Psychology 2030A-001
The Maladjusted Mind
If there is a discrepancy between the outline posted below and the outline posted on the OWL course website, the latter shall prevail.
1.0 CALENDAR DESCRIPTION
This course will survey various categories of maladjusted behaviour and consider different explanatory models and treatment strategies for the control of such behaviour. Theories of human adjustment and maladjustment will be reviewed.
Antirequisites: Psychology 2050, 2310A/B and 3310F/G
Antirequisites are courses that overlap sufficiently in content that only one can be taken for credit. So if you take a course that is an antirequisite to a course previously taken, you will lose credit for the earlier course, regardless of the grade achieved in the most recent course.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
2.0 COURSE INFORMATION
Instructor: David Vollick, Ph.D.
Office: SSC 7440
Office Hours: By Appointment
Email: dvollic@uwo.ca
Teaching Assistant: Valya Sergeeva
Office: Einsteins Cafe in Nat Sci
Office Hours: Monday 2-3 p.m.
Email: vsergee@uwo.ca
Time and Location of Lectures: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm; NS 1
If you or someone you know is experiencing distress, there are several resources here at Western to assist you. Please visit: http://www.uwo.ca/uwocom/mentalhealth/ for more information on these resources and on mental health.
Please contact the course instructor if you require material in an alternate format or if you require any other arrangements to make this course more accessible to you. You may also wish to contact Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) at 519-661-2111 ext 82147 for any specific question regarding an accommodation.
Note: Dr. Vollick does not lend out either his notes or his Power Point slides
3.0 TEXTBOOK
Required: Beidel, D. C., Bulik, Cynthia M., & Stanley, Melinda A. (2014). Abnormal Psychology (third edition). Pearson.
4.0 COURSE OBJECTIVES
After successfully completing this course, students will have obtained a solid understanding in the following areas of mental disorders:
1. Current scientific theories on their etiologies
2. Current research and methods
3. The overall purpose and various components of assessment (e.g., interviewing, administrating various tests, neuroimaging, and physical and behavioural examinations) and the treatment of various disorders
4. Overall diagnosing issues
5. Clinical and personal implications
5.0 EVALUATION
Student evaluation will be based on two in-class exams and a final exam based on the text and material presented in class. Each of the three exams will be worth 1/3 of your
total mark on the course, and will consist of 80 multiple choice questions. If, on medical or compassionate grounds, you are unable to write term tests or final
examinations or complete course work by the due date, see Section 09 below for more information about the "Policy on Accommodation for Medical Illness".
Although the Psychology Department does not require instructors to adjust their course grades to conform to specific targets, the expectation is that course marks will be distributed around the following averages: 70% 1000-level and 2000-level courses 72% 2100-2990-level courses 75% 3000-level courses 80% 4000-level courses
The Psychology Department follows Western’s grading guidelines, which are as follows (see: http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/general/grades_undergrad.pdf )
A+ 90-100 One could scarcely expect better from a student at this level
A 80-89 Superior work that is clearly above average
B 70-79 Good work, meeting all requirements, and eminently satisfactory
C 60-69 Competent work, meeting requirements
D 50-59 Fair work, minimally acceptable
F below 50 Fail
6.0 EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
In-class Exam #1: Oct. 5, 2015: In NS 1 during regular class time. It will consist of 80 Multiple-Choice Questions and cover all material, from both lectures and text (chapters 1,2,3,10) (1/3 of total mark).
In-class Exam #2: Nov 16, 2015: In NS 1 during regular class time. It will consist of 80 Multiple-Choice Questions and cover all material, from both lectures and text (chapters 4,5,6,8) (1/3 of total mark).
Final Exam: During Final Exam Period. It will consist of 80 Multiple-Choice Questions
and cover all material, from both lectures and text (7,9,11,14) (1/3 of total mark)
Note: Exams are not accumulative
7.0 LECTURE SCHEDULE
• The lecture schedule may change, however, the exam dates are final.
• You will glean more from the class if you read the lecture material prior to class.
• Lectures will contain material not in the text; I will not be covering all material in the text.
• Remember, you will be tested on all relevant material in the text, as well as that presented in class lectures
Sept. 14 1 Abnormal Psychology: Historical and Modern Perspectives
Sept. 21 2 Research Methods in Abnormal Psychology
Sept. 28 3 Assessment and Diagnosis
10 Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Oct. 5 Midterm Test
Oct. 12 Thanksgiving
Oct. 19 4 Anxiety, Obsessive-compulsive, and Trauma-and-Stress-Related Disorders
Oct. 26 5 Somatic Symptoms, Dissociative, and Factitious Disorders
Nov. 2 6 Bipolar and Depressive Disorders
Nov. 9 8 Gender Dysphoria, Sexual Dysfunctions, and Paraphilic Disorders
Nov. 16 Midterm Test
Nov. 23 7 Feeding and Eating Disorders
Nov. 30 9 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Dec. 7 11 Personality Disorders
14 Health Psychology
Final Exam During Final Exam Period
8.0 STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC OFFENCES
Students are responsible for understanding the nature and avoiding the occurrence of plagiarism and other scholastic offenses. Plagiarism and cheating are considered very serious offenses because they undermine the integrity of research and education. Actions constituting a scholastic offense are described at the following link: http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/appeals/scholastic_discipline_undergrad.pdf
As of Sept. 1, 2009, the Department of Psychology will take the following steps to detect scholastic offenses. All multiple-choice tests and exams will be checked for similarities in the pattern of responses using reliable software, and records will be made of student seating locations in all tests and exams. All written assignments will be submitted to TurnItIn, a service designed to detect and deter plagiarism by comparing written material to over 5 billion pages of content located on the Internet or in TurnItIn’s databases. All papers submitted for such checking will be included as source documents in the reference database for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of papers subsequently submitted to the system. Use of the service is subject to the licensing agreement, currently between Western and Turnitin.com http://www.turnitin.com.
Possible penalties for a scholastic offense include failure of the assignment, failure of the course, suspension from the University, and expulsion from the University.
9.0 POLICY ON ACCOMMODATION FOR MEDICAL ILLNESS
Western’s policy on Accommodation for Medical Illness can be found at: http://www.westerncalendar.uwo.ca/2015/pg117.html
Students must see the Academic Counsellor and submit all required documentation in order to be approved for certain accommodation: http://counselling.ssc.uwo.ca/procedures/medical_accommodation.html
10.0 OTHER INFORMATION
Office of the Registrar web site: http://registrar.uwo.ca
Student Development Services web site: http://www.sdc.uwo.ca
Please see the Psychology Undergraduate web site for information on the following: http://psychology.uwo.ca/undergraduate/student_responsibilities/index.html
- Policy on Cheating and Academic Misconduct
- Procedures for Appealing Academic Evaluations
- Policy on Attendance
- Policy Regarding Makeup Exams and Extensions of Deadlines
- Policy for Assignments
- Short Absences
- Extended Absences
- Documentation
- Academic Concerns
- 2015 Calendar References
No electronic devices, including cell phones, will be allowed during exams.
