So You Want to Be a Psychologist?

So you want to be a Psychologist?

The purpose of the project is to learn about the diagnostic process and a particular disorder. Full Credit is given for completing the project.

It’s not expected that you will diagnosis your character/patient correctly. Although your diagnosis should fit with the behaviors you observe in your character/patient.

It is possible that you will find your character/patient will exhibit characteristics of more than one disorder. Simply choose one of them, however mentioning other possible disorders should be mentioned (see directions).

 You will pick a character from the LIST.  Since there is only one list there will be no duplicate characters, although there may be multiple characters from the same movie.  All students will pick from the same list.  Trading is allowed, OR after all classes have picked you can trade-in your character ONCE after school in Mr. Gerhauser’s room (225). All picks will be made prior to SPRING BREAK (Exception – those who are on school sponsored trip will get their characters upon return) CRHS- AP Psych Name:______Period: _____ Gerhauser / Silimperi Movie Psychopathology Portfolio Grading Sheet

Movie Title: ______Character: ______

Project Scoring/ Requirements

Days Late Point Deduction On time No deduction 1 -4 2 -8 3 -12 4 -16 5 –20 6+ no credit

Missing Point Elements Deduction 1-2 -4 3-4 -6 5-6 -8 7+ no credit Researched based writing Minimum requirements Comments 3 pages, 4 sources, 3 types (MOVIE, TEXTBOOK, DSM IV, ARTICLE) Bibliography (APA FORMAT; citation machine, easy bib) DSM-IV-RT primary source

Key Questions Accuracy Thoughtful Comments Analytical Initial Diagnosis – What Disorder does your client have? Symptoms/behaviors Causes of Disorder & Heredity/GENETICS Gender features (male / female) Prevalence POPULATION – WHO? Etiology HISTORY of Disorder Differential Diagnosis/ Other Disorders (THE DISORDER COULD ALSO BE….) Current treatment & Treatment changes (THEN VS. NOW) Daily challenges (PATIENT OBSTACLES) Society reactions (STEREOTYPES/ LABELS, +/-) 1 Current Event Article - (YOUR SUMMARY) Extras:

Individual Presentation: /5 Written Project /35 Total /40

Use this sheet as the COVER PAGE of your written project