Approaches to Psychology

Understanding Psychology Book is what is used to guide this pacing.

Chapter 1 will be covered in 4 days.

There are many types of ways to do this.

Warm U: Day 1: Have the class write their own definition of Psychology at the start of class for a warm up. Day 2: Ask if they think human behavior is free or determined. Day 3: Ask why they think people are afraid of the dark and how a psychologist might approach this topic differently than a someone who is in applied science. Day 4 warm up the students list 3 new things they learned this chapter.

Day 1 & 2: Divide the class into 6 groups, each group gets assigned a number 1-3, the number assigned correlates to the lesson they will be studying over the course of 2 days. 

Day 3: They will become "Experts" over this content and present on the 3rd day. The other students will take Cornell notes over what they learn. 

Day 4: The 4th day is spent writing comparing their own definition of psychology that they wrote on day 1 and if that definition changed after learning what they have learned so far in chapter 1.