This course includes summer assignments. This course provides an introductory study of several areas of behavior. Topics include developmental and physiological psychology, sensation and perception, learning and memory, communication, motivation, emotion, testing, personality theories, behavioral disorders, therapies, and group behavior. The course format includes lectures, discussions, film strips, a research project, written essays, associated readings, objective testing, and other relevant tasks. This course is designed to be an introduction to basic economic and business principles that can be applied in daily life.
Topics covered are insurance, credit, investments, and taxes.
Emphasis is placed on money-management and the making of sound consumer decisions. There are hands-on projects during the year to help students better understand the concepts and principles discussed in class. Topics to be covered will include the Cold War, Civil Rights, the Korean and Vietnamese Wars, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King's assassinations, Nixon, and Watergate. This course is a survey of the various Native American cultures including those of the east, southeast, northern and southern plains, southwest, mountain and west coast. It is designed so that students will obtain a better understanding of the history of these native Americans.