Lesson 1  –  Rosenhan, can we spot insanity? Is the diagnosis of mental illness reliable? or even valid?  Rosenhan 2019   original rosenhan

We also completed a grid on twin studies ! We need to know how researchers tease out the relative contributions of both nature and nurture.

Lesson 2  – The joy of assessment 🙂  Forensic Assessment – which was timed and based on past examination questions 🙂

Lesson 3 – Genetic explanations for Sz >>>  108 possible gene combinations!!   Genetic explanation 2019

Sorry I was off sick for lessons 4 and 5  – work set as follows: 

I would like you to research the Biological explanations for Schizophrenia – pages 204-205 in their PHG text book.

I would then like you to answer the 3 ‘Apply it’ questions and also the ‘Check it’ questions on p 205  questions 1-4.

Lesson 4  – Dopamine explanation dopamine f hypothesis

Lesson 5  – Neural Correlates  neural correlates

Half term prep

You have a drug box activity to complete – you will need to create 2 drug boxes, one for Typical and one for Atypical anti-psychotic medication. Include drug names, dosage and side effects. Ensure you have worked through the relevant double page spread in the PHG digital text book.

Please also read ahead in the PHG digital text book – read about the psychological explanations of Sz.

Any additional time should be used revising for the summer examination. START NOW if you haven’t started already!! Seriously. NOW is the time to be revising year 1 Psychology, as well as what we did at the start of this year. Approaches, is psychology a science? Research Methods, Issues and Debates etc. 

Do NOT leave your revision until Easter