SS10.P.9

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 09-12 - Psychology

Students know:

Students are able to:

Summarize complex concepts involved in thinking and problem solving into simpler, but still accurate, terms.
Solve multistep problems that reveal common problem-solving errors, analyzing the data relative to the research presented in the text.
Analyze a text for hierarchies in structure and content to demonstrate understanding of how concept hierarchies work in a real-world example.
Propose a plan to combat errors in thinking and problem solving in a particular circumstance that synthesizes the literature on these errors.

Students understand that:

There is a fundamental cognitive structure of thinking.
There are basic processes involved in thinking and solving problems.
There are major cognitive obstacles for accurate thinking and problem solving and ways to combat them.