Mrs. Mal- 2014

AP Psychology is a course for advanced students
who are interested in learning about human
behavior from a scientific perspective. The class
follows a curriculum designed to prepare students
for the AP Psychology Exam, which is
administered every May.

Like all AP courses, AP Psychology is intended to
be a college-level class. As such, I must stress
that this is an academically rigorous course and I
expect my students to take a great deal of
individual responsibility for their work.

Please understand from the outset one fact of
paramount importance: the instructor is not
the most important person in the classroom.
Students are expected to “charge ahead” on
their own, to seek, find, and internalize
knowledge – in short, to be the main agent in
their educational process.

The instructor’s job is to facilitate students’
drive and accomplishment by structuring
learning situations and selecting learning tools
that will help you students attain their goals:
passing the AP test, enriching your life by the
acquisition of psychological knowledge, and
enjoying the course of study.
How do I define success in AP
Psychology…
1.Passing the national exam in May with a
3 or higher.
2.Learning psychology and applying it to
your life.
3.Passing AP Psychology at Sun Valley
4.Impressing your freshman college peers
in your psych 101 course.
21%
27%
19%
13%
20%
14
25
6
4
2
5’s
27%
4’s
50%
3’s
12%
2’s
8%
1’s
3%
89%
https://apscore.collegeboard.org/credit
andplacement/search-credit-policies
Our class text is
Myers’ Psychology
for AP 1st edition.
 History
The 14 units of study
that we are responsible
to cover and master for
our test in May are
located to the right.
The %ages are how
many questions, out of
100, you will see on the
multiple choice section
of our test.
We will spend the
appropriate amount of
time on each unit
according to the %ages
listed.
& Approaches (2-4%)
 Research Methods (8-10%)
 Biological Basis of Behavior (8-10%)
 Sensation & Perception (6-8%)
 States of Consciousness (2-4%)
 Learning (7-9%)
 Cognition (8-10%)
 Motivation & Emotion (6-8%)
 Development (7-9%)
 Personality (5-7%)
 Intelligence (5-7%)
 Abnormal Behavior (7-9%)
 Treatment (5-7%)
 Social Psychology (8-10%)
 Course





Materials:
#2 pencils for test day
Blue or black ink only
Cornell Notebook or
Cornell Paper for a
binder OR “regular”
notebook used for
Cornell Notes.
Binder OR 4 Folders (1
per quarter) to house all
materials for review in
April.
Review book (suggested)
 Grades
are accumulated throughout quarter
 Unit Tests compromise 70% of the grade
 Quizzes are announced and unannounced
 Notebook Check 2xs a quarter (announced)
 Lab Assignments
 FRQs (25 points each – 2-3 a quarter)
 Tuesday
– most updated snapshot of current
grade in class.