Dr. Cole's

Abnormal Psychology Class Lecture Notes

 Below are the lecture note downloads for the semester. I revise these over
the course of each semester so that only those which are final are actually downloadable.

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Spring 2012 Syllabus

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Downloadable Lecture Notes:
(in MS Word format)
NOTE:  Embedded links which appear in the downloaded lecture file will be
displayed in CLASS LECTURES only! You must be IN CLASS to benefit from these items.

Chapter 1: Historical Context (Slides with blank lines) (Outline only)

Modern Hippocratic Oath

YouTube student video regarding Dorothea Dix

Interesting tid bit: Click here to read about Bridget Bishop (accused/hanged Salem witch)

Chapter 2: An Integrative Approach (Slides with blank lines) (Outline only)

Neurons - how they work (also presented and discussed in class) - video

Neurotransmitter Synapse 3D Animation - video

Chapter 3:
Diagnosis & Assessment (Slides with blank lines) (Outline only)

Link to DSM-IV information

Charlie Rose interviews with scientific and academic experts on "happiness"

What is "normal" (A Mayo Clinic point of view)

Robert Williams, Ph.D. - Introduced the BITCH-100 (1972) as a 'culture specific' IQ test
(link to ERIC.ED.GOV citation -- Educational Resources Information Center)


   Exam #1 

Chapter 4: Anxiety Disorders (Slides with blank lines) (Outline only) These are large downloads

Information about exposure based treatments

Social Anxiety: Informative video from YouTube (28 minutes)

Chapter 6: Mood Disorders and Suicide (Slides with blank lines) (Outline only)

Link to video of woman describing her recently diagnosed Bipolar Disorder

(Possibly parts of
Chapter 5:
Dissociative Disorders

   Exam #2 

Chapter 12: Schizophrenia & Other Psychotic Disorders (Slides with blank lines) (Outline only)

Fascinating video of a Charlie Rose show dealing with advancements in treatment of mood and thought disorders

Chapter 10: Substance Abuse Disorders (Slides with blank lines) (Outline only)

Click here to watch an excellent on-line program dealing with Crystal Methamphetamine Abuse

   Exam #3

Chapter 10: Substance Abuse Disorders (Slides with blank lines) (Outline only)

Chapter 13:
Developmental Disorders (Slides with blank lines) (Outline only)

Click here to watch an on-line program dealing with medicating kids.

Click here to watch an informative VIDEO discussing and showing autism spectrum disorders (48 min)

'My experience with Autism' - an invited speech by Temple Grandin, Ph.D. (90 min)

Chapter 14: Legal and Ethical Issues & Other (Slides with blank lines) (Outline only)

Exam #4