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40805C Honors Psychology
Instructional Guide
Time Frame: First Six Weeks
Generalizations:
 Certain operational structures apply to professional disciplines.
 Theories and research support the social sciences.
 Scientific communities work together.
 Professional disciplines provide insights into the human condition.
SCOS GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES
GOAL 1: The learner will
become familiar with the history
and research methods of
psychology.
1.01 Discuss the contemporary
perspectives used by
psychologists to understand
behavior and mental processes.
1.02 Identify the major subfields
and career opportunities that
comprise psychology.
1.03 Distinguish between the
different research strategies used
by psychologists to explore
behavior and mental processes.
1.04 Distinguish and employ the
basic concepts of statistical data.
1.05 Analyze the ethical issues in
psychological research.
1.06 Discuss the development of
psychology as an empirical
science.
1.07 Explore philosophical
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS,
BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS
 What are the roots of Psychology?
 Explain the importance of theories,
hypothesis, and replication.
 What are the current contemporary
perspectives in psychology?
 What role does ethics play in
research?
 How do philosophies influence the
science of psychology?
2008 Honors Psychology Instructional Guide
ESSENTIAL TASKS,
STRATEGIES, PROJECTS,
CONNECTIONS
 Students enrolled in Honors
Psychology should be prepared
to conduct additional
independent research projects
that require critical thinking
and extensive reading and
writing.
 Develop a hypothesis and
theory for the present school
year. Personal assessment of
progress at interim progress
reports and marking period
report card.
 Students will observe other
classes to asses other student
behavior.
 Draw a chart using the current
psychological perspectives,
including the focus and key
points for each.
 Read and research Galen’s
hypothesis and analyze how
Galen’s philosophy can be used
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RECOMMENDED
RESOURCES AND
ASSESSMENT
Holt Psychology:
Principles in Practice Ch.
1, 2
Honors level assessment should
include free-response writing
on most tests.
A & E Biography Series:
“Freud.”
Seminar on the different
schools of thought in
psychology.
Develop a rubric for personal
assessment.
Develop a rubric for the chart of
psychological perspectives.
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SCOS GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS,
BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS
hypotheses and their influences
on the science of psychology
GOAL 11: The learner will
examine the characteristics and
treatments of psychological
disorders.
11.01 Describe the characteristics
and origins of abnormal behavior,
and explain methods used in
exploring abnormal behavior.
11.02 Discuss major categories of
abnormal behavior and explore
the challenges associated with
accurate diagnosis.
11.03 Analyze the impact of
mental disorders and efforts to
promote greater understanding of
abnormal behavior.
11.04 Explain methods used to
treat people with disorders.
11.05 Discuss the legal and
ethical challenges involved in
delivery of treatment.
11.06 Explore the consequences
of behavior of post-traumatic
stress disorder.
GOAL 2: The learner will
demonstrate an understanding of
the biological bases of behavior.
2.01 Identify the structure and
function of the neuron.
2.02 Identify, describe, and
 Explain the types of disorders and
therapy approaches.
 What roles does the Hippocratic
Oath play in treatment?
 How do psychological disorders
affect social institutions?
 Identify and explain the various
parts of the brain, body, and nervous
system.
 What are the structures and
functions of the endocrine system?
 How does the environment
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ESSENTIAL TASKS,
STRATEGIES, PROJECTS,
CONNECTIONS
today as a prescription for a
healthy personality.
 Analyze the role of ethics in
the science of psychology.
 Students enrolled in Honors
Psychology should be prepared
to conduct additional
independent research projects
that require critical thinking
and extensive reading and
writing
 Round table discussion, with
each student in-depth analysis
of pre-assigned psychological
disorders.
 Interview a doctor or nurse
who deals with war veterans.
Ask the professional to list the
symptoms of post-traumatic
stress disorder. Summarize and
present your findings to the
class.
 Outline, describe, and explain
the parts in this unit.
o The Nervous System
o Studying the Brain
o The Endocrine System
o Heredity and Environment
RECOMMENDED
RESOURCES AND
ASSESSMENT
 Ch 17,18,19
 Honors level assessment should
include free-response writing
on most tests/
 Excerpts from “A Beautiful
Mind”
 Excerpts from “One Flew Over
the Cuckoo’s Nest”
 Seminar: What is “abnormal
behavior,” and when should it
be treated?
