Justin M. Boucher
The Advanced Placement program is grounded in teacher autonomy in curriculum design. As a result, the city of New Haven has not adopted a curriculum or requirements for AP Psychology courses. Thus this appendix will discuss the ways in which this unit meets the content requirements set forth by the College Board for AP Psychology courses.
This unit specifically addresses the content on sensation and perception as well as the unit on cognition. It meets the requirements that units on sensation include the anatomy of the senses as well as the commonalities between the senses. Additionally, this unit covers the required content on perceptual constancies and the construction of meaning. Finally, the unit addresses the content on cognition, including a discussion of language and memory. Furthermore, this unit offers students skills that will better prepare them to write the essays on the AP Psychology exam.
Beyond the requirements of the AP Psychology course, this unit addresses the need for writing instruction in social studies classes more broadly. Specifically, this unit prepares students in regular psychology classes to learn psychological content even though the unit itself does not appear in the half--year psychology course set out by the New Haven Public Schools.