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This is the second semester of the AP Psychology course. This semester begins with students learning about operant and classical conditioning. Next, students will be guided through a unit on social psychology including an examination of attitude formation and the psychology of social situations. Moving along to the next module, students will be introduced to different theories of personality including different approaches to analyzing personality. The next module will have students learning about the somewhat new field of health psychology and positive psychology. Once students have understood happiness and theories of personality, students will then take an in-depth look at clinical and abnormal psychology focusing on different types of therapies for different types of disorders. The semester wraps up with a thorough review of the entire course as well as practice in preparation for the AP Exam.
The primary emphasis of this course is to help students develop an understanding of concepts rather than memorize terms and technical details; the ultimate goal is to prepare students to successfully take the AP Psychology examination offered in May.
Major Topics and Concepts
Module 7: Learning and Conditioning
Module 8: Social Psychology
Module 9: Personality
Module 10: Health Psychology
Module 11: Disorders and Treatment
Course Materials
AP Course & Exam Registration Requirements
College Board requires students to register for AP exams no later than November 13th (individual schools may set earlier deadlines).
All VLACS AP students are required to enroll in the “course only” section in My AP. Instructions for joining My AP will be posted on each VLACS course page and instructors are available to help with this process.
Students who plan to take the corresponding AP exam must arrange to take the exam at a local school that administers it. To register for an AP Exam, the local school will enroll the student in an “exam only” section in My AP. Students should follow these steps:
- Search for a local test site through this resource of contact AP Services for Students at 888-225-5427 [email protected]. That office can give you contact information for local AP coordinators who may be willing to test outside students. Students are then responsible for contacting coordinators on that list to see if one can arrange to test for you. You should do this no later than October 2nd. Note that schools may have their own local deadlines for receiving requests from outside students to test at their school so we recommend doing this as soon as possible
- The AP coordinator who agrees to assist you must provide a join code for an “exam only” section in My AP. You’ll use the join code to join the section so that the AP coordinator can order your exam.
Please note that, if a school allows a student to register after the 11/13 deadline, there will be a $40 late exam fee. There will also be a $40 canceled/unused exam fee if a student registers and then cancels his/her exam or if the student does not show up on test day.
More information is available on the College Board’s website: https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/
Competencies
Disorders and Treatments
Students will demonstrate an understanding of disorders and treatments by describing psychological disorders, summarizing psychological therapies, and explaining psychological disorder prevention.
Health Psychology
psychology by explaining the impact of stress and illness, describing positive psychology, and describing disorders and risk factors.
Learning and Conditioning
Students will demonstrate an understanding of learning and conditioning by explaining language development, explaining forms of learning, and differentiating theories of conditioning.
Personality
Students will demonstrate an understanding of personality by explaining theories of personality, summarizing the concept of self, and explaining motivational concepts.
Social Psychology
Students will demonstrate an understanding of social psychology by summarizing attribution theory, explaining attitude formation, and describing interpersonal behaviors.
