By Alessa|2020-04-19T21:00:34-05:00April 17th, 2020|Categories: Gifted Education|Tags: social emotional, therapy|
How to Interview a Mental Health Professional Before you make your first appointment with a licensed counselor, psychologist, or social worker, request a 10-15 minute phone interview to assess if the therapist has a basic understanding of Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-19T21:02:19-05:00April 17th, 2020|Categories: Gifted Education|Tags: social emotional, therapy|
Foundation for a Good Child-Client and Mental Health Therapist Relationship Finding a good mental health provider to work with your child is much like shopping for any type of service. As the consumer, you Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-17T12:04:52-05:00April 17th, 2020|Categories: Psychology|Tags: Psychology Curriculum|
Teaching Social Psychology With Movies Core Concepts to Cover: Attitudes and Behavior: Fundamental attribution error Festinger (cognitive dissonance) Friendship, liking, and loving others Group influence: Asch (conformity) Milgram (obedience) Zimbardo (authority) Janis (groupthink) Prejudice and Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-17T11:16:54-05:00April 17th, 2020|Categories: Psychology|Tags: Psychology Curriculum|
Teaching Psychological Disorders & Treatments With Movies Core Concepts to Cover: Classifying disorders: DSM-V Major categories of disorders: Anxiety, dissociative, mood, personality, schizophrenia Major approaches to psychotherapy: Psychoanalysis, behavioristic, humanistic, cognitive, group, pharmacological Evaluating therapeutic Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-17T11:08:22-05:00April 17th, 2020|Categories: Psychology|Tags: Psychology Curriculum|
Teaching About Motivation and Emotions With Movies Core Concepts to Cover: Motivational concepts: Maslow's hierarchy of needs, instincts, drives, optimal arousal Hunger and Eating disorders Achievement: Self-determination, intrinsic & extrinsic motivators Physiology of emotions Expression Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-17T11:01:40-05:00April 17th, 2020|Categories: Psychology|Tags: Psychology Curriculum|
Teaching Developmental Psychology With Movies Core Concepts to Cover: Understanding the nature versus nurture debate Overview of early physical development: Brain, motor, and sensory-perceptual Overview of social-emotional development: Attachment, parenting styles Overview of cognitive development: Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-17T11:20:47-05:00April 17th, 2020|Categories: Psychology|Tags: Psychology Curriculum|
Teaching About Memory With Movies Core Concepts to Cover: 3-Stage memory model: Sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory Encoding, storage, and retrieval of memories How forgetting happens Traumatic brain injuries and other brain decays Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-17T10:44:30-05:00April 17th, 2020|Categories: Psychology|Tags: Psychology Curriculum|
Teach Learning Theories With Movies Core Concepts to Cover: Classical conditioning: Pavlov, Watson, stimuli and responses, Operant conditioning: Thorndike, Skinner, reinforcements and punishment Cognitive-Social Learning: Kohler, Tolman, Bandura Aggression and avoidance behaviors Learned helplessness Biofeedback Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-17T10:36:17-05:00April 17th, 2020|Categories: Psychology|Tags: Psychology Curriculum|
Teaching Sensation and Perception With Movies Core Concepts to Cover: Experiencing sensations: Processing, thresholds, and adaptations Sensory systems: Visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and olfaction Perception: Attention, processing, and illusions Gestalt perceptions Interpretation of perceptions Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-17T10:28:07-05:00April 16th, 2020|Categories: Psychology|Tags: Psychology Curriculum|
Teaching Biopsychology and Neuroscience with Movies Core Concepts to Cover: Overview of the nervous system Brain structures Cerebral cortex and lobes of the brain Overview of the endocrine system Overview of genetics and evolution Read more...
