Essential Question: What are the different schools/perspectives in Psychology? How do they compare?
Learning Objective: After completing a perspectives in psychology organizer and learning about the Andrea Yates case, I will be able to apply the perspectives of psychology to various scenarios.
Modules: 1-3
Learning Target #1 - Psychology’s History
1-1 Describe how psychology developed from its prescientific roots in early understandings of mind and body to the beginnings of modern science
1-2 Describe some important milestones in psychology’s early development
1-3 Describe how psychology continued to develop from the 1920ś through today
Learning Target #2 - Psychology’s Big Issues and Approaches
2-1 Summarize the nature-nurture debate in psychology
2-2 Describe psychology's three main levels of analysis and related perspectives
2-3 Identify psychology's main subfields
2-4 Explain how psychological principles can help you learn and remember and do better on the AP exam
Learning Target #3 - Careers in Psychology
3-1 What do psychologists in various professions do and where do they work?