Grades
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Credit
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11-12
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5 credits per semester
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Meets UC/CSU requirement “g”
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AP Psychology introduces students to the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings and other animals in preparation to take the AP Psychology Exam. The course will cover psychological facts, principles, and phenomena associated with the following topics within psychology: History and Approaches, Research Methods, Biological Bases of Behavior, Sensation and Perception, States of Consciousness, Learning, Cognition, Motivation and Emotion, Developmental Psychology, Personality, Testing and Individual Differences, Abnormal Behavior, Treatment of Abnormal Behavior, and Social Psychology. It is a rigorous, college-level course, requiring copious amounts of reading and writing assignments, as well as frequent multiple-choice quizzes and in-class Free Response Questions.