 Ch 3
 3-D Model of the human
brain
 Rubric for research and
graph
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SCOS GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES
explain the organization of the
nervous system.
2.03 Describe the structure and
functions of the brain.
2.04 Differentiate among the
technologies and clinical methods
for studying the brain.
2.05 Compare and contrast the
specialized functions of the
brain’s hemispheres.
2.06 Describe the structure and
function of the endocrine system.
2.07 Assess how heredity
interacts with environment to
influence behavior.
2.08 Explain how psychological
mechanisms are influenced by
evolution.
GOAL 3: The learner will
examine lifespan development.
3.01 Explain development as a
lifelong process.
3.02 Analyze research techniques
used to gather data on the
developmental process.
3.03 Identify the stage theories of
development.
3.04 Discuss issues surrounding
the developmental process.
3.05 Assess the impact of
technology on aspects of the
lifespan.
3.06 Analyze the impact of
gender stereotypes on lifespan.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS,
BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS
ESSENTIAL TASKS,
STRATEGIES, PROJECTS,
CONNECTIONS
RECOMMENDED
RESOURCES AND
ASSESSMENT
influence biology?
 Research the incidence of
Alzheimer’s disease in your
community and graph the data.
 Trace Human Development through
the various life stages:
o prenatal,
o childhood,
o adolescence,
o adulthood,
o late adulthood.
 What is the significance of Freud,
Piaget, Lorenz, Kohlberg and
Erikson?
 How has the definition and the role
of adolescence changed in the past
100 years?
 What is the future for late
adulthood?
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 Do a developmental life
timeline.
 Observe and record the
behaviors between parents and
children. Record and analyze
your observations. Describe
the different parenting styles
you observe and report your
findings.
 Review a TV program, movie,
Internet site, or advertisement.
Analyze the gender roles
portrayed, then answer the
question: What role do the
media play in the development
 Ch. 10, 11, 12
 Honors level assessment should
include free-response writing
on most tests.
 Seminar: What is a good child?
What is a good parent? What is
a good grandparent?
 Rubric for timeline.
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SCOS GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES
ESSENTIAL TASKS,
STRATEGIES, PROJECTS,
CONNECTIONS
of gender stereotypes?
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS,
BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS
RECOMMENDED
RESOURCES AND
ASSESSMENT
Time Frame: Second Six Weeks
Generalizations:
 Physical and psychological attributes are related.
 Humans learn in different ways.
 The cognitive domain is influenced by several factors.
SCOS GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS,
BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS
GOAL 4: The learner will explore
the basic concepts of sensation and
perception.
4.01 Analyze the basic concepts
explaining the capabilities and
limitations of sensory processes.
4.02 Examine the components of
vision.
4.03 Describe the interaction of the
person and the environment in
determining perception.
4.04 Explain the nature of
attention.
4.05 Examine the impact of
sensory deprivation.
 Explain the major sensing
organs.
 What is the difference between
sensation and perception?
 Why is there a difference?
 How does sensory deprivation
affect human behavior?
GOAL 9: The learner will analyze
the differing states of
consciousness.
9.01 Classify the characteristics of
 What are the major levels of
consciousness?
 What is the importance of
dreams?
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ESSENTIAL TASKS,
STRATEGIES, PROJECTS,
CONNECTIONS
Students enrolled in Honors
Psychology should be prepared
to conduct additional
independent research projects
that require critical thinking and
extensive reading and writing
List & describe the various
sensing organs: eye, ear, tongue,
skin, & nose.
Students will outline principles
of perception including
inference, learning to perceive,
depth perception, constancy,
illusions and ESP.
Create a scene in the form of a
play, short narrative, or
newspaper article that illustrates
the problems you might
encounter if you have lost all
perceptual constancies.
Students enrolled in Honors
Psychology should be prepared
to conduct additional
independent research projects
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RECOMMENDED
RESOURCES AND
ASSESSMENT
Ch 4
Honors level assessment should
include free-response writing on
most tests
Excerpts from “If You Could
See What I Hear.”
Excerpts from “The Miracle
Worker.”
Essay on “Being Blind for a
Day.”
Rubric for a scene
 Ch 5
 Honors level assessment should
include free-response writing on
most tests.
