D. C. Everest Social Studies
Psychology - Advanced Placement (AP Psych)
Essential Understandings | Psychology is empirical. Psychology is theoretically diverse. Psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context. Behavior is determined by multiple causes. Behavior is shaped by cultural heritage. Heredity and environment jointly influence behavior. People’s experience of the world is highly subjective. Biological influences are evident in many different aspects of perception and behavior. Gender is a biological and cultural construct. |
Essential Skills | Think critically when reading research articles. Demonstrate depth of content knowledge by writing concisely and specifically about concepts. Draw evidence-based conclusions and defend them using |
AP Psych | Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 |
Reading*TEXTBOOK: Psychology (9th ed) by David G. Myers **40 Studies = Forty Studies that Changed Psychology by Roger R. Hock | TEXTBOOK* SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 40 Studies**
Classic Edition Sources: Psychology (4th ed) edited by Terry F. Pettijohn
APPROACHES & RESEARCH METHODS 40 Studies**
“Research Methods by Dummies” - online articles “Evaluating IRB Proposals: Cases 1-4” animal research proposals “The Hawthorne Effect” in Classic Studies in Psychology by Steven Schwartz Excerpts from Psychology textbooks by: Bernstein (5th ed), Gleitman (6th ed), Weiten (7th ed) HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 40 Studies**
“Secret of the Wild Child” - Online articles (primary & secondary sources) “Understanding Heritability” article | TEXTBOOK* NEUROSCIENCE 40 Studies**
CONSCIOUSNESS 40 Studies**
“Mouse Party”- online articles “Drugs, the Brain & Addiction” NIH online articles SENSATION & PERCEPTION 40 Studies**
Excerpts from Psychology (5th ed) Bernstein LEARNING 40 Studies**
MEMORY 40 Studies**
| TEXTBOOK* COGNITION & LANGUAGE 40 Studies**
TESTING & INTELLIGENCE 40 Studies**
“1528 Geniuses” in Classic Studies in Psychology by Steven Schwartz PERSONALITY 40 Studies**
MOTIVATION, EMOTION & STRESS 40 Studies**
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS | TEXTBOOK* TREATMENT 40 Studies**
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Writing | Social Comparison Reflection Research Methods FRQ NPR: Nature & Nurture of Gender Reflection paper | Brain Analogy or Superhero/Villain Project Neuroscience FRQ Development Project Supernanny Reflection paper Semester Exam FRQ | Testing & Intelligence FRQ NEO-PI Reflection paper | Bellevue: Inside Out Reflection paper Final Exam FRQ A Beautiful Mind essay Freud’s Fractured Fairty Tales Project |
Discussion | Row Groups (3 students) - Turn & Talk (daily) IAT prejudice debriefing discussion “Ethics in Psychological Research” Socratic Discussion “Understanding Heritability” Retelling “Nature & Nurture: Genie” 1 x 1 Debate | Sensation presentations Memory Socratic Discussion | Psychological Disorder presentations | John Q 4+1 |
Vocabulary | evolutionary adaptive behavioral psychodynamic sociocultural cognitive humanistic biological eclectic empirical aversive attribution bias compliance qualitative quantitative affective subjective objective reliability validity proximity stimulus implicit explicit semantic visual auditory haptic olfactory gustatory prevalence comorbid etiology rational irrational context |