CoursePSY501

Week16 of 16

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This week’s topics

Final assessment and submission

Final coursework submission
Assessment against all criteria

What you will be able to do

1.1 Describe the process of defining normality and abnormality.
1.2 Evaluate biological explanations of schizophrenias.
1.3 Evaluate psychological explanations of schizophrenias.
2.1 Evaluate approaches to therapy for schizophrenia and their effectiveness.
2.2 Describe the role of clinical psychology as a discipline.
2.3 Analyse research methods used within clinical psychology.
3.1 Explain how depression is classified.
3.2 Evaluate biological and psychological approaches to explaining depression.
4.1 Explain approaches to therapies for depression.
4.2 Analyse the effectiveness of therapies used for depression.

Activity

Final assessment week: submission of the unit assignment.

Study materials

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Course plan

Week 1: Defining normality and abnormality
Week 2: Biological explanations of schizophrenia: genetics, neural …
Week 3: Psychological explanations: psychodynamic, cognitive and so…
Week 4: Therapies for schizophrenia: conventional and atypical anti…
Week 5: Clinical psychology as a discipline: the practical role of …
Week 6: Research methods used in clinical psychology
Week 7: Classifying depression: major depressive disorder, reliabil…
Midterm: Midterm evaluation
Week 9: Explaining depression: genetic and neurotransmitter dysfunc…
Week 10: Therapies for depression: antidepressants, ECT and CBT
Week 11: Effectiveness of therapies and public health approaches: so…
Week 12: Assessment workshop: drafting against the assessment criter…
Week 13: Supervised completion and submission
Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
Week 15: Review and coursework completion
Final: Final assessment and submission

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