Unit

Title & Content

1

Scientific Inquiry: This unit examines psychology as an empirical discipline. The unit provides students with an understanding of the research process as it applies to psychology.  It covers research methods, measurement, and ethics. Updated Myers’ AP Psychology Pages 1-77 

2

Biological Bases: This unit introduces the relationship between physiological processes and behavior. Updated Myers’ AP Psychology Pages 78-201

3

Sensation & Perception: The unit emphasizes perception as it is the outcome of the interpretation of the sensory inputs as a cognitive process.  The unit examines the understanding of consciousness and what it encompasses. Updated Myers’ AP Psychology Pages 202-267

4

Learning: This unit introduces students to differences between learned and unlearned behavior. The primary focus is exploration of different kinds of learning, including, but not limited to, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning. The unit examines the biological bases of behavior and illustrates predispositions for learning. Updated Myers’ AP Psychology Pages 267-323

5

Cognitive Psychology: This unit examines how humans convert sensory input into kinds of information. The unit emphasizes how humans learn, remember, and retrieve information. Problem solving, language, and creativity are also addressed. Updated Myers’ AP Psychology Pages 324-439

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Developmental Psychology: This unit emphasizes the cognition and behavior of organisms from conception to death and examines the processes that contribute to cognitive and behavioral change throughout the life span. The major areas of emphasis in the unit are prenatal development, motor development, socialization, cognitive development, adolescence, and adulthood. Updated Myers’ AP Psychology Pages 440-531

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Motivation, Emotion, Personality: This unit explores biological and social factors that motivate behavior and biological and cultural factors that influence emotion.  The unit also presents considerations on major theories of how humans develop enduring patterns of behavior and personal characteristics that influence how others relate to them. Updated Myers’ AP Psychology Pages 532-663

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Clinical Psychology: This unit examines the nature of common challenges to adaptive functioning. The unit emphasizes formal conventions that guide psychologists’ judgments about diagnosis and problem severity.  It provides students with an understanding of empirically based treatments of psychological disorders. The unit emphasizes descriptions of treatment modalities based on various orientations in psychology. Updated Myers’ AP Psychology Pages 664-765

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Social Psychology: This unit examines social cognition, influence and relationships. The unit provides students with an understanding of cultural and social diversity and diversity among individuals. Updated Myers’ AP Psychology Pages 766-816