1. Aim: What is mental Health?
Do Now: How would you define mental health?
HW due Monday 9/15: Read pages in textbook. Answer questions 1-4 on loose leaf. Write questions and answers!!!
New students check out the homework rubric online!

2. MENTAL Health Defined….
State of well being of the mind
High Self Esteem
Confidence
Self Acceptance
Trust themselves
Form relationships with others

3. Personality
Take a moment and write down your own definition of personality
Then create a brief list of factors that you believe can effect someone’s personality
Share out

4. Personality and its factors
Personality is a combination of how we think, feel and behave
Influenced by:
Heredity
Environment
Nature Vs. Nurture Debate

5. Aim: What are personality traits?
Do Now: What is the difference between an introvert and an extrovert?
Hand in HW
HW due Thursday 9/18. Read the article on birth-pair studies and write a word summary. Typed, doubled spaced; 12 point font. Article posted on website

6. Activity: Part I
Actively Read the article “Racing Against Your Heart” introduction, method and results section
Circle or highlight any important points of the reading
Take notes in the margin
Afterward pair up and discuss the answers to the following questions. Be prepared to share your answers with the class.

7. Questions for Discussion
What initial observation did Dr. Frediman make that led him to begin this research study?
Describe the characteristics that define Type A and Type B personalities.
How did Frediman and Rosenman chose their subjects for this study?
What was the sample size for this study?
List the ways the two groups were assessed during this investigation.
Discuss the differences that were found between the two groups during the interviews.
Discuss the results found on clotting time, cholesterol levels and CHD incidences. What do the results show?

8. Aim: What are personality traits?
Do Now: What is the difference between a Type A and Type B personality?
HW due tomorrow. Read the article on birth-pair studies and write a word summary. Typed, doubled spaced; 12 point font. Article posted on website
Project #1 due Sept 29…more information to come on Friday!

9. Activity: Part II
Actively Read the Article “Racing Against Your Heart” Discussion and conclusion sections
Take notes in the margin
Afterward pair up and discuss the answers to the following questions. Be prepared to share your answers with the class.

10. Questions for Discussion
Based on the data what did the researchers in this experiment conclude?
What are some probable alternative hypotheses that have challenged this conclusion?
Why was this research so important to the scientific community?
What is health psychology?
What others studies have emerged in recent years as a result of this investigation?
Why are Type A personalities more likely to get CHD?

11. Aim: How is personality development affected by environment?
Do Now: Explain what is meant by health psychology and why it has gotten so much attention in recent years.
Hand in Article Summary
Project #1 due Sept 29 (more information to follow)

12. Learned Behavior Socialization Conditioning Modeling Gender
Stereotyping

13. Socialization
Taught behavior that is based on through beliefs and habits of the family and community you live in
Cultural heritage, religion, tradition, dress
Take a moment, think about how you have been shaped by your family habits and beliefs
Share out

14. Operant Conditioning
Performing a behavior that produces an effect on the environment
Consequences (Reward vs. Punishment)
Edward Thorndike ( )
B.F. Skinner ( )

15. The Law of Effect
Probability of an action being repeated is STRENGTHENED by a pleasant or satisfying consequence.
Understanding of voluntary behavior
Puzzle Box

16. The Skinner Box Extended Thorndike’s research
Strict Behaviorist; no assumptions on what person wants
Reinforcement defined “after the fact”
Consider only observable responses (Teacher example)

17. Stereotyping
Take a moment and try to define this term in your own words.
Then discuss that definition with others around you.
Has there ever been a time in your life where you felt that you were being stereotyped? How did that make you feel?
How can stereotyping influence a person’s behavior?

18. Aim: What are the theories of personality development?
Do Now: Describe how our behavior is affected by our environment.
Project #1 due Monday September 29. Information to be posted on the website this weekend. Please read and come in with questions on Monday September 22.
Test on Thursday September 25. Chapter 3 and articles read in class.

19. Theories of Personality Development
Trait Theory
Characteristics(Type A/Type B)
Social-Learning Theory
Reinforcement
Psychoanalytic Theory
Subconscious
Humanistic Theory
People are inherently good and have the ability to develop into fully empowered individuals

20. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) Austrian Psychiatrist
Father of Psychoanalytical Theory
Unconscious Mind
Talk Therapy
Dreams uncover unconscious thoughts
Sexual Desire is primary motivation of human life

22. Freud’s Stages of Development
BEWARE…YOU CAN GET STUCK IN A STAGE!
Oral Stage
Self Control Stage (Anal)
Self Awareness Stage (Phallic)
Socialization Stage (Latency)
Full Awareness Stage (Genital)

23. Problem with Freud’s work?
Based solely on talk therapy sessions
Oedipus Complex
Electra Complex
Penis Envy

24. A verbal mistake that is thought to reveal an unconscious belief, thought, or emotion