNESDAY APRIL 19. If you do not make that deadline, you might be dropped from the course. The sooner, the better so you can get started with your assignments. -Read text chp. 1 NO EXAMS DUE FOR WEEK #1. I will let you get oriented to the website first. NOTE: some weeks will have 1 exam due and some weeks will have 2 exams due. You are responsible for following the schedule. NO LATE EXAMS PERMITTED. Week 2: -Read text chp. 2 -Take Chp. Exam for chp. 1 by 11:59pm on Sunday April 23, 2017. I will be checking them. Remember, YOU CAN TAKE ANY EXAM EARLY. BUT YOU MUST TAKE THEM BY THE DEADLINE. IF YOU TAKE THEM LATE, YOU WILL NOT EARN POINTS. See instructions for taking exams on last page of this syllabus. You MUST take the chp. exams by their deadline in order to get credit for them. Thank you! Week 3: -Read text chp. 3 -Take chp. exams for chp.s 2 and 3 by 11:59pm on Sunday April 30. I will be checking them. Week 4: -Read text chp. 4, 5 *View corresponding video clips -Take chp. exams for chp.s 4 and 5 by 11:59pm on Sunday May 7. I will be checking them. Week 5: -Read text chp. 6, 7 -Take chp. exams for chp. 6 and chp. 7 by 11:59pm on Sunday, May 14. 5
Week 6: -Read text chp. 8 -Take chp. exam for chp. 8 by 11:59pm on Sunday May 21. Week 7: -Read text chp. 9, 10 -Take chp. exams for chp.s 9 and 10 by 11:59pm on Sunday May 28. Week 8: -Read text chp. 11 and 12 -Take chp. exams for chp.s 11 and 12 by 11:59pm on Sunday June 4. Week 9: -Read text chp.13 -Take chp. exam for chp. 13 by 11:59pm on Sunday June 11. Week 10: -Read text chp. 14 -Take chp. exam for chp. 14 by 11:59pm on Sunday June 18. Week 11: -Read text chp. 15 -Take chp. exam for chp. 15 by 11:59pm on Sunday June 25. Week 12: FINALS Week at De Anza College. Your work is done. Final grades will be available via MyPortal on the De Anza College website once posted by faculty after the Final Exams at the college are completed. Students, please be responsible for completing your work according to the above dates. My advice to any distant learner is to try not to let the work pile up and then feel overwhelmed. Just take it day by day. 6
To help you navigate MyPsychLab, please see below: INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO TAKE THE CHAPTER EXAMS (Please ignore that it says Psych 1 Summer 2013. This is just an example.) 1. Go to the Assignment Calendar and click on the date something is due. See the Red circle to show you this. 2. Click into the actual assignment to launch it. For example: INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO VIEW THE VIDEOS: 7
Go to the Video Series and click on the picture. See the red writing we wrote for you Click here. For example: 8