Psychology
Mrs. Chanda Aves - Room 216   
claves@ionia.k12.mi.us

All weeks are 5 days unless otherwise indicated
Textbook:  Wade and Tavris"  Inivattion to Psychology, 2nd Ed.
4X 4 Block, regular level psychology, 90 minutes each meeting day

Ionia High School, Ionia Michigan

Week 1 -  August 25 (2 days)
Topic/Major Concepts covered:  
Standarda Area:  1A:1-6
Unit 1 - The Psychological Perspectives & Research

Benchmarks:  Present a brief overview of psychology’s subject matter, early history, and current theoretical approaches and explore the research methods and ethics that guide sociological research.

Week 2  -  August 29 (4 days)
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
See Week 1

Week 3 - September 6 (4 days)
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
Standard Area:  IIA:  1-7
Unit 2 - The Nervous System and Brain

Benchmarks:  Outline the ways in which parts of the nervous system are organized into systems, as well as to differentiate the locations and functions of various brain parts.  Emphasis will also be placed on related brain issues like sleeping, gender differences, and activity measurement techniques.

Week 4 - September 12
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
See Week 3

Week 5 - September 19
. Topic/Major Concepts covered:
Standard Area:  IIIA:  1-4
Unit Three – Human Development

Benchmarks:  Outline the cognitive, physiological, moral, developments throughout the life span.

Week 6 - September 26
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
Standard Area:  IIIB:  1-3
Unit Four – Theories of Personality

Benchmarks:  Examine competing theories of personality development, with emphasis on their historical contexts and relation to one another.

Week 7 - October 3
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
See Week 6

Week 8 - October 10
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
Standard Area:  IVB:  1-6
Unit Five – Memory

Benchmarks:  Discuss the processes of memory and issues related to its faultiness.

Week 9 - October 17
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
See Week 8

Week 10 - October 24
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
Standard Area:  IVA:  1-5
Unit Six - Learning through Conditioning

Benchmarks:  Explore the theories of classical and operant conditioning, with emphasis on evaluating them for applicability to real life and human behavior. 

Week 11 - October 31
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
See Week 10.

Week 12 - November 7
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
Standard Area VA 1-4
Unit Seven - Abnormal Psychology

Benchmarks:  Examine several different categories of psychological disorders along with their causes, varieties, treatments, and related issues.  Emphasis will also be placed on issues of overdiagnosis.

Week 13 - November 14
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
See Week 12.

Week 14 - November 21
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
See Week 12

Week 15 - November 28
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
Standard Area:  VB:  1-3
Unit Eight - Approaches to Therapy

Benchmarks:  Examine approaches to therapy, focusing on their relation to personality theories and methodology.

Week 16 - December 5
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
See Week 15

Week 17 - December 12
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
Standard Area IIC: 2,4,6, 7 and IID:  1-4
Unit Nine - Emotions, Stress, and the Body

Benchmarks:  Explore the universality of emotion along with the culturally determined ways of expressing them, plus how they relate to psychological stress and accompanying physiological responses.

Week 18 - January 3
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
See Week 17

Week 19 - January 9
Topic/Major Concepts covered:
Standard Area:  IVE:  1-4
Unit 10 - Intelligence

Benchmarks:  Explore the definition of intelligence and examine the validity and implications of intelligence tests.

Week 20 - January 16 (Exams)