Content domains of the new standards

Content domains of the new standards APA’s newly revised National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula includes seven content domains, each with standard area outlining what students should know after finishing the unit:

• Domain: Scientific inquiry
  Standard: Perspectives in psychological science
  Standard: Research methods, measurement and statistics

• Domain: Biopsychological
  Standard: Biological bases of behavior
  Standard: Sensation and perception
  Standard: Consciousness

• Domain: Development and learning
  Standard: Life span development
  Standard: Learning
  Standard: Language development

• Domain: Sociocultural context
  Standard: Social interactions
  Standard: Sociocultural diversity

• Domain: Cognition
  Standard: Memory
  Standard: Thinking
  Standard: Intelligence

• Domain: Individual variations
  Standard: Motivation
  Standard: Emotion
  Standard: Personality
  Standard: Psychological disorders

• Domain: Applications of psychological science
  Standard: Treatment of psychological disorders
  Standard: Health
  Standard: Vocational applications