Basic Psychology

📋 Course Overview

Follow The Light Academy brings the same faith-integrated, student-centered approach to Basic Psychology that families have come to trust. Every chapter blends rigorous, age-appropriate psychological science with warm, biblical application, so students learn not just what researchers have discovered, but what it reveals about the God who designed the mind. Lessons are built to be engaging and conversational, never dry — full of real-world stories, relatable examples, and honest conversations about how people think, feel, and grow. The goal is simple: every student leaves this course understanding the mind God designed — and the people He calls them to love — with both wisdom and compassion.

📚 Course Units — 4 Units · 32 Chapters

• 🔬 Unit 1: Foundations — Understanding the Mind & Method (Ch. 1–6)
• 👁️ Unit 2: Sensation, Consciousness & Learning — How We Sense, Wake & Grow (Ch. 7–13)
• 💡 Unit 3: Cognition, Motivation & Development — Thinking, Growing & Becoming (Ch. 14–23)
• 🤝 Unit 4: Personality, Social Psych & Mental Health — Who We Are, Together (Ch. 24–32)

🎓 What Your Student Gains

• ✅ A biblical foundation for understanding the mind, brain & behavior
• ✅ Research literacy — thinking critically about psychological claims
• ✅ A working knowledge of how the brain shapes thought, emotion & behavior
• ✅ Insight into memory, learning, motivation & intelligence
• ✅ Tools to navigate adolescence, identity & relationships with wisdom
• ✅ A compassionate, Christ-centered view of mental health & human struggle
• ✅ Exposure to major psychological theories — from Freud to the Big Five
• ✅ Discernment to evaluate psychology through a biblical worldview

📦 Student Receives Each Week

• ✅ Complete lecture notes to follow and annotate in class
• ✅ Student textbook chapter with key concepts, examples & glossary
• ✅ 10 review questions after each lecture (true/false & multiple choice)
• ✅ Weekly faith integration reflection tied to Scripture
• ✅ Alphabetized vocabulary list