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2 welcome to AP Psychology! Teri Couch teri.couch@cms.k12.nc.us Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

3 average workload in AP Psychology 10-20 pages of reading each class meeting daily reading quizzes / notes checks 3-4 unit tests per quarter tests are 100-question, multiple choice and CUMULATIVE. Free response essay questions will be “workshopped” the first quarter and scored after that. vocabulary for every unit studying psychology means speaking the language of psychologists.

4 will I be successful in AP Psychology? Are prepared for class –all assignments are completed carefully & on-time Successful AP Psych students: Connect course content to their everyday life

5 Psychologists ask the most interesting questions: AP Psychology WHY?

6 HISTORY & APPROACHES WHY are there so many different explanations for behavior? Psychoanalytic Cognitive Behaviorism Humanism Socio-cultural

7 NEUROSCIENCE WHY do physiological changes affect the way we think, feel and behave?

8 SENSATION & PERCEPTION WHY do some people love spicy food and others find it intolerable?

9 CONSCIOUSNESS WHY do we need sleep?

10 LEARNING WHY does your dog ignore you when you say, “Here Rover” but come running when you open the cupboard where his treats are kept? Reece, 2008

11 COGNITION WHY do I remember all of the words to the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song but have difficulty remembering what I need to for my history test? MEMORY WHY was learning my first language so easy but learning new languages now is a challenge? LANGUAGE WHY do we sometimes fail to see the most obvious solution? THINKING

12 DEVELOPMENT WHY do babies think “peek-a-boo” is so funny?

13 MOTIVATION & EMOTION WHY will some people do difficult, gross, even dangerous things, for money?

14 WHY are people all over the world, regardless of culture, able to correctly identify the emotions these people are feeling? MOTIVATION & EMOTION

15 PERSONALITY WHY do some people like big crowds and others like small groups?

16 TESTING & INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES WHY do some people excel on IQ tests and others struggle?

17 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY WHY do people usually “go with the flow”?

18 DISORDERS & TREATMENT WHY do some people get sad and others get clinically depressed? WHY do some people get nervous and others get paralyzed by their anxiety?

19 Are you curious and ready to begin this adventure? AP Psychology

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