Beevers Abnormal Syllabus Spring 2020 PDF

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PSY 352, Abnormal Psychology Psychology,, Spring 2020 (42010) TTH 11:00am – 12:30pm Professor: Christopher Beevers, Ph.D. Email: [email protected] Office hours: TH 2-4pm* or by appointment Office: RLP 4.528 (Patton Hall)

Teaching Assistant Assistant: Molly McNamara Email: [email protected] Office hours: by appointment Office: RLP 4.500 (Patton Hall)

*if you are coming to my office hours, send me an email so I can confirm the appointment

Teaching Assistant Assistant: Patrick O’Connor Email: [email protected] Office hours: TH 12:30pm – 2:00pm, F 12:00pm – 1:00pm & by appointment Office: Seay 3.304 (Seay Psychology building)

Course Objective: The main goal for this course is to provide broad exposure to descriptive psychopathology (i.e., the symptoms, signs, and clinical course) and treatment of the major psychiatric disorders. A scientific and empirical approach to this material is emphasized. This version of PSY 352 will take place entirely online. However, it is still conducted at the official times described in the course schedule, but instead of attending class in-person you will stream this course in real time via Canvas. You are expected to attend class by logging into the course site before 11:00am on Tuesday and Thursday to watch the live, real-time video stream of our lectures and participate in class activities. You should treat logging into the course website the way you would treat attending a traditional course held in a classroom. A component of your grade will be determined by your completion of online exams and polls during class time. Watching during class will also allow you to pose questions in realtime as well. Class Schedule: The topics below will be covered in this course. This is a tentative schedule, as some topics may take more or less time than planned. Changes to this schedule will be announced in class. Date Jan 21 Jan 23 – Jan 28 Jan 30 – Feb 4 Feb 6 – Feb 11 Feb 13 Feb 18 – Feb 20 Feb 25 – Mar 3 Mar 5 – Mar 10 Mar 12 Mar 16 – Mar 20 Mar 24 – Mar 26 Mar 31 – Apr 2 Apr 7 – Apr 9 Apr 14 Apr 16 – Apr 21 Apr 23 – Apr 28 Apr 30 May 5 May 7 TBA

Lecture Topic Course Overview Abnormal Behavior: Definition, History, and Modern Approaches Research Methods in Clinical Psychology; Empirically Supported Treatments Clinical Assessment: Diagnosis and Approaches Exam I Anxiety Disorders: Etiology, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic, Phobias Obsessive Compulsive Related and Trauma-Related Disorders Mood Disorders: Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder Exam II Spring Break Substance Related Disorders: Alcohol Use Disorders, Drug Use Disorders Eating Disorders: Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia, & Obesity Schizophrenia: Symptoms, Causes, & Treatment Exam III Somatic Symptom-Related and Dissociative Disorders Personality Disorders Gender Dysphoria and Sexual Disorders Catch-up / Q & A for Final Exam Exam IV Optional Final Exam

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Text: Kring, A.M, & Johnson, S.L. (2018). Abnormal Psychology: The science and treatment of psychological disorders, 14th edition. Wiley. Please note that this book can be rented from Wiley.com for $40 or less. If you would like to keep this book beyond the rental period, an e-book costs $120 from the publisher. You might be able to find it for less elsewhere. You can use older editions of this text but be aware that some of the material will be updated. For that reason, I strongly recommend using the e edition dition listed above . Also, you are not required to obtain any software that might come with the textbook. Teaching Philosophy: My approach is not to simply regurgitate what is written in the text, but to complement the text material. The textbook provides an excellent overview of the material. However, it does not cover in detail some aspects of current research and theory. Therefore, lectures will be used to fill in the contemporary picture more thoroughly and to provide greater detail on particular topics. This will be accomplished by focusing on particularly influential studies, discussing case studies, watching film clips, etc. Please be aware that this means that at times the lectures will accompany and complement the text, while at other times the lectures will introduce information not covered in the text. Canv Canvas: as: A copy of this syllabus and other course material can be found on the University of Texas’ Canvas, http://canvas.utexas.edu/. Canvas will be used to send electronic announcements to the class and to post assignments, supplemental lecture material, and exam grades. Be sure that your e-mail information in Canvas is correct. Check your email regularly (e.g., at least daily), as certain communications may be time sensitive. Please note that we cannot give out grades via the phone or email under any circumstances. You can find support in using Canvas at the ITS Help Desk at 475-9400, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., so plan accordingly. Please make sure that you view these important features of the canvas before the first day of class. 1. Homepage – The homepage will have links to the Course Syllabus, test your video stream webpage, the live video stream of the lectures, information regarding technical questions and other important information. On the left-hand side of each page of the Canvas course site are navigation tabs to all parts of the website, including the syllabus. 2. Video Stream – The video stream is the page on which you will find the live video. The dashboard video stream will also display the outline for the current lecture, links and pop-ups for live quizzes and other participation activities. This is where you should be during class. 3. Lectures Online – This is where recorded lectures will be posted after each class. This is a good resource for you to use to fill in your notes or review material from lecture that you may have missed during the lecture. 4. Modules – The modules page includes links to the assignments and other course documents. PDF versions of the lecture slides will be posted shortly before each class. 5. Piazza – A valuable discussion board for asking after-class questions about course logistics and content.

