AP® Course Alignment

The book you love, with the alignment you need! The book’s new five units are divided into short bite-sized modules that precisely align with the new AP® Course and Exam Description.

Build a foundation with the Science Practices:

• Unit 0: An Introduction to Psychology Science Practices: Research Methods and Data Interpretation A new Unit 0 provides the foundations of the two skills essential to understanding psychology as a science. Pulling this material into one introductory unit, as well as spiraling it throughout each Unit as described below, provides a useful reference for students and teachers alike as they embark on the exciting field of psychological science.

• Exploring Research Methods & Design. These new features provide students with the practice they need to evaluate research methods and study designs used in psychology. Students can prepare for the AP Exam by answering questions that lead them to evaluate and differentiate between the qualitative and quantitative research methods outlined in this important feature.

• Data Interpretation. These new features offer students the opportunity to calculate and interpret quantitative and qualitative data.

• Research & Data Margin Tips. Helpful reminders of these important science practices are spiraled throughout the narrative.

• Developing Arguments Infographics. The infographics will sharpen students’ analytical skills by modeling a critical thinking approach to key issues and current topics in psychology. Each feature is paired with Argumentation questions that give students practice in learning how to support, refute, or modify claims made in the graphic. These infographics provide reasoning that is grounded in empirical evidence.

Prepare and practice for the AP® Psychology Exam.

Now aligned to the new Course and Exam Description the multiple-choice questions in the fourth edition include only four answer choices and offer more stimulus-based questions, and question sets.