Month

Content/Topic

Skills

Assessment

Standards

·        September

Ø  Unit 1 Intro to Psychology

·         The Acquisition of Knowledge

·         Psychology as a science

·         Founding schools of thought

·         Fields of Study in Psych.

·         Ethics

Ø  Unit 2 Physiological Psychology

·         Physiology & Behavior

·         Major systems that integrate and coordinate behavior

·         Drugs

Ø  Unit 1

·         Reading for meaning

·         Compare and Contrast Schools of thought

·         Critical thinking/questioning/ reasoning

·         Tautological Argumentation

·         Essay Writing

·         Content Acquisition

Ø  Unit 2

·         Gaining the understanding of the physiological limits of free will

·         Reading for meaning

·         Critical thinking/questioning/ reasoning

·         Essay Writing

·         Content Acquisition

Ø  Unit 1

·         Chapter outline

·         Chapter Questions

·         Assessing Readings

·         Essay Exam

Ø  Unit 2

·         Chapter outline

·         Chapter Questions

·         Assessing Readings

·         Class Discussion/Notes

·         Essay Exam

Ø  Unit 1

·         B12. 8,18

·         C12.1

·         E12.1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 14, 16

Ø  Unit 2

·         E12.1, 2, 16

·        October

Ø  Unit 2 Physiological Psychology Cont.

·         Central Nervous system

·         Peripheral Nervous  Sys

·         Genetics

Ø  Unit 3 Perception

·         Sensation

·         Perception

·         Pheromone

·         Kinesthetic/Vestibuler

·         Motion

·         Pain

·         Gestalt Psych.

·         Figure ground

·         Illusion

·         Interpretation

Ø  Unit 2 Cont.

Ø  Unit 3

·         Gaining an understanding of the way we perceive the environment, how this is created and the impact it has on the choices we see

·         Reading for meaning

·         Critical thinking/questioning/ reasoning

·         Essay Writing

·         Content Acquisition

Ø  Unit 2 Cont.

Ø  Unit 3

·         Chapter outline

·         Chapter Questions

·         Assessing Readings

·         Class Discussion/Notes

·         Essay Exam

Ø  Unit 2 Cont.

Ø  Unit 3

·         B12.8

·         E12.1- 6, 16, 17

·        November

Ø  Unit 3 Perception Cont.

·         Gestalt Psych.

·         Figure ground

·         Illusion

Ø  Interpretation

·         Paradigms

·         Perceptual Constancy

·         Observer Characteristics

·         ESP

Ø  Unit 4  Motivation and Emotion

·         Motives

·         Drives

·         Drive reduction

·         Incentives

·         Primary Drives

·         Instincts

·         Homeostasis

·         Stimulus Motives

Ø  Unit 3 Cont.

Ø  Unit 4

·         Gaining an understanding of the way we perceive the environment, how this is created and the impact it has on the choices we see

·         Reading for meaning

·         Critical thinking/questioning/ reasoning

·         Essay Writing

·         Content Acquisition

Ø  Unit 3 Cont.

Ø  Unit 4

·         Chapter outline

·         Chapter Questions

·         Assessing Readings

·         Class Discussion/Notes

·         Essay Exam

Ø  Unit 3 Cont.

Ø  Unit 4

·         E12.1, 2, 16

·        December

Ø  Unit 4  Motivation and Emotion Cont.

·         Stimulus Motives

·         Learned Motives

·         Maslow's Hierarchy

·         Unconscious Motives

·         Motivation/perception link

·         Yerks-Dodson Law

·         Emotions

·         Plutchik's theory of

·         James-Lange theory

·         Cannon Bard theory

·         Cognitive theory

·         Empathy

·         Infant Facial Archetypes

Ø  Unit 4 Cont.

Ø  Unit 4 Cont.

·        January

Ø  Unit 5 Personality

·         Personality Assessment

·         Personality profiles

·         Definition of

·         Personality Theory

·         Psychodynamic theory

  Freud

  Jung

  Adler

  Horney

  Erickson

·         Humanistic Theory

  Rogers

·         Trait Theory

  Allport

  Cattell

  5 factor model

·         Consistency Controversy

  Mischel

·         Cognitive Social Learning theory

  Bandura

·         Personality Tests

  Objective

     MMPI

  Projective

     Rorschach

     Thematic Apperception

       Test (TAT)

Ø  Unit 5

·         Gaining an understanding of the way we perceive the environment, how this is created and the impact it has on the choices we see

·         Reading for meaning

·         Critical thinking/questioning/ reasoning

·         Essay Writing

·         Content Acquisition

Ø  Unit 5

·         Chapter outline

·         Chapter Questions

·         Assessing Readings

·         Class Discussion/Notes

·         Essay Exam

Ø  Unit 5

·         B12.1

·         E12.1, 2, 16