AP Psychology
Have you ever wondered why you act a certain way around different people? Or how your family and society influence your behaviors? In AP Psychology, you’ll learn the foundational concepts that detail how and why people think and behave the way they do.​
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DISCLAIMER:
The AP Psychology Course has been significantly revised in the upcoming 2025 year. Resources are not guaranteed to cover all of the course's content.​
Course Content
Unit 1: Biological Bases of Behavior
You'll study behaviors and mental processes from a biological perspective and explore the effects of the interaction between human biology and our environment.
15%-25%
Unit 2: Cognition
You'll examine the complex nature of how memory, intelligence, and other mental processes impact human behavior.
15%-25%
Unit 3: Development and Learning
You'll study how physical and social changes over humans' lifespans can influence behavior and mental processes from a variety of perspectives and how learning works.
15%-25%
Unit 4: Social Psychology and Personality
You'll study how the social experience influences behavior of individuals and groups and how personality is studied and develops.
15%-25%
Unit 5: Mental and Physical Health
You'll learn how psychologists promote mental and physical health and evaluate, study, and treat a range of psychological disorders.
15%-25%
Tips
Clinton Truong
Score: 4
AP Psychology when I took it was primarily focused on memorization of vocabulary and the ability to apply concepts. Make sure you know famous psychologists and what they did that was so important. Look at practice exam questions to become familiar with applying vocabulary to concepts.
Resources
Course Description
Know what is expected of you to know and what is the makeup of your exam. Each topic has its dedicated page.
Ultimate Term Review
Video consisting of every term and person you will need to know for the exam.
Mr. Sinn
Quick and concise review videos for almost all topics.
Fivable
Study guides for all units and topics.