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Ap Psych exam 2020

For 2020, things have changed due to COVID-19. It seems AP will have you take the exam at home, online. This is definitely a first!

The AP Psych exam will now be on Tuesday, May 19, at 2pm. FRQ only. You type it or write it by hand, take a pic and submit.

AP psych exam 2020

Official AP links

Key points:

  1. You'll have two options (1) 45 minute free response exam at home, online or (2) a regular full-length, regular exam later on some time
  2. the option 1, 45-minute at home test will only cover units 1-7
  3. the option 2 will cover units 1-9

AP review lectures playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoGgviqq4844U91iotDP7n7brR_ovoSFB


Realize that the unit numbers that AP uses are different from the numbers that I use. See https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-psychology for the official ones (copied below).

The bottom line though, is that AP units 1-7 are exactly everything we've covered up until COVID-19 and online learning started. Units 8 and 9 are the stuff we'll start during online classes.


Unit 1: Scientific Foundations of Psychology
You’ll learn about the basis of psychological theory as the study of human and animal behavior and mental processes and learn how psychologists design and conduct research.

Unit 2: Biological Bases of Behavior
You’ll study behaviors and mental processes from a biological perspective and explore the effects of the interaction between human biology and our environment.

Unit 3: Sensation and Perception
You’ll examine how humans perceive and process the world around them via their senses and convert those observations into perceptions that influence how we think and behave.

Unit 4: Learning
You’ll learn about the field of psychology that studies how humans and other animals learn as well as how learning changes over a lifetime.

Unit 5: Cognitive Psychology
You’ll examine the complex nature of how memory, intelligence, and other mental processes impact human behavior.

Unit 6: Developmental Psychology
You’ll study how physical and social changes over humans’ lifespans can influence behavior and mental processes from a variety of perspectives.

Unit 7: Motivation, Emotion, and Personality
You’ll study personality through the lens of behavior and mental processes and how they interact to produce an individual’s personality.

Unit 8: Clinical Psychology
You’ll learn how psychologists evaluate, study, and treat a range of psychological disorders.

Unit 9: Social Psychology
You’ll examine how humans interact in groups and social situations, as well as how others can affect an individual’s behavior and mental processes.