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A. Read/skim Primer for Behaviorism and Semantic networks
Pick one of the disorders in the OCD module:
Write a page about what you have learned. Write a summary, but write as if you were writing it to a non-technical person that doesn’t understand cognitive psychology.
post a link in the OCD channel
Read 3 other student’s work and engage them on their submission
A. Do the self-reflection quiz
B. Post a re-write of one [or two] of your past written assignments. Please choose assignments from work completed; if you didn’t get to do the synthesis paper, for example, don’t use it here.
use the channel #re-write-self-reflection
You may want to use the critical thinking standards as a lens on your past work. For instance, are there places you could be more deep in terms of complexity? What research could inform how you think about your work from the textbook? This is just a suggestion.
Stats and Depression and Bipolar
Intro 1 min
Independent variable 1 min
Dependent variable 1 min
Central Tendency 1 min
Measure of Variation 1 min
Graphing/ Histograms 1 min
Examples of variation 1 min
Examples of histogram 1 min
Normal Distributions 5 min
P-value 3 min
Correlations and linear regression 5 min #at 2:43 I make a little bit of a mistake. Technically, what is being presented on the slide are non-standardized scores. So though what I’m saying is correct, I should have further said, “once these scores are standardized, a change in 1 unit of X will increase Y by .63”.
linear regression output and coefficients 5 min #Again, at 5:15, I make a mistake in the video. The output is in un-standardized units and so the correct statement would be " this output is for unstandardized units, a movement up 1 unit on the x axis corresponds to an increase in the y axis about .13 units; had these variables been standardized, you would see the same value as the correlation, .63"
Return of the P-value 5 min but you might not find this helpful.
Search for a meta-analysis on a mood disorder (major, minor, persistent, bipolar (1,2) cyclothymia, dysthymia, or even the sub types of depression (e.g., Seasonal, postpartum)) and try to summarize the findings using your own words. If you want to copy paste some of the language from the article, that is fine, but you should still try to use your own words to say it.
Write down 5 questions about the methods of the paper. How did they do the meta analysis?
Put both writings (summary and questions) into one document and post it in channel #meta_analysis
Read this excerpt from the PDM.2e @lingiardiPsychodynamicDiagnosticManual2015a
Schizophrenia
Skim necessary and sufficient @ConceptNecessaryConditions; most of this includes many examples. Go into the rabbit as far as you like, but at least try to doodle a grid of necessary/sufficient examples
Read just the abstract of @jablenskyDiagnosticConceptSchizophrenia2010, but read that abstract with diligence to word choices. Have a dictionary handy and be sure to capture the meaning as well as the emotional/intentional nature of what was written. Notice the year published
Read the introduction to schizophrenia on @CausesSchizophrenia2020
Read @harveyDualTaskInformationProcessing2006
Textbook personality Disorders #make note of the therapy options for Borderline
Recall the 4 D’s. Write a response to the following: In diagnosing a personality disorder what are some obstacles and or features to consider to differentiate them from healthy personalities?
If you want, I’d love to read articles that have a follow up analysis more than 6 months on DBT effectiveness. (So, study therapy concludes with participants, maybe they do a 2 month follow up. I’m looking for something more than 6 months. Longer is better.)
Post to slack channel #personality
When searching for articles, be sure to track/take note of your search terms and combinations.
This is important to save time. It is not uncommon to accidentally lose articles and so you must go back and re-search. Having no record of search terms may mean you have to recreate that history and it’s time consuming. oo
Be finished by Dec 17, 5pm (technically the business day of the the last day of the quarter)
Don’t be too stressed about this assignment name. It still follows the same format of read/do stuff but I have a few more instructions that take up space. I thought I’d try a link out to it rather than embed it.