Independent Component 1

The book I was working with, including notes taken

 

LITERAL
(a) Write: “I, Ariadne Meza, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30.5  hours of work.”
(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.

American Psychiatric Association. Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-5. Arlington: American Psychiatric Association, 2013. Print.

(c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours.

(d) Explain what you completed.
 

I have been working on the DSM-5. I have been taking margin/Cornell notes on the information provided. I have also defined terms to get a better understanding, as well as watch documentaries on some of the diagnostics mentioned.

INTERPRETIVE 
Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.

I have provided a picture above, of the work I have completed. I found this very useful because it had to do with diagnostics, which is extremely important to understand in psychology.
 

APPLIED
How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this.

This component helped me understand my topic better, by providing me information with different diagnostics. When working with a client, it is important to take note of everything you notice about them. If you are not able to diagnose them, then it only makes it so much harder to help them, because their problems won't be understood by the psychologist as much.