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Scientific Inquiry
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Biopsychology
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Cognition
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Individual Variations
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Applications of Psychological Science
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Perspectives in Psychological Science
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Research Methods, Measurement, and Statistics
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Biological Bases of Behavior
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Sensation and Perception
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Consciousness
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Life Span Development
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Learning
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Language Development
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Memory
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Thinking
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Vocational Applications
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Development of psychology as an empirical science
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Major subfields within psychology
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Research methods and measurements used to study behavior and mental processes
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Ethical issues in research with human and non-human animals
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Basic concepts of data analysis
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Structure and function of the nervous system in human and non-human animals
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Structure and function of the endocrine system
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The interaction between biological factors and experience
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Methods and issues related to biological advances
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The processes of sensation and perception
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The capabilities and limitations of sensory processes
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Interaction of the person and the environment in determining perception
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The relationship between conscious and unconscious processes
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Characteristics of sleep and theories that explain why we sleep and dream
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Categories of psychoactive drugs and their effects
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Other states of consciousness
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Methods and issues in life span development
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Theories of life span development
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Prenatal development and the newborn
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Infancy (i.e., the first two years of life)
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Childhood
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Adolescence
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Adulthood and aging
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Classical conditioning
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Operant conditioning
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Observational and cognitive learning
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Structural features of language
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Theories and developmental stages of language acquisition
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Language and the brain
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Social cognition
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Social influence
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Social relations
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Social and cultural diversity
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Diversity among individuals
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Encoding of memory
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Storage of memory
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Retrieval of memory
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Basic elements comprising thought
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Obstacles related to thought
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Perspectives on intelligence
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Assessment of intelligence
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Issues in intelligence
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Perspectives on motivation
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Domains of motivated behavior in humans and non-human animals
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Perspectives on emotion
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Emotional interpretation and expression
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Domains of emotional behavior
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Perspectives on personality
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Assessment of personality
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Issues in personality
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Perspectives on abnormal behavior
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Categories of psychological disorders
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Perspectives on treatment
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Categories of treatment and types of treatment providers
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Legal, ethical, and professional issues in the treatment of psychological disorders
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Stress and coping
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Behaviors and attitudes that promote health
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Career options
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Educational requirements
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Vocational applications of psychological science
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Define psychology as a discipline and identify its goals as a science
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Describe the emergence of psychology as a scientific discipline
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Describe perspectives employed to understand behavior and mental processes
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Explain how psychology evolved as a scientific discipline
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Discuss the value of both basic and applied psychological research with human and non-human animals
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Describe the major subfields of psychology
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Identify the important role psychology plays in benefiting society and improving people's lives
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Describe the scientific method and its role in psychology
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Describe and compare a variety of quantitative (e.g., surveys, correlations, experiments) and qualitative (e.g., interviews, narratives, focus groups) research methods
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Define systematic procedures used to improve the validity of research findings, such as external validity
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Discuss how and why psychologists use non-human animals in research
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Identify ethical standards psychologists must address regarding research with human participants
2.2
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Identify ethical guidelines psychologists must address regarding research with non-human animals
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Define descriptive statistics and explain how they are used by psychological scientists
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Define forms of qualitative data and explain how they are used by psychological scientists
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Define correlation coefficients and explain their appropriate interpretation
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Interpret graphical representations of data as used in both quantitative and qualitative methods
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Explain other statistical concepts, such as statistical significance and effect size
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Explain how validity and reliability of observations and measurements relate to data analysis
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Identify the major divisions and subdivisions of the human nervous system
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Identify the parts of the neuron and describe the basic process of neural transmission
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Differentiate between the structures and functions of the various parts of the central nervous system
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Describe lateralization of brain functions
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Discuss the mechanisms and the importance of plasticity of the nervous system
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Describe how the endocrine glands are linked to the nervous system
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Describe the effects of hormones on behavior and mental processes
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Describe hormone effects on the immune system
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Describe concepts in genetic transmission
