Elizabethtown Area School District Psychology

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1 lizabethtown Area School District Psychology Course Number: 37 Length of Course: 18 weeks Grade Level: lective Total Clock Hours: 120 Length of Period: 80 minutes Date Written: 2010 Periods per Week/Cycle: 5 Written By: C. Dubosky Credits (if app): 1 Weighting: 1.0 Course Description: This course will focus on individual behavior through the study of psychology. Historical and current theories will be discussed concerning various topics including: research methods, states of consciousness, learning, memory, intelligence, human development over the entire life span, personality, emotions, gender roles and psychological disorders and their treatments. Other topics will include: the human brain and the nervous system, sensation and perception, stress and social interactions. 1

2 . Overall Course/Grade Level s Students will NOW and be able TO DO the following as a result of taking this course. A) Define psychology B) Describe various research methods of study/experiments in psychology C) Trace the history of psychology from its beginnings to current theories and practices D) dentify main structures of the human nervous system, their functions, and their impact upon behavior ) dentify the processes which allow human beings to sense and perceive information from their environments F) Discuss biological influences upon behavior G) dentify and differentiate between the types (levels) of consciousness H) Describe the stages of sleep and list possible sleep problems ) Discuss principles of learning, remembering, and forgetting J) Define intelligence and discuss various types thereof, and testing methods ) Describe types of human development and stages throughout the life cycle L) Define and give examples of types of motivation M) Discuss various emotions and their affects on individuals N) Differentiate between theories concerning emotions O) Compare/contrast the current theories of personality P) dentify gender roles, their origins and how they have changed through time Q) dentify stress, types of stressors, and coping methods R) dentify major symptoms (behavioral & cognitive) which define each category of psychological disorder S) dentify categories of psychological disturbances and their treatments T) dentify factors which influence an individual s thinking and/or behavior in social situations U) dentify factors which influence social interactions/situations 2

3 . Content Major Areas of Study List all units of study below: Unit stimated Time Materials 1. ntroduction to Psychology and Research Methods 1 week 2. The Brain and Nervous System 1.5 weeks 3. Sensation and Perception 1.5 weeks. Consciousness and Sleep 1.5 weeks 5. Learning and Memory 1.5 weeks 6. Thinking and ntelligence 1 week 7. Human Development 2 weeks 8. Motivation and motion 1.5 weeks 9. Personality Theories 1.5 weeks 10. Gender Roles 1 week 11. Stress and Health 1.5 weeks 12. Psychological Disorders and Treatments 1.5 weeks 13. Social Cognition.5 week 1. Social nteraction.5 week 3

4 . Course Assessments Check types of assessments to be used in the teaching of the course and provide examples of each type. Objective Tests/Quizzes Constructed Responses ssays Reports Projects Portfolios Presentations Performance Tasks Response Journals Logs Computer Simulations Research Papers Class Participation Note Taking Weekly Assignments Writing Samples Provide copies of common assessments that will be utilized for all students taking this course. Overall course/grade level standards will be measured by a common course assessment. Unit objectives will be measured on an ongoing basis as needed by the classroom teacher to assess learning and plan for instruction. List common assessments below and recommend date/time frame for administration (at least quarterly). Name of Common Assessment 1. All assessments are in common. When given?

5 Name of Course: Psychology Name of Unit: ntroduction to Psychology and Research ssential Question: What are methods, approaches, and history associated with psychology? Course 1. What is psychology? A PA 2. What were the important trends in the history of psychology? 3. What approaches have been/are used in the study of psychology?. What methods are used by psychologists to gather information? Advantages/disadvantages? 5. What ethical concerns arise in psychological research? C C C B B Name of Course: Psychology Name of Unit: The Brain and Nervous System ssential Question: What is the biological basis for behavior? Course 1. What are the structures and functions of the D human brain? 2. What are the various ways used to study the D brain? 3. What are the divisions of the nervous system D and their parts?. What is the endocrine system and how does it C F function? 5. What are the functions of the nervous system? F PA 6. How does the endocrine system affect human behavior? F a