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sleep and theories that explain why  In what ways are drugs used to
we sleep.
alter consciousness, and what
9.02 Analyze theories used to
are the effects on our society?
explain and interpret dreams.
 How can environmental factors
9.03 Assess basic phenomena and
produce an altered state of
uses of hypnosis.
consciousness?
9.04 Categorize the different
psychoactive drugs and their
effects.
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GOAL 7: The learner will analyze
factors influencing the cognitive
domain.
7.01 Analyze the various learning
processes and factors influencing
classical and operant conditioning,
and cognitive learning.
7.02 Explain the role of biology
and culture in determining
learning.
7.03 Describe the processes of
encoding information into
memory.
7.04 Distinguish between shortterm and long-term memory
systems and explain the process of
retrieval.
7.05 Discuss methods for
 What is the difference and
significance of classical
conditioning and operant
conditioning?
 Who are Skinner, Watson, and
Pavlov?
 Who was Little Albert?
 What are aspects of
observational learning?
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that require critical thinking and
extensive reading and writing
Do dream journal activity.
Students participate in
interpreting journals.
Choose a sleep disorder and
write about symptoms.
Student takes on role of drug
abuser, writes paper on
symptoms, withdrawal, tolerance
and effects on behavior. Present
in “narcotics anonymous”
meeting.
Interview members of your
family and friends and find out
how may hours a night they
sleep. Record the classes
findings on a graph and analyze
the results.
Students enrolled in Honors
Psychology should be prepared
to conduct additional
independent research projects
that require critical thinking and
extensive reading and writing
Students learn Kipling’s “If”
and write an essay on how they
learned it using either OC,CC, or
observation learning.
Conduct an Operant
Conditioning study and report to
the class
 Rubric for journal.
 Rubric for group presentation.
 Rubric for graph and analysis.
 Ch 6, 7
 Honors level assessment should
include free-response writing on
most tests
 P. 269
 Rubric for essay.
 Rubric for study and report.
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improving memory.
GOAL 7: The learner will analyze
factors influencing the cognitive
domain.
7.01 Analyze the various learning
processes and factors influencing
classical and operant conditioning,
and cognitive learning.
7.02 Explain the role of biology
and culture in determining
learning.
7.03 Describe the processes of
encoding information into
memory.
7.04 Distinguish between shortterm and long-term memory
systems and explain the process of
retrieval.
7.05 Discuss methods for
improving memory.
 How does memory work?
 What are the 3 main types of
memory?
 What is encoding, retrieval, and
forgetting?
 What are methods used to
remember?
 What is learning?
 Students enrolled in Honors
Psychology should be prepared
to conduct additional
independent research projects
that require critical thinking and
extensive reading and writing
 Keep a forgetting journal.
 Students learn passage from
Shakespeare, keeping a journal
on methods used to learn with a
minimum of 5 entries.
 Use the text and other sources to
research several psychological
approaches to memory such as
psychoanalytic, behavioral,
humanistic, or cognitive.
Summarize your findings in a
chart.
 Ch 8
 Honors level assessment should
include free-response writing on
most tests.
 Rubric for journal.
 Rubric for research and chart.
ESSENTIAL TASKS,
STRATEGIES, PROJECTS,
CONNECTIONS
 Students enrolled in Honors
Psychology should be prepared
to conduct additional
independent research projects
that require critical thinking and
extensive reading and writing
RECOMMENDED
RESOURCES AND
ASSESSMENT
 Ch 9
 Honors level assessment should
include free-response writing on
most tests
 Rubric for student-made test.
Time Frame: Third Six Weeks
Generalizations:
 Certain principles apply to language development.
 Humans are influenced by certain drives and motives.
 Thinking and language are related.
 Behavior has certain social and cultural dimensions.
SCOS GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS,
BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS
GOAL 8: The learner will explore  What is the history of
the process of thinking and
intelligence testing?
language development.
 What is the significance of
8.01 Describe the tools used in the
intelligence culturally and
individual’s thought process.
socially?
8.02 Identify the strategies and
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SCOS GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES
obstacles for problem solving and
decision making.
8.03 Identify theories and
developmental stages of language
acquisition.
8.04 Discuss the links between
thinking and language.