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Describe the interactive effects of heredity and environment
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Explain how evolved tendencies influence behavior
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Identify tools used to study the nervous system
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Describe advances made in neuroscience
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Discuss issues related to scientific advances in neuroscience and genetics
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Discuss processes of sensation and perception and how they interact
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Explain the concepts of threshold and adaptation
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List forms of physical energy for which humans and nonhuman animals do and do not have sensory receptors
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Describe the visual sensory system
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Describe the auditory sensory system
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Describe other sensory systems, such as olfaction, gustation, and somesthesis (e.g., skin senses, kinesthesis, and vestibular sense)
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Explain Gestalt principles of perception
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Describe binocular and monocular depth cues
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Describe the importance of perceptual constancies
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Describe perceptual illusions
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Describe the nature of attention
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Explain how experiences and expectations influence perception
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Identify states of consciousness
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Distinguish between processing that is conscious (i.e., explicit) and other processing that happens without conscious awareness (i.e., implicit)
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Describe the circadian rhythm and its relation to sleep
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Describe the sleep cycle
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Compare theories about the functions of sleep
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Describe types of sleep disorders
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Compare theories about the functions of dreams
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Characterize the major categories of psychoactive drugs and their effects
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Describe how psychoactive drugs act at the synaptic level
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Evaluate the biological and psychological effects of psychoactive drugs
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Explain how culture and expectations influence the use and experience of drugs
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Describe meditation and relaxation and their effects
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Describe hypnosis and controversies surrounding its nature and use
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Describe flow states
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Explain the interaction of environmental and biological factors in development, including the role of the brain in all aspects of development
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Explain issues of continuity/discontinuity and stability/change
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Distinguish methods used to study development
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Describe the role of sensitive and critical periods in development
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Discuss issues related to the end of life
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Discuss theories of cognitive development
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Discuss theories of moral development
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Discuss theories of social development
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Describe physical development from conception through birth and identify influences on prenatal development
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Describe newborns' reflexes, temperament, and abilities
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Describe physical and motor development
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Describe how infant perceptual abilities and intelligence develop
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Describe the development of attachment and the role of the caregiver
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Describe the development of communication and language
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Describe physical and motor development
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Describe how memory and thinking ability develops
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Describe social, cultural, and emotional development through childhood
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Identify major physical changes
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Describe the development of reasoning and morality
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Describe identity formation
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Discuss the role of family and peers in adolescent development
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Identify major physical changes associated with adulthood and aging
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Describe cognitive changes in adulthood and aging
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Discuss social, cultural, and emotional issues in aging
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Describe the principles of classical conditioning
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Describe clinical and experimental examples of classical conditioning
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Apply classical conditioning to everyday life
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Describe the Law of Effect
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Describe the principles of operant conditioning
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Describe clinical and experimental examples of operant conditioning
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Apply operant conditioning to everyday life
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Describe the principles of observational and cognitive learning
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Apply observational and cognitive learning to everyday life
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Describe the structure and function of language
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Discuss the relationship between language and thought
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Explain the process of language acquisition
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Discuss how acquisition of a second language can affect language development and possibly other cognitive processes
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Evaluate the theories of language acquisition
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Identify the brain structures associated with language
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Discuss how damage to the brain may affect language
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Describe attributional explanations of behavior
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Describe the relationship between attitudes (implicit and explicit) and behavior
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Identify persuasive methods used to change attitudes
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Describe the power of the situation
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Describe effects of others' presence on individuals' behavior
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Describe how group dynamics influence behavior
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Discuss how an individual influences group behavior
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Discuss the nature and effects of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination
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Describe determinants of prosocial behavior
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Discuss influences upon aggression and conflict
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Discuss factors influencing attraction and relationships
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Define culture and diversity
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Identify how cultures change over time and vary within nations and internationally
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Discuss the relationship between culture and conceptions of self and identity
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Discuss psychological research examining race and ethnicity
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Discuss psychological research examining socioeconomic status
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Discuss how privilege and social power structures relate to stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination
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Discuss psychological research examining gender identity
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Discuss psychological research examining diversity in sexual orientation
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Compare and contrast gender identity and sexual orientation
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Discuss psychological research examining gender similarities and differences and the impact of gender discrimination
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Discuss the psychological research on gender and how the roles of women and men in societies are perceived
