What do u do in high school psychology?

Question

what's the course like?

Answer 1

In my high school psychology class
-we started with some history of psychology (things that seem crazy now, like studying the bumps on people's heads to see how they were)
-we studied psychological development (how does your brain go from being a baby to an adult brain? how do you learn things? what stages of growth are there in your brain)
-then we studied personality and all of the different things that can/are thought to affect it and did lots of personality tests
-then we studied personality disorders and other psychological illnesses like schizophrenia, multiple personalities, bipolar disorder
-then we learned about some crazy theories like people who can read minds and make objects levitate (but I think that was just for fun).
-we also learned about intelligence and parts of the brain

Also, it wasn't nearly as complicated or as hard as it may sound, I think that just depends on your teacher.
all in all its a really interesting course because if affects all people every day! also its often a class you can take in highschool and get college credit for which is always nice

Answer 2

at the high school level, it should be a good general introduction to the discipline, how it branched off from biology and philosophy and why, and discuss the history of psychology, and a brief introduction to the major branches taught in universities today: biological or neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, clinical psychology and types of counseling theories, developmental psychology, and social psychology. Maybe briefly mention that some others exist like industrial/organizational psychology and educational psychology. Also cover personality theories although they have largely fallen out of favor, they are part of the history of psychology. This is a lot to fit in, so it won't go to a very deep level about any of it. If it interests you to delve deeper, that's what college is for.