Ch16 Reflection-Law, Society, and the Mental Health

CHAPTER REFLECTIONS DIRECTIONS

These assignments are intended to get you thinking about this course material and to let me know what you have been thinking about outside of specific class assignments. These reflections can be on any topics you choose, just let me know your thoughts. Here are some questions you might try to answer if you get stuck at any time:

1) What did you learn this week? That is, what stood out to you that you continued thinking about outside of your specific time devoted to this class?
2) In what ways has your thinking on topics covered this week changed? For example: maybe you didn’t understand something correctly before, but now you do. Or maybe you had preconceived notions about a concept or theory before covering this chapter, but now you have learned something to the contrary.
3) In what ways have you applied your knowledge from this last week to your personal experiences? For example:
a. Are there “real world” examples of concepts/theories you learned about this week?
b. Have you noticed concepts in action in your everyday life/current events?
4) Maybe you can connect theories/concepts from earlier in the course to what we are covering this week! Or, you could also connect theories and concepts from this course to other courses you are taking. This is a liberal arts education after all!

WRITE ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT, JUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE SHOWING ME THAT YOU ARE THINKING! DO NOT USE THESE AS AN OPINION SPACE, SHOW ME WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED!

If you decide to use these Reflections as an avenue to air unsupported opinions you will lose significant, if not all, points for these assignments. Be a critical thinker!

If you have any questions, make sure you ask me ASAP! Unanswered questions invariably lead to lost points!

This assignment, like all written assignments in this course, should be: Typed, Double Spaced, 1 Inch Margins, Normal 12 Point Font (Times New Roman for Example), and Proofread.

Also, all I need at the top of your paper is: Your Name, Your Course Number and Section Number, Then the Title of the Paper (Reflection Chapter X would be fine).

These reflections should be at least a page long so you can show me how much you have learned this week in the current chapter. If you don\’t go into much detail or show me how you are connecting to the material you will lose some of that week\’s 25 points.

Textbook Requirements
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Comer, R.J. (2016). Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology (8th ed). New York: Worth. ISBN#: 1-4641-7697-3

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Chapter 16 Reflection-Law, Society, and the Mental Health

The course, abnormal psychology continues to fascinate me. There is just so much relevant information to learn in every single topic. I must say I am an avid lover of the legal conundrum and I get excited when an opportunity presents itself to learn something about it. This chapter has not been an exception.

What specifically stood out for me in this chapter are the plea options that are available to a defendant with some form of mental disorders. The Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) is an appeal taken by a respondent who does not object to the charges, but his/ her lawyer argues that the accused did not have the capacity to form the intent to commit the crime. I also learned that this form of plea is different from the mentally unstable at the time of trial, which a plea is taken when a defendant is not capable of standing trial at that particular time, and the case is postponed until he/she recovers. The accused will be confined to a mental health facility as their recovery is monitored (Comer, 2016). Other forms of verdict available, besides the NGRI include the diminished capacity, which is disorder not as severe as insanity, and some states have banned it as a possible defense. Besides, the Guilty but Mentally ill verdict can be of help to persons with mental problems. This is not a defense to crime because the accused can be found…