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Course Name: Psychology
CONTENT
Grading Period
First Nine Weeks
Course Number: SST572
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Definition of Psychology
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Careers in Psychology
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Modern Psychology’s 19th Century Roots
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Psychology in the 20th Century
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American Groundbreakers
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Six contemporary psychological perspectives
Length of Course: Year
SKILLS
Students will be able to:
Analyze the important elements of the definition
of Psychology
Discuss what clinical psychologists do
Explain the basic research that an academic
psychologist might do
Explain how applied Psychologists use
Psychological research
Describe the first psychologists & the origins of
psychology as a science
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Psychology in the 21 Century
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Why is research important?
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Observation & Bias
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Case studies
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Correlation
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Explain the six contemporary psychological
perspectives
Surveys
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Longitudinal & Cross-Sectional Studies
Discuss how the contemporary perspectives are
being used today
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Experiments
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Explain advantages of using the scientific
method in psychology
Research Ethics
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Explain how bias can influence research
Frequency Distributions
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Measures of Central Tendency
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Compare/contrast the advantages, disadvantages
and key characteristics of different research
strategies in psychology
Measures of Variation
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Normal Distribution
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Comparative Statistics
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Correlation Coefficient
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Statistical Inference
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Explain how 20th century psychologists changed
the way psychology was studied
Discuss how psychology helped to advance
gender & racial equality
Discuss the ethical guidelines that protect
humans and animals in psychological research
Analyze characteristics of a distribution of
scores (including frequency distribution,
measures of central tendency, and measures of
variation)
Interpret data represented on a normal
distribution
Define correlation coefficient and interpret
positive correlations & negative correlations
Explain what it means when a research result is
statistically significant
CONTENT
Grading Period
Second Nine Weeks
SKILLS
Students will be able to:
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Neurons: The Building Blocks of the Nervous
System
Identify & Describe the functions of the
parts of a neuron
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How Neurons Communicate
Explain the process of neural transmission
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The Structure of the Nervous System
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Explain the roles of neurotransmitters in
neural transmission
The Endocrine System
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Lower-level brain structures
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The Cerebral Cortex
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Differences between the Brain’s two
Hemispheres
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Genetics
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Nature & Individual Differences
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Environment Matters
Identify & describe the divisions of the
nervous system
Discuss the nature & function of endocrine
system communication
Identify & describe the functions of the
lower-level brain structures
Identify & describe the functions of the
major regions of the cerebral cortex
Describe the differences between the left &
right hemispheres
Describe & evaluate the strengths of the
different ways in which psychologists study
the brain
Define the nature-nurture issue
Explain the key issues of the field of
behavior genetics
Name & describe the elements of the
genetic code (chromosomes, DNA & genes)
Discuss how twin studies & adoption
studies are used to learn about the
influences of nature & nurture
Describe the research findings related to the
environmental influences of early brain
development, parents, peers and our culture
Third Nine Weeks
SKILLS
Students will be able to:
CONTENT
Grading Period
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Basic Principles: Thresholds, signal detection,
sensory adaptation, & selective attention
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The visual system
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Hearing
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Other senses
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Gestalt Organizational Principles
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Depth Perception
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Perceptual Constancy
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Perceptual Set
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Illusions
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The Psychodynamic Perspective on
Personality
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The Humanistic Perspective on
Define & apply the basic principles of
sensation; thresholds, signal detection,
sensory adaptation & selective attention
Explain how structures & receptors cells in
the eye work together to detect light waves
& change them into neural impulses
Describe how the trichromatic theory and
opponent-process theory explain color
vision
Name the structures of the ear, & describe
how they work to detect sound waves &
change them to neural impulses
Personality
Explain how receptors cells in the nose,
tongue and skin allow us to sense smells,
tastes, and touch
Apply Gestalt principles to examples of
visual perception
Explain why we can see in three dimensions
Define the types of perceptual constancy
and apply them to examples of visual
perception
Discuss how perceptual sets determine how
we interpret sensations
Discuss how the principles of perception
explain visual illusions
Describe Sigmund Freud’s psychodynamic
perspective on personality
Explain how later psychodynamic theorists
assessed personality and the new concepts
added to psychodynamic theory by the neoFreudians
Evaluate the validity of Freud’s theory
using contemporary research findings
Describe the humanistic perspective on
personality
Evaluate the validity of the humanistic
perspective on personality using
