Oklahoma Social Studies PS.3.2
The Standard
- PS.3
- Describe the fundamental processes of cognition, including thinking and problem solving, memory, perception, and intelligence.
Describe principles of perception, including personal and environmental interactions.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · PS.3
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how past experience, expectations, and surroundings shape what people notice. They compare how two people can interpret the same sight or sound differently.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given an unclear image, a student can explain how an expectation might affect what someone sees. They can also explain how lighting or nearby objects might change the interpretation.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think everyone sees the same image in the same way. They may also mix up a change in what is visible, such as dim lighting, with a change in how someone interprets it.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Two students see a figure in a dim hallway. One expects a friend, and the other expects a stranger. Name one personal factor and one setting factor that could shape what they report seeing.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Print identical gray squares on black and white backgrounds; students compare them, then cut out the squares and place them side by side.
Show an unlabeled duck-rabbit drawing; ask what students saw first and how hearing a label might change their answer.
Write six cards about shadows, noise, glare, memories, expectations, and mood; pairs sort them into personal or setting factors.
Take a close-up and a wide photo of the classroom doorway; students explain how each might affect a social media viewer's impression.
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- K.P.2.3.C
Identify how the physical environment impacts our daily lives and affects human activities.
- 7.C.4
Analyze the interactions of humans and their environment.
- PS.5.3
Explain how biological and environmental factors interact to influence personality.
- 4.C.2.5
Analyze how humans interact with their environments in order to meet their needs and wants.
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