Unit Six
Psychological Health
Are You Psychologically Healthy?
Please finish the following questionnaire,you will find whether
you are psychologically healthy,
Are You Introverted
Psychological Test1
Test on Assessment of Self-image
Test Your Psychological Adaptability
To test if you are self-confidence or self-abasement
Conversations
Listen to the first dialogue and answer the following questions,
1,What’s wrong with John in the past 2 months?
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2,What does the doctor say about the cause of the depression?
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3,What is John doing now to do with his problem?
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4,What does Wang suggest at last?
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He felt depressed for no reasons,
It’s often from too much stress,
seeing the psychiatrist and taking anti-depression medication as well
To go on a trip,
Conversations
Listen to the dialogue 2 and answer the following questions,
1,What’s wrong with Tom?
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2,What does the first doctor suggest?
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3,What does Susan think of Tom’s problem,
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4,What kind of person is Tom?
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He has trouble concentrating on his lessons and feels nervous all the time,
To have a few days’ rest,
What Tom needs is a dose of confidence,
He’s a type of person who always wants to be the best,If failed,he beats
himself up about it,
Conversations
Work with a peer and take turns to start the conversation,
Situation,Mike and Sam haven’t met each other for months,Today
they meet on campus,and they are talking about a kind of
psychological problem – depression,
Role A,You’re Mike,and you see Sam doesn’t feel well,Ask him
about the reason and give him some suggestions,
Role B,You’re Sam,and these days you don’t feel like eating or
studying,Tell Mike your problem too,
Tips,What’s the matter with you? I didn’t feel much like eating,
Maybe you’re spending too much time on your studies
I knew something was wrong,Have you seen the doctor?
I called my doctor and talked about How I was feeling,
What about the effect? So now you feel better,
Things haven’t got better overnight,
Did you ask the doctor about the cause of your depression?
I’m sure you’ll be OK soon,
Talk About It
Present-day students are believed to face more problems of psychological pressure
just because of the competition in their studies,People often have different
attitudes towards the pressure in students’ study,Some think it is necessary to
have a certain amount of pressure to motivate students,Others think it offers
no help to students’ learning,Now work in paris to discuss or debate the topic,
“Is there too much psychological pressure on students?” Suppose your friend
He Xin works too hard due to the pressure to be at the top of his class; try to
ease his stress,
Words and phrases likely to be sued,
motivate undue pressure performance-oriented pressure under stress
stressed-out depression
Sentence patterns likely to be used,
Do you think that our teachers put too much pressure on us to succeed?
I feel like it is never enough for..,
Would you study as hard as you do if...?
Success should not be measured by wins or losses or passing versus failing grades,
Our parents and professor put pressure on us because...,
Questionnaire
A questionnaire is a printed form containing a set of
questions,especially one addressed to statistically
significant number of subjects as a way of gathering
information for a survey,Please refer to the sample
questionnaire and find the basic rules of writing a
questionnaire,(Refer to the web page)
Read and Explore
Finish Text A and Text B,you will make a
further understanding of the Psychological
Health,