Crash Course Psychological Disorders

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Crash Course Psychology Episode 28: Psychological Disorders is a supplemental curriculum resource that provides students with a worksheet and questions to deepen understanding of concepts covered in the Crash Course video. Targeting secondary grades, this zip file includes a 2-page digital worksheet with 15 critical thinking questions aligned to the key ideas presented in the episode. An answer key is also provided for educators to utilize. This resource works well for whole class instruction, small group discussion, or independent learning on platforms like Google Classroom. As conversations about mental health can be sensitive, teachers should use discretion determining if appropriate for their class. Overall, this product serves as a thought-provoking supplement to build students' literacy on psychological disorders and terminology according to the DSM-5 by analyzing a relevant Crash Course episode.

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Learning objectives

Explain how Rosenhan's pseudopatient experiment tested the validity of psychiatric diagnosis and what it revealed about diagnostic labeling.
Define psychological disorders using the deviant/distressful/dysfunctional framework and identify a stereotype-driven misconception about them.
Compare the medical model and the biopsychosocial approach to mental health, including which factors each considers.

Teaching tips

Play the linked episode alongside the worksheet, since every question is written to be answered directly from the video.
Use the teacher answer key to check the Rosenhan and DSM questions quickly, since the worksheet gives only a single lettered blank per item.

Skills covered

Research-methods and diagnosis vocabulary — students explain Rosenhan's pseudopatient experiment and how it questioned the validity of psychiatric diagnosis.
Comparing models of mental health — students distinguish the medical model from the biopsychosocial approach and describe the DSM's role and history.

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Core concepts

Rosenhan experiment
Diagnostic labeling
Biopsychosocial model
DSM history

Topics

psychology crash course video disorders dsm5

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