Fairview High School
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Essential Outcomes

1st Trimester Essential Outcomes

1. Compare and contrast the different psychological research methods.
2. Explain the process of neural communication.
3. Evaluate the role of the nervous system.
4. Evaluate the role of genes and culture in explaining individual differences.
5. Analyze Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.
6. Analyze Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning.
7. Describe examples of sensory interaction.
8. Explain the processes of transduction and audition.
9. Describe examples of gestalt psychology.
10. Analyze claims of extrasensory perception.
11. Explain classical conditioning by describing Pavlov’s experiments.
12. Explain operant conditioning by describing Skinner’s experiments.

2nd Trimester Essential Outcomes

13. Describe the five stages of sleep.
14. Describe the four major sleep disorders.
15. Compare and contrast the three main categories of drugs.
16. Evaluate techniques that claim to aid in the encoding process.
17. Describe the different types of memory in which information can be stored.
18. Compare different problem solving strategies by evaluating the obstacles of each.
19. Examine the structure of language and explain language development.
20. Compare and contrast the theories of intelligence.
21. Evaluate the principles and standards of intelligence testing.
22. Evaluate drive-reduction theory of motivation by describing the hunger physiology.
23. Explain how achievement relates to emotion.
24. Compare and contrast the three theories of emotion.₁₃

3rd Trimester Essential Outcomes

25. Describe the effects of both arousing and calming emotions.
26. Compare and contrast the four personality perspectives.
27. Compare anxiety, mood and dissociative disorders.
28. Compare and contrast psychotherapies.
29. Evaluate alternative forms of therapy.
30. Explain the body’s response system to stress.
31. Describe the relationship between stress and disease.
32. Evaluate techniques for coping with stress.
33. Describe the influence of attitudes and actions on social thinking.
34. Evaluate experiments on group pressure and group obedience.
35. Explain the influence of prejudice and aggression in describing social relations.

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