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Pacing Guide
 * **Quarter 1 (Semester 1) ** || **Quarter 2 (Semester 1) ** || **Quarter 3 (Semester 2) ** || **Quarter 4 (Semester 2) ** ||
 * **Introduction to Psychology (Chapter 1) **

Definition of psychology  Subfields  Research Methods  Six Approaches to explaining behavior  Famous psychologists  Ethical Issues  Critical thinking

//(3 weeks)// || **Personality **
 *  (Chapter 11) **

 Psychoanalytic/dynamic approach  Trait approach <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Social-cognitive approach <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Humanistic approach <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Measuring personality

//(4 weeks)// || **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Introduction to Psychology (Chapter 1) **

<span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Definition of psychology <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Subfields <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Research Methods <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Six Approaches to explaining behavior <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Famous psychologists <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Ethical Issues <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Critical thinking

//(2 weeks)// || **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Personality **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> (Chapter 11) **

<span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Psychoanalytic/dynamic approach <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Trait approach <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Social-cognitive approach <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Humanistic approach <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Measuring personality

//(3 weeks)// ||
 * **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Biopsychology **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> (Chapter 2) **

<span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Basic Structure and Functions of the Brain <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> The Teenage Brain <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Gender Differences <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Impact on behavior

//(2 weeks)// || **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Abnormal Psychology **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> (Chapter 12, 13) **

<span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Pyscholanalytic theory <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Famous psychoanalysts <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Freud’s Stages of Development <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> History of the DSM-IV (Diagnostic Criteria) <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Specific Disorders: <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Mental <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Somatoform <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Dissociative <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Mood <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Schizophrenic <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Personality <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Phobias <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Psychotherapy/Treatment <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Insanity Defense Plea

//(4 weeks)// || **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Biopsychology **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> (Chapter 2) **

<span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Basic Structure and Functions of the Brain <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> The Teenage Brain <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Gender Differences <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Impact on behavior

//(1 week)// || **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Abnormal Psychology **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> (Chapter 12, 13) **

<span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Pyscholanalytic theory <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Famous psychoanalysts <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Freud’s Stages of Development <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> History of the DSM-IV (Diagnostic Criteria) <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Specific Disorders: <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Mental <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Somatoform <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Dissociative <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Mood <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Schizophrenic <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Personality <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Psychotherapy/Treatment <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Insanity Defense Plea

//(3 weeks)// ||
 * **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Development **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> (Chapter 8, 9) **

<span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Nature versus Nurture <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Piaget’s Stages of Intellectual Development <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Erikson’s 8 Stages of Life <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Marcia’s Identity States <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Kohlberg’s Moral Development Stages <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Impact of Gender on Development

//(5 weeks)// || **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Learning and Intelligence (Chapter 5, 6, 7) **

<span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Learning: <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Classical Conditioning <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Operant Conditioning <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Social Learning <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Cognitive Approach <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Memory

<span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Intelligence: <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Definition <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> History of Intelligence testing <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory

//(4 weeks)// || **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Development **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> (Chapter 8, 9) **

<span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Nature versus Nurture <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Piaget’s Stages of Intellectual Development <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Erikson’s 8 Stages of Life <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Marcia’s Identity States <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Kohlberg’s Moral Development Stages <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Impact of Gender on Development

//(4 weeks)// || **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Learning and Intelligence (Chapter 5, 6, 7) **

<span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Learning: <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Classical Conditioning <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Operant Conditioning <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Social Learning <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Cognitive Approach <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Memory

<span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Intelligence: <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Definition <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> History of Intelligence testing <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory

//(3 weeks)// ||
 * **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Midterm ** || **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Final Exam ** || **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Midterm ** || **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Final Exam ** ||