Description
Note: This course is intended to teach and reinforce crucial academic skills to help students strengthen their background in the subject area prior to taking an advanced level course.
Psychology Honors is a course designed to prepare students for the study of psychology at the college level. The focus of the course will be on mastering necessary academic skills that will assist the student in furthering his/her study of the subject. Such skills include reading for understanding and note taking, critical thinking and problem solving, researching and writing, thesis statement writing and essay structure, etc. Basic psychology vocabulary terms are introduced, and content emphasis is placed on building the students’ background in the subject area so that he/she is prepared for an advanced course.
Prerequisites
None
Course Objectives
- Explain and apply the fundamentals of research methods in
Psychology and other social sciences - Conduct a research project on the biology of the brain
- Apply concepts of Freud's Personality Theory through a Group
patient analysis - Apply personality theories through patient analysis
- Design a learning experiment, applying concepts of research
and experimentation - Apply concepts of developmental psychology through a Child
Study Project: Observation - Apply concepts of human development in a patient analysis
- Explain the causes, symptoms, and treatments of a
psychological disorder
Additional Requirements
Students will be required to submit attachments in Microsoft Word or Windows WordPad (.doc or .rtf files). Students who don't have access to PowerPoint should download Microsoft's PowerPoint Viewer from their website so they can view PowerPoint Presentations throughout the class.
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Details
Discipline:
Social Studies
Level:
High School Honors
Program:
High School
Grade:
9, 10, 11, 12, 13
When Offered:
Fall, Spring
Duration:
15 weeks
Lab Kit Purchase Required:
No
Accredited:
Certified by NCAA for initial-eligibility (VHS Learning School Code:221356), Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges
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