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AP Psychology Curriculum Map: Unit Five
Overview and Enduring Understandings
Overview: Understanding consciousness and what it encompasses is critical to an appreciation of what is meant by
a given state of consciousness. The study of variations in consciousness includes an examination of the sleep cycle,
dreams, hypnosis, circadian rhythms, and the effects of psychoactive drugs.
Enduring Understandings:
States of Consciousness (2–4%)
Duration of Unit
10 Days – Chapter 9 in Psychology (7th ed.)
Content Expectations/Standards
Students will be able to:
Describe various states of consciousness and their
impact on behavior.
Discuss aspects of sleep and dreaming:
— stages and characteristics of the sleep cycle;
— theories of sleep and dreaming;
— symptoms and treatments of sleep disorders.
Describe historic and contemporary uses of hypnosis
(e.g., pain control, psychotherapy).
Explain hypnotic phenomena (e.g., suggestibility,
dissociation).
Identify the major psychoactive drug categories (e.g.,
depressants, stimulants) and classify specific drugs,
including their psychological and physiological effects.
Key Concepts
Introduced during Unit 5 and reinforced
throughout semester:
Consciousness, conscious level, nonconscious level,
preconscious level, unconscious level, states of
consciousness, altered stated of consciousness, slow-wave
sleep, rapid eye movement (REM), insomnia, narcolepsy,
sleep apnea, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS),
nightmare, night terror, sleepwalking, REM behavior
disorder, circadian rhythm, jet lag, dream, lucid dreaming,
hypnosis, state theory, role theory, dissociation theory,
psychoactive drug, psychopharmacology, blood-brain
barrier, agonist, antagonist, substance abuse,
psychological dependence, physical dependence
(addiction), withdrawal syndrome, tolerance, depressant,
stimulant, opiate, hallucinogen
Discuss drug dependence, addiction, tolerance, and
withdrawal.
Identify the major figures in consciousness research
(e.g., William James, Sigmund Freud, Ernest Hilgard).
Required Texts
Supplemental Texts
Bernstein, D. A. (2006). Psychology (7th ed.). Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Rohter, L. (1990, July 16). 2 Families Sue Heavy-Metal
Band As Having Driven Sons to Suicide. The New York
Times. Retrieved June 4, 2014, from
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/17/arts/2-familiessue-heavy-metal-band-as-having-driven-sons-tosuicide.html
Read, J. D. Subliminal Messages: Between The Devil And
The Media.. American Psychologist, 40, 1231-1239.
Retrieved June 4, 2014, from
http://www.d.umn.edu/~rvaidyan/mktg4731/subliminal
.pdf
Democrats Smell a Rat in GOP Ad. (2000, September 12).
ABC News. Retrieved June 4, 2014, from
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=122936
http://www.propagandacritic.com/
Assessment Tasks
Genre Focus for Writing
Pre-Unit Performance Task
Informative
Subliminal Messaging and Unconscious Behavior
Mid-Unit Formative Assessment Task
Chapter 9 Quiz
Summative Assessment Tasks
Effects of Psychoactive Drugs on the Brain Written Response
Lesson Sequence/Learning Activities
Resources
“2 Families Sue Heavy-Metal Band As Having Driven
Sons to Suicide”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN2i-yuu9d0
Psychological Terminology/Observations Notebook
Subliminal Messages and Propaganda in Media
“Democrats Smell a Rat in GOP Ad”
Bush/Gore Ad – Subliminal Message
Controversial Images in The Rescuers (1977)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzNXgk5eWGg
Propaganda Assignment
Altered States - Crash Course Psychology #10
Chapter 9 Quiz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PW1fwKjo-Y
Crash Course Psychology #10
PowerPoint – Psychoactive Drug Classifications
Military LSD Testing
Introduce AP-style writing
Effects of Psychoactive Drugs on the Brain Written
Response
National Geographic Documentary – The World’s Most
Dangerous Drug
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9_EqSB34pE
Military LSD Testing
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/12/01/13
1724898/lsd-testing