Here's a seminar I gave on using comic books in therapy: Video. It's about 45 minutes long - 30 minutes of a formal seminar and 15 minutes of Q&A. The Prezi I used can be found here.

I had a virtual guest with me, Josué Cardona, a therapist who runs Geek Therapy and hosts the Geek Therapy Podcast. He covers geek culture stuff in general, including relevant research and the importance of respecting geek culture in therapy. I talk mostly about what it would be like to have Abed from the TV show Community as a client and how bringing comic books into therapy could be helpful in addressing some of his concerns.

The content of this seminar should be accessible to those of you who have followed along with us all semester, especially the last few lectures on Therapy, Disorders, and Personality - I really don't think it should be over anyone's head, despite the audience comprising of graduate students and faculty.

I combined the last two topics into one big lecture, enjoy!

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Carl Rogers Group Therapy

Something I didn't mention - there are these tapes called the "Gloria tapes" whereby a client, named Gloria, sought treatment from several different key therapists, including Carl Rogers. You get to see different types of therapy in action with a single client, and she later reflects on what it was like to do it. They're a bit difficult to find, even on YouTube, but I did find the complete tape of Carl Rogers here: Link.

Also, this is the last formal lecture for this course! I will be putting up one more video tomorrow that highlights a method of treating people I've developed that uses comic books. It puts some of this therapy stuff into (I think) a neat perspective as we address how to treat a fictional client, Abed from Community.

Otherwise, this concludes the Intro to Psych course. If you have any questions, thoughts, suggestions, or anything else, please let us know! Thanks for sticking with us this semester, we hope you found the lectures and slides to be educational and enjoyable.

Today's lecture is a super quick one!

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I've come down with a cold, I apologize if anything is difficult to understand in the lecture.

Series_of_Accidents and I have been talking about the rest of the semester, and I completely forgot everything we had discussed when I posted the lecture on psych disorders the other day.

So, I'm going to post Personality tomorrow, Anxiety & Mood Disorders the 11th, and the rest of the lectures one class day behind until the end. I will post the Biomedical Therapies and a Special Topic together that final day. I have a video of a 45 minute seminar I delivered with a colleague covering geek culture and the use of comic books in therapy, so keep an eye out for that at the end of this semester.

I apologize for any confusion, I hope this doesn't inconvenience any of you who follow our lectures regularly. If you have any questions, thoughts, concerns, suggestions, please feel free to share them below.

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Marc Summers OCD Link

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While I only touched on it briefly, check out The OCD Project for a fantastic eight-episode show that covers intensive treatment of OCD. A colleague of mine studied under Dr. Tolin, and she said the show is about 90% accurate of what it was like to work in a facility like that. The other 10% came from producers who were trying to drive up the dramatic effect of things, but thankfully he resisted a lot of their pushes.

Hey guys,

This lecture is about how other people influence our actions and beliefs.

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Stanford Prison Experiment

Milgram study

Hey guys,

Today's lecture focuses on motivation (competing theories to explain, as well as examination of sexual motivation).

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Let me know if you have any questions!

Oh wait, it's terrible news. Looks like my computer has a bit of malware at the moment. I'd prefer to fix it before I allow it to connect to the internet again, but that means today's lecture will be delayed until later tonight or even in to tomorrow. I have the slides in an email somewhere, so I'll upload those for you to review when I get a chance. Sorry guys, but I'm sure you all know how it is. You gotta take care of malware ASAP.

Hey guys.

Today's lecture focuses on the classes of drugs, addiction, and motivating factors for drug use.

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Questions: Do you think the hallucinogen category should be broken into two categories?

Given the recent legislative changes in Colorado and Washington State, what would you predict to be the outcome regarding usage of both marijuana and harder drugs?

Also, for your enjoyment: animals totally love to do drugs

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As I mention in the video, this is typically a very interactive lecture in my classes. Please view the links below as I refer to them in the video.

Door Study

Change Blindness

Basketballs

McGurk Effect

Priming

NOVA scienceNOW

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The follow-up lecture to this presentation (going into and concluding perception) will be posted on the 13th. That one is one of my favorite topics to present, it's really a lot of fun and very interactive, so keep an eye out for it!

