This course provides an accelerated study of psychology. Students acquire understandings equivalent to those gained in a college level introductory course. Course work offers a general study of terms and concepts that psychologists use as well as concentration in theories of learning development, personality, emotions, feelings, self awareness, problems of the unconscious, and social psychology. This course will prepare students to take the College Board Advanced Placement Exam.Required materials:
Textbook: PSYCHOLOGYSupplementary materials:
Readings from: Annual edition: Psychology, 40 Studies that Changed Psychology, Classic Studies in Psychology, Abnormal Psychology in Context, Taking Sides, Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology, Pursuing Human Strengths, Notable Selections in Psychology, news articles from publications, including but not limited to, Newsweek, Time, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Daily Herald, American Psychological Association Monitor on Psychology.Invitation to Contact Instructor:
Movies: Discovering Psychology, The Mind Teaching Modules, The Brain Teaching Modules, Digital Media Archive: Psychology, Moving Images: Exploring Psychology Through Film, Psychology in Film, Short Video Clips from Commercial & Basic Cable Television, Secrets of the Psychics, Psychic Secrets Revealed, Genie, Wild Child: The Story of Feral Children, The Blame Game, History’s Mysteries: Silent Witness – the Kitty Genovese Murder, Understanding the Brain, Secrets of the Mind, Amazing Brain, Everything You Need to Know – the Brain, Inside the Teenage Brain, 10 Things Every Child Needs, Teens, What Makes Them Tick?, Understanding Sleep, Understanding Memory, Panic Attacks, Mind of Con Men, Multiple Personalities (four videos), , New Asylums, A Beautiful Mind, The Real John Nash, Secret Life of the Brain, Sleep! How to Get the Rest of Your Life, Dreams & Nightmares, Obsessive – Compulsive Disorders, I Feel So Ugly – Body Dismorphic Disorder, Jonestown: The Life and Death of People’s Temple, As Good As It Gets, Sybil, Three Faces of Eve
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