Introduction to
PSYCHOLOGY
Jacquelyn Whiting ~ Staples High School

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS and TOPICS

  • What is the source of human personality? (Is personality just the product of learning and conditioning or is it more complex than that?) What motivates human behavior?
    Personality, Learning and Intelligence, Theories of Development
  • How much free will do humans have? To what extent is human behavior a product of psychology or conscious choice? Does consciousness matter? Is perception reality?
    Use and Misuse of Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Stanley Milgram, Helping Behaviors
Syllabus Calendars:
September, October, November, December, January
WRITING RUBRICS:
Analytical, Exploratory, Personal, Narrative, Journal

"One of the essential questions for humanists is when human beings can act and when they can only be acted upon."
- Rollo May (1909-1994), European Existentialist