Weekly Plan: January 12th. - 16th, 2026

Teacher:   Tommy Gibbs

Date: 1/12-16/2026

      Subject: Psychology

Topic: Weekly Plan

Standard(s)

PSY.1.1

Describe the historical traditions, perspectives, career opportunities, and modern empirical nature of the psychological inquiry.

Learning Target(s)

(based on the language of the standard)

I CAN STATEMENTS:

“I CAN” identify different types of psychologists.

1.       Identify the major historical traditions in psychology (e.g., structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, Gestalt psychology, psychodynamics, humanistic psychology, etc.).

2.       Explain the influence of various perspectives (e.g., biological, social, behavioral, cognitive, etc.) on approaches to empirical investigation in psychology.

3.       Distinguish modern psychological science from historical perspectives on the mind and contemporary and historical examples of pseudo psychology.

Procedures (with general times)

1.       Bell Work (10 minutes)

·         Usually posted in canvas as a discussion topic to spark a conversation amongst students.

2.       Guided Activities (30 minutes)

·         Power Point Presentations

·         Class Lectures

·         Examples or Demonstrations

3.       Independent Study (40 minutes)

·         Handouts in Canvas

·         Worksheets

Monday

·         Chapter 1- What is Psychology? /Section 1- Why Study Psychology?

Bell Work:

·         What are the goals of Psychology?

Scientists seek to observe, describe, explain, predict, and control the events they study.

Guided Activities:

·         Chapter 1/Section 1 PPT

Independent Study

·         Ch. 1.1 Guided Reading Handout in Canvas

Tuesday

·         Section 2- What Psychologists Do?

Bell Work:

·         What are the major fields in psychology?

Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, School Psychology, Educational Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Personality Psychology, Social Psychology, Experimental Psychology.

Guided Activities:

·         Chapter 1/Section 2 PPT

Independent Study:

·         Ch. 1.2 Guided Reading Handout in Canvas

Wednesday

·         Section 3- A History of Psychology

Bell Work:

Who were some of the pioneers of Psychology?

Willhelm Wundt, William James, Sigmund Freud, John B. Watson, B. F. Skinner

Guided Activities:

·         Chapter 1/Section 3 PPT

Independent Study:

·         Ch. 1.3 Guided Reading Handout in Canvas

Thursday

·         Section 4- Contemporary Perspectives

Bell Work:

List the contemporary Perspectives of Psychology.

Biological, Evolutionary, Cognitive, Humanistic, Psychoanalytic, Learning, Sociocultural, Biopsychosocial Perspectives.

Guided Activities:

·         Chapter 1/Section 4 PPT

Independent Study:

·         Ch. 1.4 Handouts in Canvas

Friday

·         Chapter 1 Review/Mental Competitions

1.       Checkers

2.       Chess

3.       Connect 4

4.       Monopoly

5.       Scrabble

6.       Taboo

7.       Trivial Pursuit

Wrap-up/clean-up (10 minutes)

Homework -- Due:

  Study power point notes nightly.

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