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AP Psychology Summer Assignment

DUE: August 26, 2013

A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
by Sylvia Nasar
Simon & Schuster, NY, 1998
ISBN: 978-1-4516-2842-5
Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
Vintage Books-A Division of Random House, Inc., NY, 1990
ISBN: 978-0-375-70405-5
Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks
Alfred A. Knopf Publishing, NY, 2012
ISBN: 978-0-307-95724-5
Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
Grand Central Publishing, NY, 1973
ISBN: 978-0-446-55012-3
Sybil Exposed by Debbie Nathan
Free Press, NY, 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4391-6828-8
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat & Other Clinical Tales
by Oliver Sacks
A Touchstone Book by Simon & Schuster, NY, 1998
ISBN: 978-0-684-85394-9
Choose ONE of the books below to read over the summer.
When you are finished reading the book, prepare a reaction paper.
The reaction paper must include the following:
1. Provide a brief summary of the story.
2. Describe the mental disorder/s that is/are discussed in the book.
3. Describe how other human beings could affect a person with a mental illness. Which
side do you support in the nature versus nurture debate?
4. Some mental health professionals believe there is a link between creativity and
mental illness. Use an example from the book that supports this posit.
5. If creative people were successfully treated for their mental illness, do you think it
would affect their creativity? Would it affect them positively or negatively?
6. After reading the book, did anything surprise you about the individual/s?
7. How do we define normal? Does the psychiatric profession have too narrow a
definition of this word?

8. What questions do you have about the individual/s, disorder/s, or treatment/s after
reading the book?
The Reaction Paper Requirements:
_____ Title Page
_____ Reaction Paper must be 3-5 typed pages, double-spaced, 12 point font
-Each of the above questions 1-8 must be explained in paragraph form.
Paragraphs should be developed 5-10 sentences.
-Any information used from the book must be cited using APA style.
_____ #1 Question

_____ #5 Question

_____ #2 Question

_____ #6 Question

_____ #3 Question

_____ #7 Question

_____ #4 Question

_____ #8 Question

_____ Works Cited Page


_____ mechanics (spelling, grammar, punctuation)
Exemplary Work
All parts of the assignment have been thoroughly completed;
answers are complete and well developed.

Good Work
An attempt to answer all parts of the assignment is evident;
answers may be simple but seem to be correct.

Satisfactory Work
The assignment was attempted but not completed;
many of the answers are incorrect or incomplete;
effort could have been better.
Unsatisfactory Work
Less than half of the assignment has been completed;
answers are not well developed and/or correct;
definite lack of effort.
Minimal Work
Only a small percentage of the work has been attempted;

answers cannot be taken seriously or are completely wrong.


Note: Effort, neatness, legibility,
and content are also part of this evaluation process.

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