contemporary research findings
CONTENT
Grading Period
Third Nine Weeks
SKILLS
Students will be able to:
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Consciousness
Define consciousness
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Body Rhythms
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Sleep & Sleep deficit
Identify circadian rhythms that humans
experience
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Why we sleep
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Sleep stages, REM & Dreaming
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Sleep disorders & sleep problems
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Hypnosis
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Applications of Hypnosis
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Alcohol
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Stimulants
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Hallucinogens
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Marijuana
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Drug Prevention
Explain why we sleep & the effects of sleep
deficits
Discuss the stages of sleep & the
paradoxical nature of REM
Explain the modern explanations of
dreaming
Describe common sleep disorders
Define hypnosis
Explain evidence for the two major theories
of hypnosis
Explain how hypnosis is induced and the
effects of hypnotic suggestions
Discuss the evidence against claims that
hypnosis can improve memory, increase
strength or cure medical problems
Define psychoactive drug
Explain the cycle of dependence, tolerance
and withdrawal
Describe the physiological and
psychological effects of alcohol, stimulants,
hallucinogens, & marijuana
Discuss factors associated with drug use
and with the prevention of drug use
CONTENT
Grading Period
Fourth Nine Weeks
SKILLS
Students will be able to:
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Experiencing Classical Conditioning
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Components of Classical Conditioning
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Classical Conditioning Processes
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Ivan Pavlov’s Discovery
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Generalization & Discrimination
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John Watson & Classically conditioning
emotions
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Cognition & Biological Predispositions
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Operant Conditioning
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The Law of Effect
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Reinforcement
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Punishment
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Reinforcement procedures
Discuss recent research findings indicating
that cognition and biological predispositions
are involved in some classically conditioned
responses
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Schedules of reinforcement
Define operant conditioning
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New understandings of Operant Conditioning
Define the law of effect
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Albert Bandura & Observational Learning
Explain the different kinds of reinforcement
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Observational Learning in Everyday life
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Observational Learning of Violence from the
Media
Describe the effects of punishment and the
disadvantages of using punishment to control
behavior
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Defining Disorder
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Understanding Disorders
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Classifying Disorders
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Labeling Disorders
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Anxiety Disorders
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Discuss how cognition & biology influence
the operant conditioning process
Mood Disorders
Define observational learning
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Dissociative Disorders
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Schizophrenic Disorders
Discuss the implications of Bandura’s
experiments
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Personality Disorders
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Psychoanalysis
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Humanistic Therapies
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Behavior Therapies
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Cognitive Therapies
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Family & Group Therapies
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Drug Therapies
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Electroconvulsive Therapy
Use the classical conditioning model to
explain an example of a classically
conditioned response
Describe the sequence of the classical
conditioning processes: acquisition,
extinction, & spontaneous recovery
Describe how Ivan Pavlov discovered
classical conditioning
Define the concepts of generalization &
discrimination
Explain the behaviorist perspective, as
described by John Watson
Explain how behaviors are influenced
through shaping, discrimination, &
extinction
Contrast the effects of different schedules of
reinforcement
Discuss how observational learning can lead
to prosocial and anit-social behaviors
Evaluate the effects of viewing violence in
the media on aggressive behaviors &
attitudes
Define what a psychological disorder is and
the criteria used to judge psychologically
disordered behaviors
Explain the development & influence of the
medical model of psychological disorders
CONTENT
Grading Period
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Fourth Nine Weeks
Psychosurgery
SKILLS
Students will be able to:
Discuss the different components of the
biopsychosocial approach to psychological
disordered behaviors
Explain the purpose, uses and criticisms of
the DSM
Discuss the benefit and potential dangers of
diagnostic labels
Define anxiety
Describe the different types of anxiety
disorders
Discuss the biological & learning factors that
may contribute to anxiety disorders
Describe the different types of mood
disorders
Discuss the biological & social-cognitive
factors that may contribute to mood
disorders
Describe the symptoms & causes of
dissociative disorders
Describe the delusions, hallucinations, &
inappropriate emotions and behaviors that
are common to schizophrenic disorders
Discuss the biological & psychological
factors that interact to produce schizophrenia
Describe the different types of personality
disorders
Define psychotherapy
Discuss the assumptions of humanistic
therapy
Explain how behavior therapy applies the
principles of classical conditioning and
operant conditioning
Discuss the basis of cognitive-behavior
therapy
Explain the advantages of group therapy
Define biomedical therapies
Explain how drug therapies are used to treat
certain psychological disorders
Discuss the effectiveness and use of
electroconvulsive therapy
Describe the history and effect of the use of
lobotomies