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Standard 1 : Identify the meaning, history and value of psychology and its role as a social science.
Cluster Standards
This cluster includes the following benchmarks.
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- SS.912.P.1.1 : Define psychology as a discipline and identify its goals as a science.
- SS.912.P.1.2 : Describe the emergence of psychology as a scientific discipline.
- SS.912.P.1.3 : Describe perspectives employed to understand behavior and mental processes.
- SS.912.P.1.4 : Discuss the value of both basic and applied psychological research with human and non-human animals.
- SS.912.P.1.5 : Describe the major subfields of psychology.
- SS.912.P.1.6 : Identify the important role psychology plays in benefiting society and improving people’s lives.
Cluster Information
Number:
SS.912.P.1
Title:
Identify the meaning, history and value of psychology and its role as a social science.
Type:
Standard
Subject:
Social Studies
Grade:
912
Strand
Psychology
Cluster Access Points
This cluster includes the following Access Points.
- SS.912.P.1.AP.1a : Recognize psychology as a scientific discipline.
- SS.912.P.1.AP.1b : Identify a goal of psychology as a science.
- SS.912.P.1.AP.2a : Recognize important figures in the emergence of psychology as a scientific discipline.
- SS.912.P.1.AP.2b : Identify a historical perspective of psychology as a scientific discipline.
- SS.912.P.1.AP.3 : Identify a perspective employed to understand behavior and mental processes.
- SS.912.P.1.AP.4 : Recognize the steps of the scientific method as a process utilized in applied psychological research
- SS.912.P.1.AP.5 : Recognize a major subfield of psychology.
- SS.912.P.1.AP.6 : Recognize the value of psychology in society and people’s lives.