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Pacing Guide History and Methods: TEST: Prologue and Chapter 1

This pacing guide outlines the schedule and content for a psychology course over the fall and spring semesters. It includes the topics to be covered each class period such as psychological perspectives, experiments, neuroscience, states of consciousness, cognition, testing and intelligence, social psychology, development, personality, abnormal psychology, and treatment. It also lists the corresponding readings and homework assigned for each section. Major assessments include tests on various chapters throughout the semester.

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Pacing Guide History and Methods: TEST: Prologue and Chapter 1

This pacing guide outlines the schedule and content for a psychology course over the fall and spring semesters. It includes the topics to be covered each class period such as psychological perspectives, experiments, neuroscience, states of consciousness, cognition, testing and intelligence, social psychology, development, personality, abnormal psychology, and treatment. It also lists the corresponding readings and homework assigned for each section. Major assessments include tests on various chapters throughout the semester.

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Pacing Guide History and Methods

Date Aug. 25 / 26 Aug. 27 / 30 Aug. 31 / Sept. 1 Sept. 2 / 6 Sept. 7 / 8 Sept. 9 / 12 Sept. 13 / 14 Classwork Introduction, student introductions, syllabus Notes: Psychological perspectives, Types of Psychologists Notes: Psychology is a science Notes: Correlation and Experiments More on Experiments Notes: Statistics and Ethics, Free Response Tips TEST: Prologue and Chapter 1 Homework HW: Syllabus signed HW: Read p. 1-30 HW: Read p. 30-39 HW: Study for quiz on correlation and experiments HW: Read p. 39 - 51 HW: Study for test HW: Read p. 53 - 60

Neuroscience/Bio (Chap 2)
Sept. 15/16 Sept. 19/20 Test Review, Notes - Neuron Notes - Nervous System Presentation, Motor and Sensory Neurons, Neuroscience Skits Notes - Methods of Studying the Brain, Lobes of the Brain Presentations Notes - Split Brain, Association Areas Plasticity TEST - Chapter 2 HW: Read p. 61 - 67 HW: Read p. 67 - 80

Sept. 21/22 Sept. 23/26 Sept. 27/28

HW: Read p. 80 - 93 HW: Study for Ch. 2 Test HW: Read p. 271 - 283

States of Consciousness (Chap 7)


Sept. 29 / 30 Oct. 3 / 4 Oct. 5 / 6 Oct. 7 / 10 Stages of sleep, Levels of consciousness Sleep Disorders, Dreams, Hypnosis Altered States of Consciousness TEST - Chapter 7 HW: Read p. 283-296 HW: Read p. 296-311 HW: Study for test HW:Read 197 - 223

Sensation and Perception (Chap 5 & 6)


Oct. 11 / 12 Oct. 13 / 14 Oct. 17 / 18 Oct. 19 / 20 Oct. 21 / 24 Intro to Sensation, Eye and Ear Notes - Touch, Taste, Smell, Body position and movement Notes - Illusions and Constancy Notes - Perceptual Sets, ESP TEST - Chapter 5 and 6 HW: Read p. 224-235 HW: Read p. 237-254 HW: Read p. 255 - 269 HW: Study for Ch. 5/6 TEST HW: Read p. 349-360

Cognition (Chap 9 & 10)


Oct. 25 / 26 Oct. 27 / 31 Nov. 1 / 2 Nov. 3 / 4 Nov. 7 / 8 Nov. 9 / 10 Test Review, Notes - Encoding Notes - Storage and Retrieval Notes - Encoding, Retrieval Notes - Cognition / Problem Solving Notes - Language TEST - Chapter 9 & 10 HW: Read 361-375 HW: Read 375-393 HW: Read 395-409 HW: Read 409-429 Study for Ch. 9/10 TEST HW: Read 431-442

Testing & Intelligence (Chap 11)


Nov. 14 / 15 Go over group presentations, Video: Secrets of a wild child. Nov. 16 / 17 Notes - Intelligence Nov. 18 / 21 Notes - Testing Nov. 22/ 28 Notes - Bias in Testing Nov. 29 / 30 TEST - Ch. 11 HW: Read 442 - 454 HW: Read 454-467 HW: Study for Ch. 11 Test HW: Read p. 313-326

Learning/Behaviorism (Chap 8)
Dec. 1 / 2 Dec. 5 / 6 Dec. 7 / 8 Dec. 9 / 12 Notes - Classical conditioning Notes - Operant Conditioning Notes - Observational Learning TEST - Chapter 8 HW: Read - 326-340 HW: Read 341-347 HW: Study for TEST - Ch. 8 HW: Read p. 469-480

Motivation & Emotion (Chap 12, 13, 14)


Jan. 2/3 Jan. 4/5 Jan. 6/9 Jan. 10/11 Jan. 12/13 Jan. 17/18 Motivation and Hunger Sexuality, Need to Belong, Theories of Emotion Experienced Emotion Stress Managing Stress TEST - Ch. 12, 13, 14 HW: Read 481-498, 513-515 HW: Read 532-544 HW: Read 549-567 HW: Read 567-575 HW: Study for Ch. 12, 13, 14 test HW: Read 723 - 730

Social Psych (Chap 18)


Jan. 19/20 Jan. 24/25 Jan. 26/27 Jan 30/31 Feb. 1/2 Feb. 3/6 Notes - Attribution, Attitudes, Actions, Notes - Conformity, Asch Line Study, Obedience Notes - Social Relations- Prejudice, Stereotypes Notes - Social Relations- Conflict, Social Traps Notes - Bystander Effects, Altruism, Superordinate Goals TEST: Chapter 18 HW: Read p. 730 - 741 HW: Read p. 742 - 756 HW: Read p. 756 - 764 HW: Read p. 764 - 770 HW: Study for TEST Ch. 18 HW: Read 95 - 106

Developmental (Chap 3 & 4)

Feb. 7/8 Nature v. Nurture (Ch. 3) Feb. 9/10 Notes - Intro to Developmental Psych. / Piaget Feb. Stranger Anxiety, Harlow, Erikson 13/14 Feb. Notes - Adolescence 15/16 Feb. Notes - Adulthood, Kubler Ross 17/22 Project Due

HW: Read 134 - 154 HW: Read 155 - 163 HW: Read 164 - 174 HW: Read 175 - 194 HW:Read 595-602

Personality (Chap 15)


Feb. 23/24 Feb. 27/28 Feb. 29/ Mar. 1 Mar. 2/5 Notes - Freud Notes - Neo-Freudians Notes - Contemporary HW: Read 602-612 HW: Read 613-623 HW: Read 623-631 HW: Read 631-636 HW: Study for test HW: Read 639-658

Notes - Social Cognitive Perspective Mar. 6/7 Notes - Exploring the Self Mar. 8/9 TEST - Chapter 15

Abnormal & Treatment (Chap 16 & 17)


Mar. 12/13 Intro to Psych Disorders and Anxiety Disorders Mar. 14/15 Mood Disorders Mar. 16/19 Schizophrenia, Somatoform Disorders Mar. 20/21 Personality Disorders Mar. 22/23 Intro to Therapy Mar. 26/27 Therapy Mar. 28/29 TEST - Chapter 16 and 17 HW: Read 658-669 HW: Read 669-676 HW: Read 677 -682 HW: Read 685-699 HW: Read 700 - 720 HW: Study for Ch. 16/17 TEST

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