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Week
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Content
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State Performance Standards Addressed
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Skills for Student Achievement Benchmarks
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Assessments
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Week #1
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I. History and
Methods of Psychology
- What is psychology?
- History of psychology
- Methods of research
- Scientific Method
- Field experiments
D. Ethics of Experimentation
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E.12.7
Using of scientific methods.
E.12.9 Defend a point of view on an ethical
issue.
E.12.14 Using of research procedures.
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Apply
the steps of scientific method on a worksheet.
Examine ethical issues when dealing with
animal subjects.
Lay out and conduct an experiment using
established research procedures.
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On a
series of assignments and a unit test.
Read an article in class and discuss.
Write up experiment and share with the
class.
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Week #2
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!I. Human Development
- Nature v. Nurture
- Critical periods
- Cognitive development
- Moral development
- Language development
- Adolescence
- Puberty
- Weight
- Identity
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E.12.1
How the brain effects learning and behavior.
E.12.2 Explain how many different factors
effect identity.
E.12.3 Compare different cultural beliefs
and their rules.
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Examine
the argument of nature versus nurture.
Collect information and plan an activity for
kids, targeting a certain age group.
Read and examine other cultures rites of
passage. |
Watch a
video and discuss.
Discuss the activity in class and turn in a
write up to me.
Discuss in a small group and in the
large group.
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Week #3
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- Adulthood
- Midlife crisis
- Menopause
- Late Adulthood
- Death and Dying
1. Kubler-Ross’s stages of grief and loss
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E.12.5
Describe how different cultural groups change over time.
E.12.6 Explain how groups can influence
people and events.
E.12.9 Defend an ethical point of view.
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Discuss
issues that relate to adolescence such as weight and eating
disorders.
Construct a future timeline, examining
events yet to come.
Display knowledge of unit on a test.
Evaluate course with a final test.
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View a
video on weight and write a reaction.
Post in class, discuss.
On a unit test.
Term final.
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Week #4
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III. Biological Basis of Behavior
- Key structures and functions of the brain
- Overview of neural functioning
- Overview of the endocrine system
- Structure and process of genetic
transmission
- Influence of heredity on behavior
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E.12.1-How the brain’s structure
influences learning and behavior.
E.12.16-Factors that influence a persons
mental health.
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Read
and research how the brain works.
Examine what happens when the brain has been
damaged or is not working normally.
Explain the workings of the brain.
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Construct
a chart of the brain to use on the test.
Read and discuss in a large group in class,
during a graded discussion.
Explain how the brain works on a test at the
end of the unit.
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Week #5
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IV. States of Consciousness
- Defining consciousness
- Biological Clocks
- Sleep and Dreams
- REM/NREM sleep
- Sleep disorders
- Theories of dreaming
- Hypnosis
- Meditation
- Illicit drug use
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E.12.1
How the brain effects learning and behavior.
E.12.2 Explain how many different factors
effect identity.
E.12.16 Identify factors that influence a
persons mental health.
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Gather
information in groups in order to present a section of the
unit in class.
Examine the role sleep, sleep disturbances
and dreams have on personality.
Demonstrate knowledge of unit.
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Both
peer and teacher
evaluation of the presentation.
In a week long sleep and dream journal.
On a unit test.
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Week #6
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V. Sensation and Perception
- Visual perception and color vision
- Gestalt psychology
- Basic premise
- Human hearing and auditory sensory
processing
- Chemical senses-taste, smell and touch
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E.12.1-How the brain’s structure
influences learning and behavior.
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Distinguish
between sensation and perception.
Collect evidence on perception by
designing and running your own experiment on reflexes.
Evaluate the different theories from the
unit.
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Write
an essay examining these important theories.
Turn in a written response of your findings.
On a unit test.
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Week #7
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VI. Learning and Conditioning
- Classical Conditioning
- Ivan Pavlov
- Emotional Conditioning
- 1. James Watson/ Cover Jones
- Operant Conditioning
- B.F. Skinner
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E.12.6
How groups influence people.
E.12.7 Using of scientific methods.
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Gather
evidence on one type of conditioning.
Perform an experiment on the type of
conditioning researched.
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Review
and article and write a response.
Turn in results of experiment a write up of
results.
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Week #8
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- Schedules of reinforcement
- Social Learning
- Cognitive Approach
- E.C. Tolman
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E.12.14 Using of research procedures.
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Summarize
the different types of conditioning.
Demonstrate knowledge of conditioning.
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In an
essay question.
On a unit test. |
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Week #9
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VII. Cognition and Language
- Human memory processes
- Three basic types
- Theories of attention
- Theories of memory
- The physiology of memory
- Key properties of language
- Language acquisition
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E.12.1-How the brain’s structure
influences learning and behavior.
E.12.16-Factors that influence a persons
mental health.
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Design
and perform a memory game in class that children could play.
Apply information on memory to your own
life. |
Grade
the game on how well it tests memory and how creative it is.
Keep a journal of daily memories and ideas.
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