Abnormal Psychology Assignments

Abnormal Psychology
Empire State College
Janet Lee Bachant, Ph.D.
Phone: 646-230-1207; email: janet.bachant@esc.edu

Assignments:

First Day -- Obtain book (hardcopy or online) and register for my study group at the following site:

For First Edition of Hansel and Damour:
http://edugen.wiley.com/edugen/class/cls26436/

For Second Edition of Hansel and Damour (2008):
http://edugen.wiley.com/edugen/class/cls78218/

This registration process enables you to have access to the online segment of the study. It is in addition to the registration process you have already completed at ESC to be enrolled in this study. If you purchased a used copy of the text you must also purchase from Wiley.com access to their online segment which is where your testing will be located.

For Week 2 –Read Chapter 1
Complete at least one quiz (Take as many as you like; highest grade will count)

Week 3-- Read Chapters 2 and 3
Complete at least one quiz on each chapter

Week 4—Read Chapter 4
Complete at least one quiz
Submit WRITTEN paragraph describing the final project you will present to the study group at the end of the semester. Your oral presentation on a topic of special interest to you in abnormal psychology can be as creative as you wish to make it. I need to know in advance if you will be needing audio/visual equipment. It must include handouts for your groupmates that will enable them to pursue their own learning in the area of your presentation. This link may be helpful in developing your oral presentation: http://web.cba.neu.edu/~ewertheim/skills/oral.htm

Week 5—Read Chapters 5 and 6
Complete at least one quiz

Week 6—Read Chapters 7, 8
Complete at least one quiz

Week 7—Read Chapter 9
Complete at least one quiz

Week 8—Read Chapter 10
Complete at least one quiz

Week 9—Read Chapter 11
Complete at least one quiz
Presentations

Week 10—Read Chapter 12
Complete at least one quiz
Presentations

Week 11—Read Chapter 13
Complete at least one quiz
Presentations

Week 12—Read Chapter 14
Complete at least one quiz
Presentations (Submit final paper for independent study)

Submit on the last day of the study group, a thoughtful, reflective written commentary on what you learned in this study, what were the study’s strengths and weaknesses, what it helped you to understand about the field of abnormal psychology.

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Abnormal Psychology Assignments