6 Name of Course: Psychology Name of Unit: Sensation and Perception ssential Question: What are the senses and how do they function? How do we perceive information? Course 1. What role do sensations play in how humans F come to understand reality? 2. What principles are involved in perception? PA 3. What are five human senses and how do they function?. How does raw sensory data get processed? 5. How do visual illusions work? Why? 6. What is perceptual constancy and what are the four kinds? Name of Course: Psychology Name of Unit: Consciousness and Sleep ssential Question: What are the types of consciousness? Course 1. What is the difference between waking G consciousness and altered states of consciousness? 2. What sleep disorders are there? (including H symptoms, causes, treatments) 3. What are the stages of sleep and dreaming? H PA. What are the various states and levels of consciousness? 5. What are the historical and current theories of dreaming? G H b

7 Name of Course: Psychology Name of Unit: Learning and Memory ssential Question: How do humans learn and remember? Course 1. What are the components of and principles of classical and operant conditioning? 2. Who are the major contributors to learning theory? 3. What are the theories that explain forgetting? PA. What are the factors involved in the process of learning? 5. How do humans take in, store, and retrieve information? 6. What are different ways of improving memory? Name of Course: Psychology Name of Unit: Thinking and ntelligence ssential Question: What is cognition and how does it work? What is involved in intelligence? Course 1. What are some methods of problem solving? J PA 2. What factors go into decision-making? J 3. What is involved in thinking? J. What is intelligence? J 5. What types of intelligence are there? J 6. What are some ways used to measure intelligence? J c

8 Name of Course: Psychology Name of Unit: Human Development ssential Question: What types of development are occurring during adolescence and what are some challenges faced by adolescents? What types of development occur during adulthood? Course 1. What is developmental psychology and what methods are used in this study? 2. How does language develop? PA 3. What factors go into an individual s social development?. What is the cognitive developmental theory of Jean Piaget? 5. What is ohlberg s theory of moral development? 6. What are some theories of adolescence? 7. What are the physical, cognitive, social, emotional, moral, and ideological changes that occur in adolescence? 8. What are some challenges/problems of C adolescence? 9. dentify the central concerns and crises of youth, middle age, and late adulthood? 10. What are the stages of aging? 11. What is Maslow s hierarchy of needs and how does it apply to adulthood? 12. What are ubler-ross stages of death and dying? d

9 Name of Course: Psychology Name of Unit: Motivation and motion ssential Question: What motivates humans and what causes emotions? Course 1. What types of motivation are there? L PA 2. What are the theories of motivation? L 3. What is Maslow s theory about the human L needs hierarchy?. What are the theories of emotions? N 5. What types of physical and/or cognitive effects can emotions have on human beings? M Name of Course: Psychology Name of Unit: Personality Theories ssential Question: How does personality develop? Course 1. What is personality? O PA 2. What are the theories associated with the O current schools of thought regarding personality? 3. What types of personality tests are there? O e

10 Name of Course: Psychology Name of Unit: Gender Roles ssential Question: What are gender roles and how do they affect individuals? Unit Objectives/ey Question 1. What are gender roles? Why are there variations and how do they continue to change? Priority Course P PA 2. How is the gender role identity formed? P 3. What are gender stereotypes? P. What types of differences actually exist between males and females? (physical, cognitive, personality, behavior, etc) P Name of Course: Psychology Name of Unit: Stress and Health ssential Question: What is stress, including physical, mental, and emotional effects? Course 1. What is stress and what are possible causes of Q it? 2. What are the different types of stress? Q PA 3. What are some ways to cope with stress? Q. What may determine how an individual Q responds to stress? 5. What is the General Adaptation Syndrome? Q f

11 Name of Course: Psychology Name of Unit: Psychological Disorders and Treatments ssential Question: What types of psychological disorders are there and how are they treated? Course 1. What constitutes a psychological disorder? R PA 2. What are the main symptoms of the various psychological disorders? 3. What are the main categories of psychological disorders?. How are disorders assessed, diagnosed, and treated? 5. What were some historical approaches to psychological disorders? R R S S Name of Course: Psychology Name of Unit: Social Cognition ssential Question: What types of forces affect the ways people think and act in social situations? Unit Objectives/ey Question 1. What are attitudes, and how do they develop and relate to behavior? 2. What influence can persuasion have on people s attitudes and behavior? 3. What are the main causes of prejudice and how can it be overcome?. What are some factors that may influence our perceptions of others? Priority Course T T T T PA g

12 Name of Course: Psychology Name of Unit: Social nteraction ssential Question: How do people interact with one another and what types of factors may influence these interactions? Course 1. How can group membership influence U individual behavior? 2. What are the theories of aggression? U PA 3. What are styles of group leadership and how U effective are they?. What are the main theories of social obedience? U 5. What are the theories of altruism? U h