The alignment notations below indicate the content included in state and national standards that is addressed, in whole or in part, by each of the REPA Educator Standards for Social. Standard 1: Psychological Terms, Concepts, and Perspectives Psychology teachers have a broad and comprehensive understanding of psychological terms, concepts, and theorists and their theories. Standard 1: History & Scientific Method: P.1.1-P.1.2, P.1.5, P.1.9 Standard 3: Development: P.3.7 Standard 4: Cognition: P.4.10 Standard 5: Personality, Assessment, and Stress: P.5.1, P.5.6 Standard 6: Abnormal Psychology: P.6.3-P.6.4 Standard 7: Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Behavior: P.7.1, P.7.4, P.7.6 Standard 8: Psychological Thinking: P.8.1-P.8.2 Scientific Inquiry Domain Standard Area: Perspectives in Psychological Science Content Standard 1: Development of psychology as an empirical science Content Standard 2: Major subfields within psychology Applications of Psychological Science Domain Standard Area: Vocational Applications Content Standard 1: Career options Content Standard 3: Vocational applications of psychological science I.B.1 History Standard 2: Psychology Research Skills Psychology teachers have a broad and comprehensive understanding of methods for conducting psychological inquiries and analyzing and interpreting psychological information. Standard 1: History and Scientific Method: P.1.2-P.1.8 Standard 8: Psychological Thinking: P.8.1-P.8.3 LH.1: Learning Outcome for Literacy in History/Social Studies: 6-8.LH.1.1 1.2, 9-10.LH.1.1 1.2, 11-12.LH.1.1 1.2 LH.2: Key Ideas and Textual Support (Reading): 6-8.LH.2.1 2.2, 9-10.LH.2.1 2.2, 11-12.LH.2.1 2.2 LH.3: Structural Elements and Organization (Reading): 6-8.LH.3.1 3.3, 9-10.LH.3.1 3.3, 11-12.LH.3.1 3.3 LH.5: Writing Genres (Writing): 6-8.LH.5.1 5.2, 9-10.LH.5.1 5.2, 11-12.LH.5.1 5.2 LH.7: The Research Process (Writing): 6-8.LH.7.1 7.3; 9-10.LH.7.1 7.3; 11-12.LH.7.1 7.3 Page 1
Scientific Inquiry Domain Standard Area: Research Methods, Measurement, and Statistics Content Standard 1: Research methods and measurements used to study behavior and mental processes Content Standard 2: Ethical issues in research with human and non-human animals Content Standard 3: Basic concepts of data analysis Applications of Psychological Science Domain Standard Area: Treatment of Psychological Disorders Content Standard 3: Legal, ethical, and professional issues in the treatment of psychological disorders Pedagogical Standards II.3 Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Performance Skills II.5 Inquiry, Collaboration, and Supportive Classroom Interaction Standard 3: Biological Bases of Behavior Psychology teachers have a broad and comprehensive understanding of the biological bases of behavior and their influence on human conduct. Standard 2: Biological Bases of Behavior: P.2.1-P.2.7 Biopsychology Domain Standard Area: Biological Bases of Behavior Content Standard 1: Structure and function of the nervous system in human and non-human animals Content Standard 2: Structure and function of the endocrine system Content Standard 3: The interaction between biological factors and experience Biopsychology Domain Standard Area: Sensation and Perception Content Standard 1: The processes of sensation and perception Content Standard 2: The capabilities and limitations of sensory processes Content Standard 3: Interaction of the person and the environment in determining perception Biopsychology Domain Standard Area: Consciousness Content Standard 1: The relationship between conscious and unconscious Content Standard 3: Categories of psychoactive drugs and their effects Content Standard 4: Other states of consciousness Page 2
Standard 4: Human Development and Personality Psychology teachers have a broad and comprehensive understanding of the stages of human development and factors associated with the development of personality. Standard 3: Development: P.3.1-P.3.7 Standard 5: Personality, Assessment and Stress: P.5.1-P.5.2, P.5.6 Development and Learning Domain Standard Area: Life Span Development Content Standard 1: Methods and issues in life span development Content Standard 2: Theories of life span development Content Standard 3: Prenatal development and the newborn Content Standard 4: Infancy (i.e., the first two years of life) Content Standard 5: Childhood Content Standard 6: Adolescence