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Examine how perspectives affect stereotypes and treatment of minority and majority groups in society
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Discuss psychological research examining differences in individual cognitive and physical abilities
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Identify factors that influence encoding
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Characterize the difference between shallow (surface) and deep (elaborate) processing
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Discuss strategies for improving the encoding of memory
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Describe the differences between working memory and long-term memory
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Identify and explain biological processes related to how memory is stored
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Discuss types of memory and memory disorders (e.g., amnesias, dementias)
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Discuss strategies for improving the storage of memories
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Analyze the importance of retrieval cues in memory
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Explain the role that interference plays in retrieval
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Discuss the factors influencing how memories are retrieved
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Explain how memories can be malleable
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Discuss strategies for improving the retrieval of memories
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Define cognitive processes involved in understanding information
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Define processes involved in problem solving and decision making
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Discuss non-human problem-solving abilities
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Describe obstacles to problem solving
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Describe obstacles to decision making
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Describe obstacles to making good judgments
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Discuss intelligence as a general factor
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Discuss alternative conceptualizations of intelligence
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Describe the extremes of intelligence
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Discuss the history of intelligence testing, including historical use and misuse in the context of fairness
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Identify current methods of assessing human abilities
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Identify measures of and data on reliability and validity for intelligence test scores
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Discuss issues related to the consequences of intelligence testing
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Discuss the influences of biological, cultural, and environmental factors on intelligence
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Explain biologically based theories of motivation
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Explain cognitively based theories of motivation
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Explain humanistic theories of motivation
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Explain the role of culture in human motivation
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Discuss eating behavior
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Discuss sexual behavior and orientation
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Discuss achievement motivation
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Discuss other ways in which humans and non-human animals are motivated
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Explain the biological and cognitive components of emotion
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Discuss psychological research on basic human emotions
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Differentiate among theories of emotional experience
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Explain how biological factors influence emotional interpretation and expression
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Explain how culture and gender influence emotional interpretation and expression
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Explain how other environmental factors influence emotional interpretation and expression
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Identify biological and environmental influences on the expression and experience of negative emotions, such as fear
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Identify biological and environmental influences on the expression and experience of positive emotions, such as happiness
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Evaluate psychodynamic theories
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Evaluate trait theories
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Evaluate humanistic theories
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Evaluate social–cognitive theories
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Differentiate personality assessment techniques
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Discuss the reliability and validity of personality assessment techniques
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Discuss biological and situational influences
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Discuss stability and change
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Discuss connections to health and work
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Discuss self-concept
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Analyze how individualistic and collectivistic cultural perspectives relate to personality
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Define psychologically abnormal behavior
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Describe historical and cross-cultural views of abnormality
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Describe major models of abnormality
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Discuss how stigma relates to abnormal behavior
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Discuss the impact of psychological disorders on the individual, family, and society
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Describe the classification of psychological disorders
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Discuss the challenges associated with diagnosis
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Describe symptoms and causes of major categories of psychological disorders (including schizophrenic, mood, anxiety, and personality disorders)
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Evaluate how different factors influence an individual's experience of psychological disorders
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Explain how psychological treatments have changed over time and among cultures
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Match methods of treatment to psychological perspectives
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Explain why psychologists use a variety of treatment options
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Identify biomedical treatments
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Identify psychological treatments
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Describe appropriate treatments for different age groups
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Evaluate the efficacy of treatments for particular disorders
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Identify other factors that improve the efficacy of treatment
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Identify treatment providers for psychological disorders and the training required for each
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Identify ethical challenges involved in delivery of treatment
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Identify national and local resources available to support individuals with psychological disorders and their families (e.g., NAMI and support groups)
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Define stress as a psychophysiological reaction
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Identify and explain potential sources of stress
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Explain physiological and psychological consequences for health
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Identify and explain physiological, cognitive, and behavioral strategies to deal with stress
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Identify ways to promote mental health and physical fitness
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Describe the characteristics of and factors that promote resilience and optimism
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Distinguish between effective and ineffective means of dealing with stressors and other health issues
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Identify careers in psychological science and practice
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Identify careers related to psychology
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Identify degree requirements for psychologists and psychology-related careers
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Identify resources to help select psychology programs for further study
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Discuss ways in which psychological science addresses domestic and global issues
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Identify careers in psychological science that have evolved as a result of domestic and global issues
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- National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula (2011)
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