COURSE: _______PSYCHOLOGY__________
DATES/TIME
WEEK 1
OBJECTIVES
ESSENTIAL ?’S/BIG
IDEAS
1. Students will explain 1. What are the
the historical
goals of
background of
psychology, and
psychology.
explain how
2. Students will analyze
psychology is a
and discuss how each
science?
of the psychological
schools explain human 2. What is the work
done by
behavior.
psychologists
according to their
areas of
specialization?
1. Students will analyze
and discuss how each
of the psychological
schools explain human
behavior.
1. What are the
goals of
psychology, and
explain how
psychology is a
science?
2. What is the work
done by
psychologists
according to their
UNIT TITLE: ______INTRO TO PSCHOLOGY__________
STANDARDS AND
DOK
SS-HS-2.3.2
Students will
explain and give
examples of how
compromise and
cooperation are
characteristics
that influence
interaction(e.g.
peace studies,
treaties, conflict
resolution) in the
modern world
(1500 A.D. to
present) and the
United States
(Reconstruction to
present).
DOK 2
** Applies to rest
of the week
VOCABULARY
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ACTIVITIES
1. Bellringer-short quiz over
various psychologists.
2. Learning Cubes-Groupsstudents utilize psychologist
organizer to create a learning
cube showing the various
psychologists view through
symbolic meaning.
3. Contemporary Psychological
Perspective PPT
4. Wrap-Up-Prediction of Future
subspecialties and explanation.
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Phrenology
Structuralism
Functionalism
Behaviorism
Psychoanalysis
Cognitive School
William Wundt
William James
John B. Watson
BF Skinner
Sigmund Freud
Carl Jung
Humanistic
Approach
Neurological
Approach
Id
Ego
Super-ego
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Phrenology
Structuralism
Functionalism
Behaviorism
Psychoanalysis
Cognitive School
William Wundt
William James
John B. Watson
1.Bellringer- Contemporary
Perspective Crossword
2. Ivan Pavlov Demonstrationeach student will receive a small
amount of lemonade powder. I
will clap my hands every minute
to condition them as Pavlov
conditions his dogs.
3. Ivan Pavlov Article-PPTClassical Conditioning
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COURSE: _______PSYCHOLOGY__________
areas of
specialization?
UNIT TITLE: ______INTRO TO PSCHOLOGY__________
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1. Students will
explain to principles
of Sigmund Freud
and the
psychoanalytic
school of psychology.
2. Students will
analyze classmates
responses to a free
association and
Rorschach Inkblot
Test.
1. Students will
explain the functions
and identify the
various parts of the
brain.
1. How does the
psychoanalytic
school of
psychology explain
human behavior?
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1. What are the
various parts of the
brain?
2. What are the
functions of each
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BF Skinner
Sigmund Freud
Carl Jung
Humanistic
Approach
Neurological
Approach
Id
Ego
Super-ego
Ivan Pavlov
Reflexes
Conditioned
Response
Conditioned
Learning
Free Association
Rorschach Inkblot
Test
4. Analyzing Ideas-Advertisements
and conditioning techniquessamples of ads that evoke
different feelings
4. Exit slip-Which school of
psychology do you find most
credible and why?
Forebrain
Midbrain
Hindbrain
Frontal Lobe
Parietal Lobe
1. Bellringer-Name as many parts
of the brain as you can.
2. Reading Strategy-Parts of the
Brain organizer-definition and
function
1. Inkblot analysis-Individual
assessment and group
comparison stations.
2. Inkblot Reading-“What’s in an
Inkblot? Some say not much”reading article and discussion
questions
3. Free Association Test-Whole
class activity-“Free Association
Lines”
COURSE: _______PSYCHOLOGY__________
part of the brain?
UNIT TITLE: ______INTRO TO PSCHOLOGY__________
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Temporal Lobe
Occipital lobe
Thalamus
Medulla
Hypothalamus
Cerebellum
Cerebrum
Corpus Callosum
Cerebral cortex
3. Draw My Brain-students will
draw the brain and label the parts
4. Right Brain/Left Brain- QuizStudents will take an assessment
to see which side of the brain
they predominantly use.
5. “Inside the Teenage Brain”PBS-FRONTLINE discusses moods
and behaviors of the American
teenager
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/
frontline/shows/teenbrain/view/