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Advanced Placement Psychology

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This course is designed to introduce students to the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings and other animals.  Students are exposed to the psychological facts, principles, and phenomena associated with each of the major subfields within psychology.  They also learn about the ethics and methods psychologists use in their science and practice.

Units of Study:

Unit One: Introduction to Psychology and the Scientific Method
Unit Two: Biological Bases of Behavior
Unit Three: Sensation and Perception
Unit Four: States of Consciousness
Unit Five: Learning
Unit Six: Cognition
Unit Seven: Motivation and Emotion
Unit Eight: Developmental Psychology
Unit Nine: Personality
Unit Ten: Testing and Individual Differences
Unit Eleven: Abnormal Psychology and the Treatment of Psychological Disorders
Unit Twelve: Social Psychology

 

Core Textbook:
Psychology, Eighth Edition
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