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Duration (approx)
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300 hours
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It consists of 3 Modules:
Introduction To Psychology
COURSE STRUCTURE
There are seven lessons in this course, as follows:
1. The nature and scope of Psychology
2. Neurological basis of behaviour
3. Environmental effects on behaviour
4. Consciousness and perception
5. Personality
6. Psychological development
7. Needs, drives and motivation
AIMS
· Explain the nature and scope of psychology.
· Explain characteristics of the neurological basis of behaviour.
· Explain environmental effects on behaviour.
· Explain the differences between consciousness and perception.
· Explain the effect of personality on behaviour.
· Explain psychological development.
· Apply different techniques to motivate people.
WHAT WILL YOU DO IN THE COURSE?
Students may carry out the following tasks in this course:
· Define different psychological terms such as ambivalence, apathy, behaviour, catalyst, cognition, empirical, fixation, homeostasis, obsession, perception, performance, psychosomatic, socialisation, stereotype, temperament, trait.
· Explain how a knowledge of psychology can be applied in different types of jobs.
· Explain risks involved in applying psychology in two different specified situations.
· Differentiate between developmental and interactive explanations of behaviour, in a case study.
· Describe how the nervous system functions to transmit messages throughout the body.
· Explain how the disfunctioning of different parts of the nervous system, can influence behaviour.
· Compare the function of the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
· Explain two examples of conditioning, which you observe.
· Explain an example of behaviour affected by modelling, observed by yourself.
· Compare the likely affects of positive and negative reinforcement in a case study.
· Distinguish between consciousness and perception, in the attitude of an observed individual.
· Explain selective attention, in a case study.
· Explain in summaries, different states of consciousness including daydreams, sleeping and dreaming, meditation.
· Explain the relationship between consciousness and behaviour in a case study.
· Explain three different theories of personality.
· Distinguish between the "id" and "superego" in a person you are familiar with.
· Compare the application of humanistic approaches with the social learning approach with the psychoanalytic approach, in educating children.
· Explain through examples, different defence mechanisms, including repression, displacement, rationalisation, projection, denial, evaluation, sublimation, reaction/formation, intellectualisation
· Explain the factors which may have influenced the psychological development of a teenager who you know.
· Compare cognitive development with physical development, in a case study.
· Explain through a summary, the four main stages of development including sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational, formal operational.
· Explain moral development in two different case studies.
· Explain psychosexual stages of development in a case study.
· Explain psychosocial stages of development in a case study.
· Distinguish between needs, drives and instincts in a specific workplace.
· Explain the cyclical nature of primary drives, in a case study.
· List examples of secondary drives.
· Explain how to motivate a worker in a specified situation using the psychoanalytical approach.
· Summarise Maslow's theory of human motivation.
· Demonstrate the application of three different motivation techniques, in three different specified situations, through role playing.
According to the World Health Organisation, 25% of people will develop a mental or behavioural disorder during their life-span. While most individuals develop methods of coping with stress, some develop unhealthy defence mechanisms and behavioural patterns which interfere with their daily life. Others suffer mental breakdowns in response to too much stress. The most common physical disorders are depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, mental retardation, substance abuse disorders, and disorders of childhood and adolescents. Abnormal psychology is concerned with the study of maladaptive or abnormal behaviour and the classification and prognosis of such maladjusted behaviour. If you find this interesting, this could be the course for you.
COURSE STRUCTURE
There are seven lessons in this course, as follows:
1. Stress
2. Abnormal Behaviour
3. Individual Behaviour
4. Group Behaviour
5. Methods of Dealing with Abnormalities
6. Conflict Resolution
7. Interpersonal Communication Skills
Aims
· Identify the nature of conflict and stress and why this issue affects so many people today.
· Identify and examine behaviours that are characterised as abnormal and compare and contrast these with behaviours characterised as healthy.
· Explain social influence on individual behaviour.
· Explain social influence on group behaviour.
· Describe alternative methods of dealing with psychological problems
· Develop skills for resolving conflict.
· Develop communication skills for counselling individuals.
EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU MAY DO IN THIS COURSE
Here are some examples of what you may do:
-Find someone you know who you suspect has a type A personality.
Talk to them to try to confirm if your suspicion is correct.
Note (write down) the ways in which they appear to be a type A personality.
-Talk with someone who is suffering, or has suffered stress. This might be a friend, relative, work mate, or anyone else you are able to find. Discuss their stress with them (current or past). Don’t push them, but try to discern from what they are happy to tell you, whether their stress was (or is) chronic or acute.
-Consider conflict which occurs in either a workplace or recreation situation you are familiar with.
This might be a place where you work, or a workplace you visit frequently (eg. A shop or office);or perhaps a sporting club, gymnasium or social group which you regularly attend. Make up a list of disputes or conflicts which you remember to have occurred in the past.
-Consider an individual in your life, or else a character in a film or book, who you regard as abnormal.
Consider why they are abnormal.
Write down a list of reasons you are able to identify.
Which method or defining abnormality was influencing your judgement of this character
-Find a teenager who you can interview.
This might be a person you know (a relative, work colleague, member of an organisation you belong to etc), or perhaps you might contact and visit a youth club or organisation that deals with teenagers and arrange to interview someone.
The person needs to be someone who exhibits some type of deviant behaviour, even if not extreme. Most teenagers will at some stage exhibit behaviour that is a deviance from social norms (even if the behaviour is not a deviance from age or peer group norms).
Interview this teenager for at least 15 minutes. Make notes of your conversation, their responses (verbal and non-verbal).
Delusional disorders are a form of psychosis, in which the person has paranoid delusions. These are usually long lasting and don’t have an obvious physical cause, such as a head injury. In older people, they may be accompanied by auditory hallucinations (noises, sounds, other people talking and so on, which don’t exist). Delusions are beliefs that are not backed up by reality. Even though there may be evidence to the contrary and no one else believes them to be true, the person will still believe them. They tend to be beliefs of a suspicious nature, where the person believes something is not right with them, or the world in general. This can cause serious problems for them. Delusional (paranoid) disorders are uncommon and affect around 1 in 3333 people.
They commonly start around 40 – 55 years of age and happen slightly more in women. Want to learn more? This course is particularly beneficial for counsellors or support workers, for it will develop their ability to distinguish different types of psychological disorder, and determine when to refer clients for treatment. It will also be of interest to anyone who wants to understand more about common psychological disorders, their causes and treatment.
The course has 11 lessons:
- Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence Identify disorders first prevalent under 18 years of age.
- Delirium, Dementia, Amnesic & Other Cognitive Disorders Compare and contrast delirium and dementia.
- Substance-Related Disorders Distinguish between substance abuse disorders and substance dependence disorders.
- Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders Differentiate between psychotic disorders
- Mood Disorders Distinguish between Unipolar disorders and Bipolar disorders.
- Anxiety Disorders Describe different types of Anxiety Disorders
- Somatoform, Factitious, and Dissociative Disorders Distinguish between Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders
- Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Discuss Gender Identity Disorder, Paraphilias and Sexual Dysfunction.
- Eating & Sleep Disorders Identify Eating Disorders and Sleep Disorders
- Impulse-Control Disorders; Adjustment Disorder Distinguish between Impulse Control Disorders and Adjustment disorders.
- Personality Disorders Distinguish between different types of Personality Disorder.
WHAT YOU MAY DO IN THIS COURSE
Some of the activities that you will do in this course are:
ï‚· Identify disorders first prevalent under 18 years of age;
$1160.00