Required internet-enabled device: All students are required to have access to an internet-enabled laptop or desktop computer. Tablets and smartphones are not supported supported. Your computer should have enough battery life to last an entire class period and meet the following requirements:  RAM: at least 2 GB (Windows check here. Mac check here.)  Modern and updated operating system (Windows check here. Mac check here.)  Browsers: Chrome is highly recommended; if using Safari or Firefox be prepared to use Chrome as a backup.  5 Mbps internet connection speed. You should confirm that your computer is able to stream the video lectures by visiting the test stream page at https://www.laits.utexas.edu/tower/tech.html.

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There are multiple computer labs on campus for your use if you do not have a personal computer or laptop with access to a reliable internet connection (see https://ut.service-now.com/sp? id=ut_bs_service_detail&sys_id=3dd65c7c4ff9d200f6897bcd0210c77d). If you do not have an internetenabled device, some inexpensive ones are available at local stores or on the internet.

Bandwidth limitations: Because the streaming video is bandwidth-intensive, you are not allowed to access YouTube, Skype, Gmail video chat or other online video system, or any other program that is bandwidthdemanding during the class session. You should be watching the lecture, responding to course-related prompts, and taking notes only during this time! If you find yourself frequently distracted online, we recommend you try browser-based solutions like Offtime, Freedom (freedom.to), Focus, or LeechBlock (https://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/) that temporarily prevent you from accessing tempting websites. Course communication You are always encouraged to communicate with the TAs and Professor. If you would like to speak in person, please send an email to set up an appointment. Most communication, however, will happen through the course Canvas website.

During Class: To ask a question about the lecture content or to make a related comment, use the “ Ask the Professor a Question” feature on the Video Stream. Requests for clarification and elaboration are welcome. If your question is not answered during class time, please post it again on Piazza. If you experience a technical problem during class, your first course of action should always be to immediately report the issue to tech support via the “Tech Support button” accessible under the streaming live video player. Please note that you must report any technical issue before the end of the lecture during which the problem occurs. The professor and teaching assistants will not address the ramifications that your technical problems might have on your grade if tech support does not have a record of your problem. During the live class you will occasionally be asked to respond to “instapolls ”, which will ask you to reflect on the course content or check your understanding of material that was presented during lecture. There will be a limited amount of time within which these polls are visible and can be answered. Answering instapolls is the only way to earn participation points. On occasion, you will also be expected to participate in online discussions with your classmates. When an online discussion is opened, the Live Video page will contain a link to the chat room above the video player. All content in the chat, including the chat history, can be viewed by anyone invited to the discussion. Please note that all online interactions in Canvas will be saved and stored. All information will be kept for educational and general academic research. Any research or data sharing with other researchers will involve de-identifying the data, including the removal of names, UTEIDs, email addresses, or other information. To further ensure that your information is secure, please do not include identifying information in your online interactions with others.

Outside of Class: The TAs and professor will often post announcements in Canvas. Click on “Account” and then the “Settings” link in the upper-left corner of your Canvas page, to adjust your email address. You can also update your notification preferences from the “Notifications” link also found in “Account”. This will allow you to receive email updates whenever course Announcements are made, or when assignments and grades are posted. For questions about the course material or logistics, you should use the Piazza discussion board. This is a Q&A wiki platform that you can access from within Canvas (via a link on the left menu or the Home

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Page). There are also Android and iPhone apps for Piazza. By posting questions here, everyone in the class will benefit from seeing the answers. Although the TAs will be monitoring Piazza to answer questions and contribute to discussions, you are also encouraged to answer each other’s questions as much as possible. If you have a specific, personal, or grade-related question, please email your TA or your professor. Please allow 24 hours for a response from your TA or professor via email or Piazza. We also will respond during typical working hours ((i.e. i.e. i.e.,, not on weekends o orr late at night).

