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Associate Program Material

Appendix D

Selecting a Topic and Brainstorming Worksheet

Complete the following and post as an attachment.

|List two objects, people, subjects, or concepts you are going to |Personality disorder |

|compare and/or contrast. |Bipolar disorder |

|What are the similarities between the two objects, people, |-Both can be affected by environmental factors |

|subjects, or concepts? List as many similarities as you can. |-Both can impare social and occupational functioning |

| |-both have trouble controlling impulses |

| |-both can experience difficulty in emotiveness |

| |-both have extreme mood swings |

| |-both can be linked to schizophrenia |

| |-both have different classes of disorders ranging from mind to |

| |extreme |

|What are the differences between the two objects, people, |Bipolar is genetic, Personality is not |

|subjects, or concepts? List as many differences as you can. |-Personality disorders are inflexible; Bipolar is flexible |

| |-Personality disorders are hard to distinguish whereas bipolar |

| |disorder is not...