Essential Standards

These Essential Standards are the district required standards that were collectively selected by teachers in Alpine School District. You are NOT limited to teaching only essential standards. Essential Standards are meant to provide equity throughout the district and will be used to guide our district's common assessments.

Knowledge

  • Nature vs. Nurture

  • Biological Process

  • Human Thought & Behavior

Skills

  • Critical Thinking

  • Work Effectively

  • Communication

Dispositions

  • Empathy

  • Resiliency

  • Nature vs. Nurture

I will explain the Nature vs. Nurture debate and how it relates to human behavior and thought.

  • Critical Thinking

I will demonstrate critical thinking through analysis and application of psychological concepts.

  • Empathy

I will explain what empathy is and I will be able to use it in my classroom, my school, and my community.

Priority Standards

These Priority Standards were collectively selected by teachers in Alpine School District as important standards to teach. Please consider including these standards into your curriculum as we strive towards equity for students throughout the district.

  • Biological Process

I will explain how biological processes impact human thought and behavior.

  • Work Effectively

I will be able to work effectively and respectfully with others in diverse settings to accomplish a common objective.

  • Resiliency

I will be able to demonstrate resilience through successes and failures in class and finding ways to improve my performance.

  • Human Thought & Behavior

I will explain that human thought and behavior exists on a spectrum of normalcy and abnormality.

  • Communication

I will demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively using oral, written, and non-verbal methods in various and diverse interactions.

Suggested Curriculum Flow

Domain 1 - Approaches to Psychology

  • 2.3 - Identify the important role psychology plays in benefiting society and improving people’s lives. - [KNOWLEDGE]

Domain 2 - Biopsychology

  • 3.2 - Describe the interactive effects of heredity and environment. - [KNOWLEDGE]

  • 3.6 - Explain how experiences and expectations influence perception. - [KNOWLEDGE] [SKILLS] [DISPOSITIONS]

Domain 3 - Development and Learning

  • 5.3 - Describe social, cultural, and emotional development through childhood and adolescence. - [KNOWLEDGE] [SKILLS]


Domain 4 - Sociocultural Context

  • 1.6 - Discuss how privilege and social power structures relate to stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. - [KNOWLEDGE] [SKILLS] [DISPOSITIONS]

  • 2.6 - Examine how perspectives affect stereotypes and treatment of minority and majority groups in society. - [KNOWLEDGE] [SKILLS] [DISPOSITIONS]

Domain 5 - Cognition

  • 1.2 - Define processes involved in problem-solving and decision-making. - [KNOWLEDGE] [SKILLS]

  • 3.2 - Discuss the influences of biological, cultural, and environmental factors on intelligence. - [KNOWLEDGE] [SKILLS]

Domain 6 - Individual Variations

  • 5.3 - Evaluate how different factors influence an individual’s experience of psychological disorders. - [KNOWLEDGE]

  • 3.5 - Analyze how individualistic and collectivistic cultural perspectives relate to personality. - [KNOWLEDGE] [SKILLS] [DISPOSITIONS]

Domain 7 - Individual Variations

  • 1.4 - Identify and explain physiological, cognitive, and behavioral strategies to deal with stress. - [KNOWLEDGE] [SKILLS]

  • 2.2 - Describe the characteristics of and factors that promote resilience and optimism. - [KNOWLEDGE] [SKILLS] [DISPOSITIONS]

Resources: Psychology

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