Please remain professional in all communications during and outside of class. We expect that you will treat the teaching team and each other with the same respect and civility online that you would if you were conversing with them in person. Please refrain from using profanity or any euphemisms for profanity. Please do not bait other commenters or personally attack them. Please do not use sarcasm in a way that can be misinterpreted negatively. Please remain on topic. In short, please respect the right of your classmates to ask questions and discuss their opinions about the subject matter. If you violate these ground rules, you will be shut out of the online discussion or piazza thread and will be notified of your first offense. A second offense will result in a 2-point reduction to your final class grade. A third offense will result in a 3-point reduction to your final class grade and permanent exclusion from all future online discussions and piazza access. Please do NOT use the Inbox feature within Canvas for any communication. Evaluatio Evaluation n of Student Performance Exams: Four (4) non-cumulative exams will be given during the semester. Each exam will contribute 20% to your final grade. Exams make up 80% of your grade . Each exam will consist of approximately 65 multiple-choice questions. Each exam will cover all assigned readings and all material presented during lecture since the previous exam. All exams will be multiple-choice in format and your knowledge of all forms of course material may be assessed. This includes any of the material presented in class or in the textbook. The exams will assess both conceptual knowledge and factual information. Exams are all closed-book. Consulting printed, audio or other digital sources during the exam will be considered cheating. If you feel that an exam question contained an error, you should email the TAs immediately after class to alert them to the problem. If it is determined the question was in error, the exam question will be regraded or dropped. Optional Final Exam: An optional, cumulative final exam will be offered during the final exam period. This exam will be held during the time, date, and location scheduled by the University. The optional final exam will include material that is covered throughout the semester. The optional final exam can be substituted for one (1) exam during the semester. That is, your grade on the cumulative final will replace your lowest exam grade. Performing well on the optional final exam provides you with an opportunity to overcome a poor exam grade earlier in the semester. Please make sure your travel plans allow you to take the final exam if you need to. Taking the final exam early will not be allowed. The date of the final exam can be found online: http://registrar.utexas.edu/students/exams/ Missed Exams: Everyone is expected to take the exams at the regularly scheduled time. No makeup exams will be given unless there is a significant documented illness, personal trauma, or official university event. Should you experience an emergency, as defined by Student Emergency Services at https://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/emergency/absencenotificationrequest.php, you should notify the TAs at least one hour BEFORE the exam and submit a “class absence notification request form” with supporting documentation to Student Emergency Services within 48 hours of the missed exam. This way, you do not have to share any sensitive information with your professor or TA but you can still document

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your emergency. Remember, if you miss an exam for any other reason (or are unable to meet the requirements above), you can take the optional final to replace your missing score. Otherwise, missed exams will receive a score of 0. To maintain the integrity of exams given in class, make-up exams may differ from exams administered in class. Please remember that you can use the cumulative final exam to replace a missed exam. However, you cannot use the cumulative final to replace two or three missed exams. In the case of two or more missed exams, the cumulative final can replace one missed exam and the other missed exam(s) will receive a score of 0. Exam Grading: After each test, item analyses will be conducted for all test questions. This involves examining: (1) the difficulty of each test question (i.e., the % of students who correctly answered the question) and (2) how well the item discriminates those who performed well from those who performed poorly (i.e., are people who do well on the test overall more likely to get this question correct than those who do poorly overall on the test). If an item was difficult (i.e., more than 50% of the class got the item incorrect) and it does not discriminate people who performed well from those who performed poorly overall, the item will be dropped from the test and everyone will receive full credit for that item. Require Required d Writing Assignment: One goal for this course is to use the information learned in class and apply it to new problems, situations, etc. To help accomplish this goal, there will be one required writing assignment. For this assignment, you will be given a case study. Your task will be to develop a diagnosis and evidence-based treatment plan. You will need to justify your diagnosis and treatment plan based on material we have covered in class and/or material that you obtain from other reputable sources (e.g., research databases, Cochrane Reviews, etc.). More detail will be provided with the writing assignment. It will be posted to Canvas. This writing assignment will be graded on a 100-point scale and it will be worth 10% of your final grade grade. Late submissions will be penalized 10 points per day after the deadline until all points are depleted. Given the large size of this class, the deadline for this assignment will differ across students to give us adequate time to grade your answers. All students will have the same amount of time to complete the assignment, but the due date will be randomly assigned to students. Please make sure that you submit your assignment when it is due for you. All assignments in this course may be processed by TurnItIn urnItIn, a tool that compares submitted material to an archived database of published work and other submitted papers in this course to check for potential plagiarism. Other methods may also be used to determine if paper or assignment is the student’s original work. Regardless of the results of any TurnItIn submission, the faculty member, sometimes in consultation with Student Judicial Services, will make the final determination as to whether or not a paper has been plagiarized. You will receive a zero on this assignment if it is discovered that your paper (or any non-referenced portion thereof) has been plagiarized from another student or any other source. The Undergraduate Writing Center (UWC) is an excellent resource for getting feedback on drafts of your papers in advance. The UWC offers writing assistance by appointment or on a drop-in basis. Contact them by phone or email (512) 471-6222; [email protected]. Also see http://www.uwc.utexas.edu/ Pa Participation rticipation grade: Throughout the course you will be asked to respond to quizzes initiated during class. For instance, you may be quizzed on the information presented earlier in lecture. Research shows that frequent quizzing can help students learn the material and also provides important feedback to the professor about whether students understand the previously presented material. Completing these quizzes will be worth 10% of your final gr grade ade ade. These quizzes will not be graded for correct and incorrect responses. Rather, you will receive one point for each quiz that you complete. There will be at least 15 quizzes this semester. You can earn up to 10 points towards your final grade by completing 10 or more in class quizzes. Quizzes will not be announced in advance. How to compute your grade: Your overall grade will be based on four exam scores, one writing assignment, and a participation grade. The exams will count for 80% of your final grade. The writing

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assignment will count for 10% of your grade. Your participation via instapolls and quizzes will count for 10% of your grade. To calculate your grade, (a) total your best four exam scores (each will be graded out of 100 (i.e., percent correct) so the highest possible score = 400) and divide by 4 and then multiply by 0.80, (b) multiply your s...