Unit Five Unit Six Unit Seven Unit Eight States of Learning Cognition Motivation and Emotion Consciousness 1. Classical Conditioning 1. Memory 1. Arousal Theory 1. Consciousness 2. Operant Conditioning 2. Constructive Memory 2. Incentive Theory 2. Non-Conscious 3. Punishment and 3. Forgetting 3. Biological Theory 3. Pre-Conscious Reinforcement 4. Thinking and Creativity 4. Eating Disorders 4. Sub- Conscious 4. Cognitive Learning 5. Extrinsic versus 5. Un-Conscious Intrinsic Motivation 6. Sleep Cycle 6. Theories of Emotion 7. Dreams 7. Two Factor Theory 8. Hypnosis 8. Stress 9. Drugs *Research Paper: Students will research a topic in Psychology (to be determined) and present their findings in a formal APA paper. Unit Nine Unit Ten Unit Eleven Unit Twelve Developmental Personality and Stress Theories of Intelligence Abnormal Psychology Psychology 1. Psychoanalytic Theory 1. I.Q. Testing 1. What is normal? 1. Prenatal influences (Freud) 2. Nature versus Nurture 2. Categories of disorders on development 2. Psychodynamic Theory and Intelligence 3. Somatoform Disorders 2. Motor/ 3. Trait Theories 4. Dissociative Disorders Sensory Development 4. Biological Theories * Essay: Students will read 5. Mood/Affective 3. Parenting 5. Behaviorist Theories a current journal article Disorders 4. Stage Theories 6. Social addressing I.Q. Testing and 6. Schizophrenic –Cognitive 5. Moral Development Theories write a reflection (2-3 Disorders 6. Gender and 7. Humanistic Theories pages). 7. Personality Disorders Development 8. Good stress vs. bad 8. Labels stress *Parenting Project: 9. Stress and human * Students will research a Students will form health. specific Psychological Disorder and examine it “family groups”. Within these groups, through the lens of one each family member Psychological Perspective. will respond The class will create a instinctually to a variety website to present their of stimuli (problems). findings. Family groups will analyze their responses and determine their specific parenting style.
Unit Five Unit Six Unit Seven Unit Eight States of Consciousness 1. Consciousness 2. Non-Conscious 3. Pre-Conscious 4. Sub- Conscious 5. Un-Conscious 6. Sleep Cycle 7. Dreams 8. Hypnosis 9. Drugs *Research Paper: Students will research a topic in Psychology (to be determined) and present their findings in a formal APA paper. Learning 1. Classical Conditioning 2. Operant Conditioning 3. Punishment and Reinforcement 4. Cognitive Learning Cognition 1. Memory 2. Constructive Memory 3. Forgetting 4. Thinking and Creativity Motivation and Emotion 1. Arousal Theory 2. Incentive Theory 3. Biological Theory 4. Eating Disorders 5. Extrinsic versus Intrinsic Motivation 6. Theories of Emotion 7. Two Factor Theory 8. Stress Unit Nine Unit Ten Unit Eleven Unit Twelve Developmental Psychology 1. Prenatal influences on development 2. Motor/ Sensory Development 3. Parenting 4. Stage Theories 5. Moral Development 6. Gender and Development *Parenting Project: Students will form “family groups”. Within these groups, each family member will respond instinctually to a variety of stimuli (problems). Family groups will analyze their responses and determine their specific parenting style. Personality and Stress 1. Psychoanalytic Theory (Freud) 2. Psychodynamic Theory 3. Trait Theories 4. Biological Theories 5. Behaviorist Theories 6. Social –Cognitive Theories 7. Humanistic Theories 8. Good stress vs. bad stress 9. Stress and human health. Theories of Intelligence 1. I.Q. Testing 2. Nature versus Nurture and Intelligence * Essay: Students will read a current journal article addressing I.Q. Testing and write a reflection (2-3 pages). Abnormal Psychology 1. What is normal? 2. Categories of disorders 3. Somatoform Disorders 4. Dissociative Disorders 5. Mood/Affective Disorders 6. Schizophrenic Disorders 7. Personality Disorders 8. Labels * Students will research a specific Psychological Disorder and examine it through the lens of one Psychological Perspective. The class will create a website to present their findings.
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