Decision One:
Curriculum Map
Topic: Biopsychological Domain of Psychology: Stress, Coping and
Grade: 11/12
Health
Key Learning(s):
Unit Essential Question(s):
Sources of Stress
Physiological reactions to stress
Psychological reactions to stress
Cognitive and behavioral strategies for
dealing with stress and promoting
health. IID-1,2,3,4
What is stress and what causes it? How
does the body respond to stress? How
can people cope with stress to promote
good health and create a positive
outcome?
Optional
Instructional Tools:
Textbook; Online sources;
Concept:
Concept:
Concept:
Concept:
Stress sources.
IID-1
Physiological reactions to
stress IID-2
Psychological reactions to
stress IID-3
Coping with Stress
Lesson Essential Questions:
What are the major sources of
stress?
Lesson Essential Questions:
Lesson Essential Question
Lesson Essential Questions:
What are possible
physiological reactions to
stress?
What are the possible
psychological reactions to
stress?
How can cognitive strategies
help us deal with stress in a
health promoting way? What
behavioral strategies can help us
deal with stress in a health
promoting way?
Vocabulary:
Stresss, eustress, distress,
stressor, Frustration,
approach-approach,
approach-avoidance and
avoidance-avoidance
Multiple approachavoidance conflict, cognitive
appraisal of situations,
violence, harassment,
downsizing, sexism,
heterosexism, racism,
ageism, poverty
Vocabulary:
Fight or flight, self-efficacy
expectation, general
adaptation syndrome (GAS
– Hans Selye). Immune
system,
Vocabulary:
Health psychology, migraine
headache
IID-4
Vocabulary:
Defensive coping, active coping,
Other Information: