Unit One History and Approaches

Study Plan 1

Objectives
1. Define psychology and list its specialization and associated careers
2. Describe and critically appraise the major psychology perspectives

Topic

1. What is psychology?
a) Groupwork: Psychology Today and Yesterday
b) Instructions for your Weblog
c) Setting up your AP Blog. Post your first entry: My motivations for studying psychology.

2. What is AP Psychology?
a) Course requirements and assessment

3. History of Psychology
a) Reading pp 1-17
b) Prolugue PowerPoint
c) Video “Past Present and Promise”
d) The Perspectives and great names. PowerPoint Presentation
e) Class discussion: Why do we do the things that we do?

4. Approaches and Perspectives
a) Where do you stand on important psychological issues: Handout 1.4

5. Psychology as a Career
a) Interviews and reports
b) Video "Careers for the 21st Century"
What career in psychology appealed most to you?

6. Assessment
a) Chapter Pre-test
b) Chapter test
c) Read the article "Best of the Century" and write a weblog response that answers the following questions:
1. What have been the major changes in psychotherapy this century?
2. Twenty breakthroughs are identified. Which 5 do you think are the most important? Justify your answer. Identify what perspective is being taken by the psychologist.
Focus:
What comes to mind when you hear the word psychology. (List as many ideas as you can)