AP® PSYCHOLOGYNeil Clayton

BSc (Hons) PGCE

Email: neil.clayton@dipont-edu.com

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COURSE OVERVIEW

AP® PSYCHOLOGY

The central question addressed in AP Psychology is “How do psychologists think?”

The psychologist David Myers wrote that to think as a psychologist, one must learn to “restrain intuition with critical thinking, judgmentalism with compassion, and illusion with understanding” (Sternberg 1997).

Whether students choose to pursue a career related to psychology or one in some entirely different field, this habit of mind will be of great value.

COURSE AIMS

AP® PSYCHOLOGY

The AP Psychology course is designed to introduce students to the systematic and scientific study of the behaviour and mental processes of human beings. Students:

learn about some of the explorations and discoveries made by psychologists over the past century.

assess some of the differing approaches adopted by psychologists, including the biological, behavioural, cognitive, humanistic, psychodynamic, and sociocultural perspectives.

come to an appreciation of how psychologists think.

COURSE OUTLINE

AP® PSYCHOLOGY

1. History and Approaches

2. Research Methods

3. Biological Bases of Behaviour

4. Sensation and Perception

5. States of Consciousness

6. Learning

7. Cognition

8. Motivation and Emotion

9. Developmental Psychology

10. Personality

11. Testing and Individual Differences

12. Abnormal Behaviour

13. Treatment of Abnormal Behaviour

14. Social Psychology

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

AP® PSYCHOLOGY

The course grade is a weighted average consisting of the following elements each trimester:

Assessment Elements Details % of Credit Feedback Method

Examination 120 min Exam 100 MCQ (67%) and 2 FRQ (33%) 50 Written

Unit Quiz Online MCQ 20 WrittenGroup Oral Presentation 15 minutes and 5 minutes of questions 10 OralAssigned Unit Reading Report submitted for each unit 10 WrittenNote Taking Cornell notes 5 Written

Participation Completion of assignmentsAttendance 5 Oral

100

GROUP PRESENTATION RUBRIC [100 MARKS]

You are the presentation

Your slides should supplement what you say

40% is awarded for presentation style

45% is awarded for content

CORNELL NOTE-TAKING RUBRIC [12 MARKS]

COURSE LIBRARY

AP® PSYCHOLOGY

All materials can be found in the course library of Edmodo

You will be given an enrollment code at the start of the course

Materials will be made available as they become relevant

Assignments, assigned unit reading and unit quizzes will be completed and submitted through this portal

This is a starting point

Do not rely on this alone. Higher grades require broader reading habits