Mental health

Question

Overview:

This assignment aligns with the following course objectives:

Identify psychological concepts relating to biology and the nervous system, sensory and perceptual

processes, states of consciousness, learning ability, memory, motivation and emotion, human

development, personality, stress management, as well as psychopathology and its treatment.

Explain human behavior throughout the lifespan, biologically, behaviorally, cognitively, humanistically,

psychologically, and culturally, and discuss how this relates to their own personal experiences.

Discuss the impact of cultural issues, including diversity, in understanding psychological concepts.

Demonstrate knowledge of empirical data related to the aforementioned concepts.

Identify future directions in psychological research.

Instructions:

Below you will see a list of videos that align with each chapter topic covered in the weeks leading up to

this Checkpoint. Choose ONE of the assigned videos, watch it, and submit a response (to be submitted

on Canvas).

Your response should include the following sections:

Summary: Write a brief summary of the video

Chapter Application: Apply two to three terms or ideas from the textbook’s chapter that is associated

with the video

Personal Reference: Discuss how the content of the video is relevant to your own personal life or

someone you know

The response should be a total of 2-3 pages (double-spaced, Times New Roman, font size 12), with

each section including approximately 2-3 paragraphs.

Video List

Click on the title of the video to watch on YouTube.

Chapter Synopsis

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Topic Paper Rubric

Chapter Synopsis

Chapter 11:

Social

Psychology

Does Money Make You Mean? (16:23):

(https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_piff_does_money_make_you_mean)

It's amazing what a rigged game of Monopoly can reveal. In this entertaining but soberin

talk, social psychologist Paul Piff shares his research into how people behave when they

feel wealthy. (Hint: badly.) But while the problem of inequality is a complex and daunting

challenge, there's good news too.

Chapter 12:

Psychological

Disorders

A Tale of Mental Illness – From the Inside (14:52):

(https://www.ted.com/talks/elyn_saks_a_tale_of_mental_illness_from_the_inside)

"Is it okay if I totally trash your office?" It's a question Elyn Saks once asked her doctor,

and it wasn't a joke. A legal scholar, in 2007 Saks came forward with her own story of

schizophrenia, controlled by drugs and therapy but ever-present. In this powerful talk, sh

asks us to see people with mental illness clearly, honestly and compassionately.

Chapter 13:

Therapies

Why I Train Grandmothers to Treat Depression (12:17):

(https://www.ted.com/talks/dixon_chibanda_why_i_train_grandmothers_to_treat_depressio

Dixon Chibanda is one of 12 psychiatrists in Zimbabwe -- for a population of more than 1

million. Realizing that his country would never be able to scale traditional methods of

treating those with mental health issues, Chibanda helped to develop a beautiful solution

powered by a limitless resource: grandmothers. In this extraordinary, inspirational talk,

learn more about the friendship bench program, which trains grandmothers in evidence-

based talk therapy and brings care, and hope, to those in need.

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Total Points: 30

Criteria Ratings Pts

10 pts

10 pts

10 pts

Summary 10 pts

Excellent

Summary is thorough,

provides detailed information,

is written clearly, and

contains minimal errors.

Length: 2-3 paragraphs.

5 pts

Good, but needs

improvement

Summary is clearly

written, but contains

vague information and

several errors. Length:

less than 2 paragraphs.

0 pts

Does not meet expectations

Summary is missing or

contains excessive number of

errors or written in a way that

indicates the video has not

Chap been watched.

ter

Application

10 pts

Excellent

Application section

discusses/defines 2-3 chapter

concepts, appropriately applies

terms to the video’s content,

and contains minimal errors.

Length: 2-3 paragraphs.

5 pts

Good, but needs improvement

Application section includes 2-3

chapter concepts, but does not

clearly define them or correctly apply

them to the video’s content, contains

several errors. Length: Less than 2

paragraphs.

0 pts

Does not meet

expectations

Application

section is

missing or does

not clearly

discuss at least 2

chapter terms or

concepts.

Personal

Relevance

10 pts

Excellent

Personal relevance section

provides thorough details,

discusses the relevance of

the video, and contains

minimal errors. Length: 2-3

paragraphs.

5 pts

Good, but needs

improvement

Personal relevance section

does not provide thorough

details about the relevance of

the video, contains several

errors. Length: less than 2

paragraphs.

0 pts

Does not meet

expectations

Personal relevance

section is missing or does

not appropriately apply

video content to your own

personal life or someone