Hey guys,

Today's lecture focuses on the factors which impact scores on a standard IQ test which measures the general intelligence. We discuss some racial and gender differences in scores and examine what possible causes might be behind the differences.

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Questions to consider:

If you had or have children, what would you do to encourage them to perform at their absolute best? Try to include information from past lessons.

At your present age, do you think you could realistically change your IQ score? If so, how? Also, why or why not?

Hey guys,

Thanks for understanding my missed week! I had a nasty cold but I'm mostly back to normal. To make up for the missed lectures, we're skipping "thinking" and moving into Intelligence. If you want the lecture slides for thinking, let me know and I'll get them to you.

EDIT: As requested, here are the thinking slides.

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Hello guys.

If you weren't aware, I live in the DC metro area. We are bracing for full impact from Hurricane Sandy within the next two hours. I have not recorded tomorrows lecture and do not expect to be able to before the power goes out. There is no telling if power will go out, and if it does, how long it will be out. As such, I cannot determine the direct impact of the storm on this class. Once the storm has passed, I will reassess the schedule and make arrangements where necessary. I apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. Be safe and have a great week!

Hey guys,

Today's lecture is kind of intense. It's on memory retrieval and what happens when we forget as well as how to combat forgetting.

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Elizabeth Loftus on Memory Construction

No discussion questions today. This is a complex lecture, so instead, please ask me questions.

Hey guys,

Today's lecture is all about storage. What happens to it once it's been encoded into the brain. We look at a few different types of memory.

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Discussion question:

Think about this lecture and the past. What are the many different ways we can categorize memory? Are these distinctions important or unnecessary? Why?

Hey guys,

Today's lecture focuses on the first stage of memory formation: encoding.

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Discussion questions:

Would chunking or hierarchical organization be better for remembering complex information? Why?

Give examples of automatic and effortful processing.

Take a look at my questions above. What memory effect is in place here?

Hey guys,

Here is everything you need for today's lecture:

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Attention video I ask you to watch in the lecture- 1 min

Discussion questions:

Discuss a memory from your past you later learned was erroneous. Which stage (encoding, storage, retrieval) do you think led to the error? How?

Consider the (super awesome) video I linked you to. How does attentional awareness impact the formation of new memories? Cite an example.

Hey guys,

Sorry for the delay, I live in the metro DC area and well, the Nationals had a ball game today and traffic was just atrocious. Anyway, here's today's materials:

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I'd like to do a little something with this discussion thread. We have had roughly the same number of upvotes for each lecture, and I assume that pretty much the same people are here each lecture. I'd love to get to know you all. Feel free to tell me a bit about you, or ask me anything. Also, if you have any questions about stress, now is a great time ;)

Hey guys, I had a meeting run long today, and I'm currently stuck in traffic. I will post as soon I get home. Sorry guys.

Hey guys,

Here's today's material.

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No discussion questions yet. Feel free to ask anything!

Hey guys,

Here's the information for today's lecture:

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Discussion questions:

Describe an undesirable behavior and describe a reinforcement/punishment schedule to change that behavior.

What is the different between positive and negative reinforcement? Provide examples.

Give an example from your own life where latent learning proved useful to you.

Hey guys,

Today's lecture is on classical conditioning.

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Discussion questions:

Come up with a classical conditioning example. Identify the UCS, the UCR, the CS, and the CR.

An asthmatic patient receives medication for her condition when needed. Later, on vacation,her inhaler is almost empty. A devious friend fills the inhaler with harmless saline solution, and the asthmatic individuals still obtains relief from the inhaler in the absence of the medicine. What has happened here?

Sounds like classical conditioning reduces our behaviors to thoughtless, rote actions as a result of stimuli. Do you agree? How might you support or counter that assertion?

EDIT: Sorry guys, video currently down. Looks like NBC made a copyright claim (had a short clip from "The Office"), so I am removed that clip and resubmitted. Although NBC blows for being so hardcore about this, I do suggest you watch the clip. If you have Netflix, it's the first minute of the episode titled "Phylis' wedding." Thanks for understanding, guys.