PSY 170 - Abnormal Psychology Online
Chapter Topics in the Course
1. Abnormal Psychology and Life
2. Perspectives on Abnormal Psychology
3. Risk and Prevention of Mental Disorders
4. Diagnosis, Assessment, and the Study of Mental Disorders
5. Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Trauma-Related Disorders
6. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
7. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders and Suicide
8. Eating Disorders
9. Substance-Related Disorders
10. Personality Disorders
11. Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphillic Disorders, and Gender Dysphoria
12. Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders
13. Developmental and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
14. Neurocognitive Disorders
15. Consumer Guide for Abnormal Psychology
Course Materials
Required: MindTap Enhanced for Abnormal Psychology and Life: A Dimensional Approach, 3rd Edition by Kearney and Trull, Cengage, 2019. The MindTap app is integrated into Canvas and includes an online digital textbook with supplemental materials for this class. You will be allowed two free weeks use of MindTap (with the online textbook) after which a MindTap access code must be purchased.
Purchase Options (choose one):
- Purchase a MindTap Enhanced access code via an online popup within Canvas once the course begins. This will include everything you need for the course including the online digital textbook. [Least expensive option for most students.]
- Subscribe to Cengage Unlimited. This option allows free access to any Cengage materials used in any of your classes including MindTap Enhanced. Includes a print text rental option. [Save money if any of your other courses use Cengage products.]
- Purchase a specially-priced text bundle from the Cuyamaca Bookstore that includes both a printed version of the text and a MindTap Enhanced access code that can then be entered into Canvas. Free ground shipping. The ISBN for this customized text bundle is: 9780357093115. [Preferred option by many students.] Note: you can also purchase this bundle through other vendors - just be sure to use the exact ISBN number as above.
You can review all the purchase options on the publisher's site: Cengage.
See Getting Started for more information on the class. Also see Online Learning to decide whether an online class is the best choice for you.
