AP Psychology Review
Do this and you will pass the AP EXAM
Research:
5-3-1 Protocol
 5-List and describe briefly the stages of the scientific method
 3-List/describe 3 variables
 1-List 1 positive/1 negative of case studies
3-2-2 Protocol
 3-List 3 parts of a neuron
 2-List 2 types of neurotransmitters and their functions
 2-List two divisions in the autonomic nervous system and
their functions
4-3-2 Protocol
 4-List (with their major functions) the 4 major regions of the
cerebral cortex
 3-List the three main “layers of the brain”
 2-List the 2 biggest things the hippocampus is involved in (hint:
think, remember…ah, I cannot, I am so mad)
8-4-2 Protocol
 8-List and describe the 8 human senses
 4-List and describe 4 of the 6 Gestalt laws of perception
 2-List and describe the 2 thresholds we have in sensation
3-2-1 Protocol
 3-List and briefly describe the 3 levels of consciousness
 2-Tell me two truths about REM sleep
 1-Tell me 1 truth/1 myth about dreams and dreaming
3-5-4-2 Protocol
 3-List/describe 3 types of learning
 5-list/describe briefly the 5 necessary parts for classical
conditioning
 4-List the 4 possible contingencies (consequences) in operant
conditioning
 2-List 2 (of 4) problems with using punishment as a learning tool
3-3-2-2 Protocol
 3-List/describe the functions of memory
 3-List/describe the 3 stages of memory
 2-List/describe the 2 parts of declarative memory (in long term
memory)
 2-List 2 (or more) of Schacters 7 sins of forgetting
3-2-1 Protocol
 3-list/describe 3 types of bias
 2-List/describe the 2 types of concepts (dealing with
language and thinking)
 1-Describe 1 way of problem solving
4-2-2 Protocol
 4-List/describe the 4 components of emotion
 2-list/describe 2 different theories of emotion
 2-List/describe 2 different theories of motivation
3-2-1 Protocol
 3-List/describe 3 of Piaget’s stages of development
 2-List/describe 2 of Erikson’s stages of development
 1-List 1 of Kubler-Ross’ 5 stages of dying
3-2-1 Protocol
 3-List/describe the 3 parts of the mind, according to Freud
 2-List/describe 2 types of “projective” tests
 Describe one difference between Freud and the Neo-
Freudian Carl Jung
3-2-1 Protocol
 3-List the 3 components (with a description) of Sternberg’s
Triarchic Theory of intelligence
 2-List 2 qualities all of your tests/studies must have
 1-List/describe 1 of Gardner’s multiple intelligences
3-2-3-2 Protocol
 3-List/describe the 3 classic symptoms of psychological pathologies
 2-List/describe 2 different anxiety disorders
 3-List/describe 3 different dissociative disorders
 2-List/describe 2 types of schizophrenia
3-3-1 Protocol
 3-List/describe 3 insight therapies
 3-List/describe 3 behavior therapies
 1-list one possible downside of using medication to treat
psycho pathologies
4-2-1 Protocol
 4-List 4 factors that promote conformity
 3-List 3 (of the 4) sources of reward that support the Reward
Theory of Attraction
 2-List/ 2 cognitive attribution errors (one about ourselves,
one about others)