Content Standard 7: Adulthood and aging Individual Variations Domain Standard Area: Motivation Content Standard 1: Perspectives on motivation Content Standard 2: Domains of motivated behavior in humans and nonhuman animals Individual Variations Domain Standard Area: Emotion Content Standard 1: Perspectives on emotion Content Standard 2: Emotional interpretation and expression Content Standard 3: Domains of emotional behavior Individual Variations Domain Standard Area: Personality Content Standard 1: Perspectives on personality Content Standard 2: Assessment of personality Content Standard 3: Issues in personality I.A.I Culture and Cultural Diversity Standard 5: Cognitive Psychology Psychology teachers have a broad and comprehensive understanding of principles and processes associated with learning, thinking, memory, and language. Standard 4: Cognition: P.4.1-P.4.11 Development and Learning Domain Standard Area: Learning Content Standard 1: Classical conditioning Content Standard 2: Operant conditioning Page 3
Content Standard 3: Observational and cognitive learning Development and Learning Domain Standard Area: Language Development Content Standard 1: Structural features of language Content Standard 2: Theories and development stages of language acquisition Content Standard 3: Language and the brain Cognition Domain Standard Area: Memory Content Standard 1: Encoding of memory Content Standard 2: Storage of memory Content Standard 3: Retrieval of memory Cognition Domain Standard Area: Thinking Content Standard 1: Basic elements comprising thought Content Standard 2: Obstacles related to thought Cognition Domain Standard Area: Intelligence Content Standard 1: Perspectives on intelligence Content Standard 2: Assessment of intelligence Content Standard 3: Issues in intelligence Standard 6: Abnormal Psychology Psychology teachers have a broad and comprehensive understanding of human emotions and the identification and treatment of psychological disorders. Standard 5: Personality, Assessment and Stress: P.5.3-P.5.5 Standard 6: Abnormal Psychology: P.6.1-P.6.5 Individual Variations Domain Standard Area: Psychological Disorders Content Standard 1: Perspectives on abnormal behavior Content Standard 2: Categories of psychological disorders Application of Psychological Science Domain Standard Area: Treatment of Psychological Disorders Content Standard 1: Perspectives on treatment Content Standard 2: Categories of treatment and types of treatment providers Content Standard 3: Legal, ethical, and professional issues in the treatment of psychological disorders Application of Psychological Science Domain Standard Area: Health Content Standard 1: Stress and coping Content Standard 2: Behaviors and attitudes that promote health I.A.V Individuals, Groups, and Institutions Page 4
Standard 7: Social Psychology Psychology teachers have a broad and comprehensive understanding of concepts and processes related to social psychology. Standard 5: Personality, Assessment and Stress: P.5.6 Standard 7: Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Behavior: P.7.1-P.7.6 Sociocultural Context Domain Standard Area: Social Interactions Content Standard 1: Social cognition Content Standard 2: Social influence Content Standard 3: Social relations Sociocultural Context Domain Standard Area: Sociocultural Diversity Content Standard 1: Social and cultural diversity Content Standard 2: Diversity among individuals I.A.I Culture and Cultural Diversity I.A.V Individuals, Groups, and Institutions I Standard 8: Psychology Instruction and Assessment Psychology teachers have a broad and comprehensive understanding of content-specific instruction and assessment in psychology. L.H.1 Learning Outcome of Literacy in History/Social Studies: 6-8.LH.1.1 1.2, 9-10.LH.1.1 1.2, 11-12.LH.1.1 1.2 L.H.3 Structural Elements and Organization (Reading): 6-8.LH.3.3, 9-10.LH.3.3, 11-12.LH.3.3 LH.4: Synthesis and Connection of Ideas (Reading): 6-8.LH.4.1 4.2, 9-10.LH.4.1 4.2, 11-12.LH.4.1 4.2 LH.6: The Writing Process (Writing): 6-8.LH.6.2, 9-10.LH.6.2, 11-12.LH.6.2 Pedagogical Standards II.1 Learning and Development II.2 Differences in Learning Styles II.3 Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Performance Skills II.4 Active Learning and Motivation II.5 Inquiry, Collaboration, and Supportive Classroom Interaction II.6 Planning Instruction II.7 Assessment Page 5