Strive for 5: Preparing for the AP Psychology Examination

by Myers, David G.; Herzig, Allison; Brandt, Laura; Naughton, Nathaniel

• ISBN13: 9781464156052
• ISBN10: 1464156050
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Workbook
• Copyright: 2014-04-15
• Publisher: Worth Publishers

Summary

Get the practice you need to succeed in psychology along with essential tips for test preparation with Strive for 5: Preparing for the AP Psychology Examination.

Table of Contents

Preface

UNIT I Psychology’s History and Approaches

Module 1: Psychology’s History

Module 2: Psychologys Big Issues and Approaches

Module 3: Careers in Psychology

UNIT II Research Methods: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science

Module 4: The Need for Psychological Science

Module 5: The Scientific Method and Description

Module 6: Correlation and Experimentation

Module 7: Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life

Module 8: Frequently Asked Questions About Psychology

Unit III Biological Bases of Behavior

Module 9: Biological Psychology and Neurotransmission

Module 10: The Nervous and Endocrine Systems

Module 11: Studying the Brain, and Older Brain Structures

Module 12: The Cerebral Cortex

Module 13: Brain Hemisphere Organization and the Biology of Consciousness

Module 14: Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences

Module 15: Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Human Nature

Unit IV Sensation and Perception

Module 16: Basic Principles of Sensation and Perception

Module 17: Influences on Perception

Module 18: Vision

Module 19: Visual Organization and Interpretation

Module 20: Hearing

Module 21: The Other Senses

Unit V States of Consciousness

Module 22: Understanding Consciousness and Hypnosis

Module 23: Sleep Patterns and Sleep Theories

Module 24: Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, and Dreams

Module 25: Psychoactive Drugs

Unit VI Learning

Module 26: How We Learn and Classical Conditioning

Module 27: Operant Conditioning

Module 28: Operant Conditioning’s Applications, and Comparison to Classical Conditioning

Module 29: Biology, Cognition, and Learning

Module 30: Learning by Observation

Unit VII Cognition

Module 31: Studying and Building Memories

Module 32: Memory Storage and Retrieval

Module 33: Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Memory Improvement

Module 34: Thinking, Concepts, and Creativity

Module 35: Solving Problems and Making Decisions

Module 36: Thinking and Language

Unit VIII Motivation, Emotion, and Stress

Module 37: Motivational Concepts

Module 38: Hunger Motivation

Module 39: Sexual Motivation

Module 40: Social Motivation: Affiliation Needs

Module 41: Theories and Physiology of Emotion

Module 42: Expressed Emotion

Module 43: Stress and Health

Module 44: Stress and Illness

Unit IX Developmental Psychology

Module 45: Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn

Module 46: Infancy and Childhood: Physical Development

Module 47: Infancy and Childhood: Cognitive Development

Module 48: Infancy and Childhood: Social Development

Module 49: Gender Development

Module 50: Parents, Peers, and Early Experience

Module 51: Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Module 52: Adolescence: Social Development and Emerging Adulthood

Module 53: Sexual Development

Module 54: Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, and Social Development

Unit X Personality

Module 55: Freud’s Psychoanalytic Perspective: Exploring the Unconscious

Module 56: Psychodynamic Theories and Modern Views of the Unconscious

Module 57: Humanistic Theories

Module 58: Trait Theories

Module 59: Social-Cognitive Theories and Exploring the Self

Unit XI Testing and Individual Differences

Module 60: Introduction to Intelligence

Module 61: Assessing Intelligence

Module 62: The Dynamics of Intelligence

Module 63: Studying Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence

Module 64: Group Differences and the Question of Bias

Unit XII Abnormal Behavior

Module 65: Introduction to Psychological Disorders

Module 66: Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Module 67: Mood Disorders

Module 68: Schizophrenia

Module 69: Other Disorders

Unit XIII Treatment of Abnormal Behavior

Module 70: Introduction to Therapy, and Psychodynamic and Humanistic Therapies

Module 71: Behavior, Cognitive, and Group Therapies

Module 72: Evaluating Psychotherapies and Prevention Strategies

Module 73: The Biomedical Therapies

Unit XIV Social Psychology

Module 74: Attribution, Attitudes, and Actions

Module 75: Conformity and Obedience

Module 76: Group Behavior

Module 77: Prejudice and Discrimination

Module 78: Aggression

Module 79: Attraction

Module 80: Altruism, Conflict, and Peacemaking Enrichment Module

Module 81: Influences on Drug Use

Module 82: Psychology at Work

Module 83: Experienced Emotion: Anger and Happiness

Module 84: Human Flourishing

Module 85: Animal Thinking and Language

Preparing for the AP® Psychology Examination

Practice Exam 1

Practice Exam 2