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Psychology (PSYC) 435

Abnormal Psychology (Revision 6)

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Delivery Mode: Individualized study or grouped study
Online-enhanced. Optional video component*.
*Overseas students, please contact the University Library before registering in a course that has an audio/visual component.

Credits: 3

Area of Study: Social Science

Prerequisite: PSYC 289, PSYC 290, and PSYC 356 are strongly recommended.

Precluded Course: PSYC 335. (PSYC 435 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for PSYC 335.)

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

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PSYC 435 has a Challenge for Credit option.

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Overview

PSYC 435 examines human behaviours and mental phenomena that diverge widely from the normal.

Outline

Unit 1: Abnormal Psychology: An Overview

Unit 2: Historical and Contemporary Views of Abnormal Behaviour

Unit 3: Causal Factors and Viewpoints

Unit 4: Clinical Assessment

Unit 5: Stress and Adjustment Disorders

Unit 6: Panic, Anxiety, and Their Disorders

Unit 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide

Unit 8: Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders

Unit 9: Eating Disorders and Obesity

Unit 10: Health Problems and Behaviour

Unit 11: Personality Disorders

Unit 12: Addiction Disorders

Unit 13: Sexual Variants, Abuse, and Dysfunctions

Unit 14: Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

Unit 15: Cognitive Disorders

Unit 16: Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

Unit 17: Therapy

Unit 18: Contemporary and Legal Issues in Abnormal Psychology

Evaluation

To receive credit for PSYC 435, you must complete all course assignments and achieve a composite course grade of at least “D” (50 percent), and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. The weighting of assignments is as follows:

Five Quizzes Term Paper Final Exam Total
25% 35% 40% 100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbooks

Text: Butcher, J. N., Mineka, S., & Hooley J. M. (2007). Abnormal psychology (13th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.

Grade Aid: McNaughton-Cassill, M. (2007). Grade Aid for Butcher, Mineka, and Hooley Abnormal psychology (13th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.

Case Studies: Meyer, R.G., Chapman, L.K, Weaver, C.M. (2009). Cases studies in abnormal behavior (8th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.

Other Materials

The course materials include a student manual, and a workbook.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the PSYC 435 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least “D” (50 percent) on the examination.

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.

Opened in Revision 6, May 14, 2007.

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Last updated by SAS  06/23/2015 14:39:48