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:
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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
