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Thinking About Psychology, High School Version

Fourth  Edition©2019  Charles Blair-Broeker; Randal Ernst

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Written by a distinguished team of teachers, Thinking About Psychology, Fourth Edition, reflects up-to-date content and research with an emphasis on psychology as a science. This text is available in print and digital formats.

Table of Contents

MODULE 1 Thinking About Psychology

Domain 1 - Scientific Inquiry

MODULE 2 History and Perspectives in Psychological Science

MODULE 3 Research Strategies

MODULE 4 Psychologys Statistics

Domain 2 - Biopsychology

MODULE 5 The Nervous System and the Endocrine System

MODULE 6 The Brain

MODULE 7 Sensation

MODULE 8 Perception

MODULE 9 Sleep, Dreams, and Body Rhythms

MODULE 10 Psychoactive Drugs

MODULE 11 Hypnosis and Other States of Consciousness

Domain 3 - Development and Learning

MODULE 12 Prenatal and Childhood Development

MODULE 13 Adolescence

MODULE 14 Adulthood and Aging

MODULE 15 Language Development

MODULE 16 Classical Conditioning

MODULE 17 Operant Conditioning

MODULE 18 Observational Learning

Domain 4 - Sociocultural

MODULE 19 Social Thinking and Social Influence

MODULE 20 Social Relations

MODULE 21 Nature and Nurture in Psychology

MODULE 22 The Psychology of Culture and Gender

Domain 5 - Cognition

MODULE 23 Information Processing

MODULE 24 Forgetting and Memory Construction

MODULE 25 Thinking

MODULE 26 Intelligence and Intelligence Testing

Domain 6 - Individual Variations

MODULE 27 Motivation

MODULE 28 Emotion

MODULE 29 Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality

MODULE 30 Trait and Social- Cognitive Perspectives on Personality

MODULE 31 Introduction to Psychological Disorders

MODULE 32 Anxiety and Mood Disorders

MODULE 33 Dissociative, Schizophrenic, and Personality Disorders

Domain 7 - Applications of Psychological Science

MODULE 34 Psychological Therapies

MODULE 35 Biomedical Therapies

MODULE 36 Effects of Stress

MODULE 37 Promoting Wellness

Appendix A: Careers in Psychology

Appendix B: Answers to Summative Assessment Questions

Glossary/Glosario

References

Name Index

Subject Index

Charles T. Blair-Broeker

Charles Blair-Broeker taught at Cedar Falls High School (Iowa) for 36 years and now teaches part-time at Hawkeye Community College. Charlie has been involved in a number of American Psychological Association (APA) initiatives, including service as: • A member of the task force that authored the National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula; as the first elected chair of the Executive Board of Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS). • Co-editor of the fourth volume of the Activities Handbook for the Teaching of Psychology. • A member of the Steering Committees for the 2017 Summit on High School Psychology. Charlie also participated in the 2008 National Conference on Undergraduate Education in Psychology, and the 1999 National Forum on Psychology Partnerships. He has been a Test Developer, Question Leader, Rubric Master, Table Leader, and Reader for AP® Psychology since the test was first administered in 1992. He has given countless presentations about the teaching of psychology across the nation. Among his teaching awards are the Grinnell College Outstanding College Teacher Award, the University of Iowa Distinguished Teaching Award, and the APA Division 2 Teaching Excellence Award. The TOPSS Charles T. Blair-Broeker Excellence in Teaching Award was named after him in 2014, the same year he received an APA Presidential Citation for “exemplary efforts to promote high-quality instruction of and professionalism in teaching high school psychology.” He has been married for 40 joyous years to his wife Lynn. Together they keep up on the adventures of their kids Carl (married to Liz) and Eric (married to Brittany and father of Marin). Charlie plays pickleball most mornings with far more passion than precision.

Randal M. Ernst

Randal Ernst has been part of the high school psychology scene for more than 30 years. In 2017, American Psychological Association (APA) President, Antonio Puente, awarded Randy a Presidential Citation for “pioneering leadership of modern day pedagogy of psychology.” This honor was bestowed on Randy at the 2017 APA Summit on High School Psychology Education, an event Randy co-chaired. The APA’s Teachers of Psychology of Secondary Schools (TOPSS), which Randy helped found, recently honored him by establishing the “Randal M. Ernst Lecture”, given each year at the APA national convention. After serving on the initial AP® Psychology test development committee, Randy was the first high school teacher invited to be a Question Leader (and Exam Leader) at the AP® Psychology Reading. Randy has co-written articles published in numerous journals including American Psychologist, Teaching of Psychology, and The Oxford Review of Education. He has long been a proponent of flourishing, and coined the phrase “Positive Education” while preparing a presentation on teaching well-being with Marty Seligman for the Australian Department of Education. Randy has worked for years as a resilience trainer with the University of Pennsylvania and as a cultural proficiency trainer with the Lincoln Public Schools, which named Randy its Multicultural Educator of the Year in 2016. Additional honors include the NAACP’s Service to Children award, Nebraska’s Social Studies Educator of the Year award, Time-Warner’s “Crystal Apple” National Teacher Award, and his picture hangs in Broken Bow High School’s Distinguished Alumni hall of fame. The APA and the University of Nebraska have also recognized Randy for excellence in teaching. Randy’s bachelor and master’s degrees are from Nebraska Wesleyan University, and his doctorate is from the University of Nebraska. He is the proud father of Emily, Meredith, and Jocelyn.