Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- The philosophical ideas of Aristotle, John Locke, Wilhelm Wundt, William James, Frantz Fanon, Charles Darwin, G. Stanley Hall.
- The following schools of psychology, including structuralism, functionalism, Gestalt psychology, behaviorism, cognitive psychology, humanistic psychology, psychoanalysis/ psychodynamic perspective, biopsychology.
- The biopsychosocial perspective, which highlights the eclectic approach to behavior and mental processes.
- The different subfields in psychology, including educational psychology, developmental psychology, evolutionary psychology, social psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, and clinical psychology.
- The ways in which psychological science can be used in different careers, situations, and experiences.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Cite textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources (writings of philosophers/early scientists/psychologists).
- Provide accurate summaries of the writings of philosophers/scientists/psychologists.
- Evaluate various explanations for actions and events and determining which explanation is best according to the diagnosis and evidence.
- Evaluate different points of view when looking at behavior and mental processes.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Psychology is a scientific discipline.
- There are different ways in which psychologists explain behavior and mental processes.
- There is a historical progression of ideas about behavior and mental processes.
- There are ways in which psychological science can be applied to different situations and experiences.
Vocabulary
- philosophy
- psychology
- empiricism
- introspection
- psychophysics
- evolution
- functionalism
- structuralism
- Gestalt psychology
- psychoanalysis
- psychodynamic perspective
- humanistic perspective
- "third force" in psychology
- behaviorism
- cognitive perspective
- biopsychology
- biopsychosocial perspective
- neuroscience
- industrial/organizational psychology
- educational psychology
- psychiatrist
- psychologist
- developmental psychology
- evolutionary psychology
- social psychology
- clinical psychology
