The topics of the AP Psychology Exam include science practices and five broad units. Each unit includes a number of more specific topics.
Science Practices – Research Methods and Statistics
Quiz 1
Quiz 2
UNIT 1: Biological Bases of Behavior
The nervous systems, neurons, brain
Sleep
Sensation
UNIT 2: Cognition
Perception
Thinking, Problem-Solving, Judgments and Decision-Making
Memory, Encoding, Storing, Retrieving Memories, Forgetting and Other Memory Challenges
Intelligence and Achievement
UNIT 3: Development and Learning
Themes and Methods in Developmental Psychology, Physical Development Across the Lifespan, Gender and Sexual Orientation, Cognitive Development Across the Lifespan Communication and Language Development,
Social-Emotional Development Across the Lifespan
Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Social, Cognitive, and Neurological Factors in Learning
UNIT 4: Social Psychology and Personality
Social Psychology: Attribution Theory and Person Perception, Attitude Formation and Attitude Change, Psychology of Social Situations
Personality Psychology: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Theories of Personality, Social-Cognitive and Trait Theories of Personality
Motivation
Emotion
UNIT 5: Mental and Physical Health
Health Psychology and Positive Psychology
Psychopathology: Explaining and Classifying Psychological Disorders, Selection of Categories of Psychological Disorders
Therapy: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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