AP Psychology Schedule

Quarter 1

Week 1 (8/4-8/8) 

0.1 The Scientific Attitude, Critical Thinking, and Developing Arguments

Week 2 (8/10-8/15)

0.2 The Need For Psychological Science

0.3 The Scientific Method

Week 3 (8/18-8/22)

0.4 Correlations and Experiments

0.5 Research Design and Ethics in Psychology

0.6 Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life

Week 4 (8/25-8/29)

FRQ Practice (Test 8/28)

Week 5 (9/1-9/5)

1.1 Interaction of Heredity and Enviornment

1.2 Overview of the Nervous System

1.3a The Nueron and Neural Firing: Neural Communication and the Endocrine System

Week 6 (9/8-9/12)

1.3b Substance Abuse Disorders and Psychoactive Drugs

1.4a The Brain: Neuroplasticity and Tools of Discovery

1.4b The Brain: Brain Structures and Regions

Week 7 (9/15-9/19)

1.4b The Brain: Brain Structures and Regions

1.4c The Brain: Damage Response and Brain Hemispheres

1.5a Sleep: Consciousness

1.5b Sleep: Sleep Stages and Theories

1.5c Sleep: Sleep Loss, Disorders, and Dreams

Week 8 (9/22-9/26)

1.6a Sensation: Basic Concepts

1.6b Sensation: Vision

1.6c Sensation: Hearing