AP Psychology

Complete Course Modules & Topic Breakdown
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Unit 1: Biological Bases of Behavior
  • 1.1 Interaction of Heredity and Environment
  • 1.2 Overview of the Nervous System
  • 1.3 The Neuron and Neural Firing
  • 1.4 The Brain
  • 1.5 Sleep
  • 1.6 Sensation
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Unit 2: Cognition
  • 2.1 Perception
  • 2.2 Thinking, Problem-Solving, Judgments, and Decision-Making
  • 2.3 Introduction to Memory
  • 2.4 Encoding Memories
  • 2.5 Storing Memories
  • 2.6 Retrieving Memories
  • 2.7 Forgetting and Other Memory Challenges
  • 2.8 Intelligence and Achievement
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Unit 3: Development and Learning
  • 3.1 Themes and Methods in Developmental Psychology
  • 3.2 Physical Development Across the Lifespan
  • 3.3 Gender and Sexual Orientation
  • 3.4 Cognitive Development Across the Lifespan
  • 3.5 Communication and Language Development
  • 3.6 Social-Emotional Development Across the Lifespan
  • 3.7 Classical Conditioning
  • 3.8 Operant Conditioning
  • 3.9 Social, Cognitive, and Neurological Factors in Learning
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Unit 4: Social Psychology and Personality
  • 4.1 Attribution Theory and Person Perception
  • 4.2 Attitude Formation and Attitude Change
  • 4.3 Psychology of Social Situations
  • 4.4 Psychodynamic and Humanistic Theories of Personality
  • 4.5 Social-Cognitive and Trait Theories of Personality
  • 4.6 Motivation
  • 4.7 Emotion
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Unit 5: Mental and Physical Health
  • 5.1 Introduction to Health Psychology
  • 5.2 Positive Psychology
  • 5.3 Explaining and Classifying Psychological Disorders
  • 5.4 Selection of Categories of Psychological Disorders
  • 5.5 Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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