AP Psychology

The AP Psychology course is a college level survey of the world of Psychology. It is a course designed to introduce students to the systematic and scientific study of 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 sub fields within psychology. They also learn about the ethics and methods psychologists use in their science and practice. Students will develop the ability to analyze human behavior from the behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, and biological perspectives.

As a college level, Advanced Placement course, there will be nightly reading assignments from our textbook and various other outside reading sources. The class will also place an emphasis on developing content vocabulary and the application of class concepts to real and hypothetical examples.

Duration: Full Year

Pre-requisites: None

Credits: 1.0 (1.0 Social Studies elective credit)

Grade Level: 10 - 12

Teacher: Andrew Matty (Mattya@Edmonds.Wednet.Edu)