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An AP Psychology path covering biological bases, cognition, development, learning, social psychology, personality, health, disorders, treatment, research skills, and data interpretation.

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AP Psychology / intro college psychology

AP Psychology curriculum

An AP Psychology path covering biological bases, cognition, development, learning, social psychology, personality, health, disorders, treatment, research skills, and data interpretation.

Pacing
8 units, 20-30 weeks self-paced
Units
8 unit sequence
Practice
640 checked answers
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Self-paced or tutor-guided
Outcomes
  • Explain behavior and mental processes with research-based psychological concepts.
  • Interpret psychology scenarios, data, and research methods without overclaiming.
  • Prepare for AP-style application and evidence-based explanations without copying official exam items.

Unit sequence

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  1. 01

    Research methods and AP reasoning

    • Use variables, operational definitions, ethics, sampling, correlation, experiments, and statistics.
    • Interpret scenarios and data with method limits.

    Practice: Critique a psychology study scenario and identify variables, design, bias, and ethical constraints.

  2. 02

    Biological bases of behavior

    • Explain neurons, neurotransmitters, nervous systems, brain structures, genetics, evolution, sleep, and sensation.
    • Connect biology to behavior without single-cause thinking.

    Practice: Map a behavior to neural and biological systems and name one uncertainty in the explanation.

  3. 03

    Sensation, perception, and consciousness

    • Distinguish sensation from perception.
    • Explain thresholds, perceptual organization, attention, sleep, and psychoactive drug effects.

    Practice: Analyze a perception example using bottom-up, top-down, and biological vocabulary.

  4. 04

    Cognition

    • Explain memory, forgetting, thinking, language, problem solving, intelligence, and bias.
    • Apply cognitive concepts to real learning situations.

    Practice: Build a study plan using encoding, retrieval, spacing, and metacognitive monitoring.

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