Cognition, Behavior, and Society
Course Overview
In this psychology course, students will study major research that has shaped the subfields of cognition, behavior, and social psychology. Through reading studies, students will learn about perception, consciousness, biology, behavior, group think, conformity, and other topics. This class is open to all high school-age students and it is recommended that students be enrolled in Biology or have already taken Biology.
Course Content
Unit 1
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Week 1
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Nature vs. Nurture
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Intro
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Week 2
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Cognition and Cognitive Dissonance
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Cognition
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Week 3
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Intelligence
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Cognition
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Week 4
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Language
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Cognition
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Week 5
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Projections of the Mind
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Cognition
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Week 6
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Consciousness and Sleep
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Cognition
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Week 7
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Remembering, Forgetting, and Memory
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Cognition
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Unit 2
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Week 8
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Classical Conditioning
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Behavior
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Week 9
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Little Emotional Albert and Ethics
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Behavior
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Week 10
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Opperant Conditioning
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Behavior
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Week 11
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Social Learning Theory
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Behavior
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Unit 3
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Week 12
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Conformity and Obedience
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Society
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Week 13
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Stanford Prison Experiment
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Society
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Week 14
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Create Your Own Study
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Society
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Week 15
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Final
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Society
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