AP Psychology

AP PSYCHOLOGY 40501

5 credits

This course is intended for advanced students who are capable of doing college-level work. Students must complete two years of science before taking AP Psychology, and can take the course if they have already taken Psychology I and/or II. This course entails extensive reading, writing, and research, and topics covered include the biological basis of behavior, research methods, personality and emotional development, cognition, social psychology, abnormal psychology, and the works of Pavlov, Skinner, Jung, Freud, Piaget, and Erickson. All students enrolled in AP classes are required to take the AP exam in May. Please note: there is a required summer assignment for this course.