GOAL 5: The learner will analyze
basic concepts of motivation and
emotion.
5.01 Identify theories of
motivation.
5.02 Examine the biological and
environmental cues instigating
basic drives or motives.
5.03 Analyze the theories and
physiology of emotion.
5.04 Discuss the effects of
motivation and emotion on
perception, cognition, and
behavior.
GOAL 10: The learner will
examine individual differences and
personalities.
10.01 Describe concepts related to
the measurement of individual
differences.
10.02 Explain the influence and
interaction of heredity and
environment on individual
differences.
10.03 Analyze the nature of
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS,
BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS
 What are levels of intelligence
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and Mental retardation?
 What are different theories about 
intelligence?
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 What is motivation?
 What is Maslow’s Hierarchy?
 What is the effect of stress on
us?
 What are current theories of
emotion?
 How does motivation affect
behavior?
 What are the various personality
theories?
 Describe Freud’s personality
structure.
 Who are current personality
theorists and what are their
theories?
 How do archetypal characters in
mythology and fairytales
influence personality
development?
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ESSENTIAL TASKS,
STRATEGIES, PROJECTS,
CONNECTIONS
Take an IQ test, MENSA test,
students make own IQ tests.
Do a report on the different ways
of measuring intelligence,
including
Gardner’s Theory of Multiple
Intelligences, or
Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory.
Problem Solving activity p. 311.
Students enrolled in Honors
Psychology should be prepared
to conduct additional
independent research projects
that require critical thinking and
extensive reading and writing
Fill out Maslow’s Hierarchy as it
applies to their own lives.
Use the Internet to find the latest
research about motivation.
Summarize your findings in a
short paper, comparing the latest
research results with the theories
discussed in the chapter.
Students enrolled in Honors
Psychology should be prepared
to conduct additional
independent research projects
that require critical thinking and
extensive reading and writing
Students should build a collage
illustrating their personality.
Choose a myth or fairytale and
identify the archetypes in it and
the common experiences of
RECOMMENDED
RESOURCES AND
ASSESSMENT
 Rubric for report.
 Ch 13
 Honors level assessment should
include free-response writing on
most tests.
 Rubric for chart.
 Rubric for research and paper.
 Ch 14, 15, 16
 Honors level assessment should
include free-response writing on
most tests
 Excerpts from “Breakfast Club.”
 Rubric for a collage.
 Rubric for a skit.
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SCOS GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES
intelligence and intelligence
testing.
10.04 Define personality and
personality constructs.
10.05 Explain personality
approaches and identify important
contributions to the understanding
of personality.
10.06 Analyze the different tools
and tests used in personality
assessment.
10.07 Analyze some common
archetypes illustrated in mythology
and fairytales.
GOAL 12: The learner will
evaluate the social and cultural
dimensions of behavior.
12.01 Assess how people relate to
one another.
12.02 Identify the primary social
and cultural categories of the
United States culture.
12.03 Examine how social and
cultural categories influence
behavior.
12.04 Explore how group
interaction affects behavior.
12.05 Explore the different fields
of psychology that study social and
cultural dimensions of behavior.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS,
BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS
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ESSENTIAL TASKS,
STRATEGIES, PROJECTS,
CONNECTIONS
humanity that these archetypes
reflect. Present a brief skit to the
class to illustrate the archetypes.
What is FAE?
 Students enrolled in Honors
Psychology should be prepared
What are attitudes vs. attributes?
to conduct additional
Who are Milgram and Ashe?
independent research projects
What are the implication of the
that require critical thinking and
media on stereotypes, racism,
extensive reading and writing
sexism, and pornography?
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Look at various TV shows
 What is the significance of
illustrating groups: Friends,
groups?
Seinfeld, and Drew Carey.
 How are we persuaded?
Students role-play various
 What are the various fields of
attitudes and class uses
psychology that study human
performance to examine aspects
behavior and what impact do
of change and persuasion.
they have?
 Explore a career in the field of
psychology and report on your
findings.
2008 Honors Psychology Instructional Guide
RECOMMENDED
RESOURCES AND
ASSESSMENT
 Ch 20, 21
 Honors level assessment should
include free-response writing on
most tests.
 Excerpts from “Remember the
Titans.”
 Rubric for the role-play.
 Rubric for a report.
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