PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE

Psychology is a ½ year elective course for students in grades 10 – 12. The course focuses on those topics that interest the students and will vary from year to year. Some of the topics that appeal most to many students include Altered States of Consciousness, Stages of Development, Stress & Conflict, Disturbance and Breakdown, and Human Interaction. The emphasis is always on how students can apply what they learn to their own lives and how the information may help them to improve themselves and to better understand other people.

Topics may include, but are not limited to the following:

Introduction to Psychology

Learning and Cognitive Process

The Workings of Mind and Body

Altered States of Consciousness

Adjustment and Breakdown

Social Psychology

Supply List for Psychology

1. A one subject notebook

2. Blue or black pen

3. A two pocket folder