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Psychology AP
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Psychology AP A

History and Approaches

  • Trace the emergence of scientific psychology.

  • Evaluate different theoretical approaches that underlie explanations of behavior.

Research Methods

  • Compare and contrast the different psychological research methods.

  • Explain elementary descriptive statistics.

  • Determine the role of ethics in psychology.

Biological Bases and Behavior

  • Evaluate the role of the nervous system in behavior.

  • Explain the interactions of the nervous system and the endocrine system.

  • Evaluate the role of genetics, culture, and evolution in explaining individual differences.

Development Psychology

  • Analyze the different approaches to and theories of development.

Sensation and Perception

  • Describe the physical, psychological, and physiological variables effecting sensation.

  • Explain the processes of perception.

  • Evaluate the roles or experience and culture in perception.

Psychology AP B

States of Consciousness

  • Analyze different states of consciousness.

  • Describe the stages and disorders of sleep.

  • Compare and contrast the three main categories of drugs.

Learning and Memory

  • Explain classical conditioning by describing Pavlov's experiments.

  • Explain operant conditioning by describing Skinner's experiments.

  • Describe the different types of memory in which information can be stored.

  • Examine the structure of language and explain language development.

Thinking and Language

  • Explain the kinds of knowledge and types of processing.

  • Compare different problem solving strategies by evaluating the obstacles of each.

Intelligence

  • Compare and contrast the theories of intelligence.

  • Evaluate the principles and standards of intelligence testing.

Motivation and Work

  • Evaluate forces that influence the strength and direction of behavior.

Psychology AP C

Emotion

  • Explain how cognition and psychological mechanisms interact in relation to emotion.

  • Compare and contrast the three theories of emotion.

Personality Theories

  • Compare and contrast the four personality perspectives.

  • Examine research methods and orientations of the different approaches to personality.

Abnormal Psychology

  • Compare anxiety, mood, and dissociative disorders.

  • Survey the etiology and diagnostic criteria for certain psychological disorders.

Treatment/Therapy

  • Compare and contrast the approaches of therapists of different treatment orientations.

  • Discuss mode of therapy and prevention and intervention techniques.

Social Psychology

  • Predict the effect of group behavior and structure on individual behavior.

  • Evaluate experiments on group pressure and group obedience.

  • Examine concepts and theoretical perspectives of organizational behavior.

 

 

 

 

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