Pentucket Regional High School

Teacher__Ruth Beaton_____________________ Subject_Psychology B

Time Frame	Essential Questions	Content/Concepts	Skills/Thinking Processes	Assessment
September	What is Psychology? What are its goals? How are these goals achieved?	Goals of Psychology Scientific Method Methods of Research Conditioning/Learning	Defines Psychology vs. pseudopsychology. Identifies 4 goals of Psychology/ Methods of Research. Differentiates between experimental groups and control groups, independent variable and dependent variable. Analyzes the processes of classical and operant conditioning and learned behavior.	On-going: Study Guides, Quizzes, Tests, Essays. Create Classroom Experiments using various forms of conditioning.
October	Who are the important contributor’s to Psychology’s past? What are the primary perspectives that guide modern Psychology?	Prominent Figures and their contributions to Psychology 6 Major Schools of Psychology 7 Perspectives of Psych Today	Identifies key individuals and their approaches to psychology. Compares/contrasts 6 Major Schools of Psychology. Differentiates between the 7 present personality perspectives	Group Oral Presentations. Student produced study guides. Classroom Debate “Which Perspective Suits You Best
November	How do the structures of the brain influence behavior and mental processes? How does our state of consciousness affect our behavior? What is Memory? Why do we Forget?	Brain and Behavior Disorders Consciousness Memory	Locates/describes structures of the brain. Analyzes behavior/mental processes. Describes effects of neurotransmitters. Compares states of consciousness. Describes/defines memory processing.	2 Dimensional Brain Profile Dream/sleep journals. On-line testing
December	How do biology, genetics, and the environment affect intelligence? How do internal and external factors influence emotions and motives? How do we develop gender roles?	Intelligence Motivation/Emotion Sex/Gender Child Development	Describes Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Compares/contrasts motivation and emotion and their components. Differentiates btwn Sex roles/gender roles/gender identity Analyzes parenting styles. Explains birth order and its effect on personality	Student created tests. Journals. PowerPoint Presentations
January	How do our sense enable us to experience the world? What are the major sources of stress? What are the effects on stress on behavior? How do psychologists identify, explain, and classify abnormal behavior?	Sensation/Perception Illusion/ESP Stress Abnormal Behavior	Describes processes involved in sensation Differentiates between sensation and perception. Defines major sources of stress, effects of stress. Analyzes stress’ relationship to illness. Identifies/defines abnormal behavior. Understands differences between mood disorders and anxiety disorders	Student-made Optical Illusions Mental Health Brochures Final Exam
February	What is Psychology? What are its goals? How are these goals achieved?	Goals of Psychology Scientific Method Methods of Research Conditioning/Learning	Defines Psychology vs. pseudopsychology. Identifies 4 goals of Psychology/ Methods of Research. Differentiates between experimental groups and control groups, independent variable and dependent variable. Analyzes the processes of classical and operant conditioning and learned behavior.	On-going: Study Guides, Quizzes, Tests, and Essays. Create Classroom experiment using various forms of conditioning
March	Who are the important contributor’s to Psychology’s past? What are the primary perspectives that guide modern Psychology?	Prominent Figures and their contributions to Psychology 6 Major Schools of Psychology 7 Perspectives of Psych Today	Locates/describes structures of the brain. Analyzes behavior/mental processes. Describes effects of neurotransmitters. Compares states of consciousness. Describes/defines memory processing.	Group Oral Presentations. Student produced study guides. Classroom Debate “Which Perspective Suits You Best
April	How do the structures of the brain influence behavior and mental processes? How does our state of consciousness affect our behavior? What is Memory? Why do we Forget?	Brain and Behavior Disorders Consciousness Memory	Describes Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Compares/contrasts motivation and emotion and their components. Differentiates btwn Sex roles/gender roles/gender identity Analyzes parenting styles. Explains birth order and its effect on personality	2 Dimensional Brain Profile Dream/sleep journals. On-line testing
May	How do biology, genetics, and the environment affect intelligence? How do internal and external factors influence emotions and motives? How do we develop gender roles?	Intelligence Motivation/Emotion Sex/Gender Child Development	Describes Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Compares/contrasts motivation and emotion and their components. Differentiates btwn Sex roles/gender roles/gender identity Analyzes parenting styles. Explains birth order and its effect on personality	Student created tests. Journals. PowerPoint Presentations
June	How do our sense enable us to experience the world? What are the major sources of stress? What are the effects on stress on behavior? How do psychologists identify, explain, and classify abnormal behavior?	Sensation/Perception Illusion/ESP Stress Abnormal Behavior	Describes processes involved in sensation Differentiates between sensation and perception. Defines major sources of stress, effects of stress. Analyzes stress’ relationship to illness. Identifies/defines abnormal behavior. Understands differences between mood disorders and anxiety disorders	Student-made Optical Illusions Mental Health Brochures Final Exam