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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
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Related Access Points
This cluster includes the following access points.
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.
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