Students review basic human psychological needs-survival, love/belonging, power, and fun-and then discuss these needs in relation to the characters in a novel, such as S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders.

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7th

Students complete a variety of activities designed to encourage self-identity. They research physical, mental and emotional aspects of human psychology and consider how it applies to their own self-definitions.

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9th - 12th

Students discover the names, differences, and symptoms of various psychological disorders through small groups and entire class games and discussion.

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9th - 12th

Students study theories of life span development. They look at individual human differences, and the sociological and psychological concepts that attempt to explain the differences in development.

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Higher Ed

Students are provided with hands-on-field testing of authentic applications from principles pertaining to: Psychology A. Develop a positive, can-do attitude with a high degree of self-reliance that is transferable to human interactions outside of the wilderness experience.

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9th - 12th