AP Psychology

Scientific Foundations of Psychology

• The History of Psychology
• Research Methods in Psychology
• The Experimental Method
• Ethical Guidelines in Psychology
• Statistical Analysis in Psychology

Biological Bases of Psychology

• The Neuron
• Neuron Firing
• The Nervous System
• The Endocrine System
• The Brain Interaction of Heredity and Environment
• Sleep, Dreams, and Psychoactive Drugs

Sensation and Perception

• Principles of Sensation and Perception
• Visual Sensation and Perception
• Auditory Anatomy and Perception

Cognitive Psychology

• Introduction to Memory, Thinking and Intelligence
• Encoding, Storing, and Retrieving
• Forgetting and the Biological Bases of Memory
• Components of Language and Language Acquisition
• Psychometric Principles and Intelligence Testing

Learning

• Introduction to Learning and Classical Conditioning
• Operant Conditioning
• Social and Cognitive Factors in Learning

Developmental Psychology

• Life Span and Physical Development in Childhood
• Cognitive Development in Childhood
• Social Development in Childhood
• Gender and Sexual Orientation
• Adolescent and Moral Development
• Adulthood and Aging

Motivation, Emotion, and Personality

• Theories of Motivation
• Theories of Emotion
• Stress and Coping
• Introduction to Personality and Psychoanalytic Theories
• Humanistic Theories of Personality
• Trait Theories and Measuring Personality
• Behaviorism and Social Cognitive Theories of Personality

Clinical Psychology

• Pychological Perspectives and Etiology of Disorders
• Neurodevelopmental and Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders
• Bipolar, Depressive, Anxiety, and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
• Trauma-and Stressor-Related, Dissociative, and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
• Feeding and Eating and Personality Disorders
• Psychological Perspectives and Treatment of Disorders
• Behavioral, Cognitive, and Group Therapy and Evaluating Treatments
• Treatment of Disorders from the Biological Perspective

Social Psychology

• Attribution Theory, Attitude Formation, and Attitude Change
• Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
• Group Influences on Behavior and Mental Processes
• Bias, Prejudice, and Discrimination
• Altruism and Aggression
• Interpersonal Attraction