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AP Psych An Introduction. I think you’ll recognize it!. Units of Study. Lifespan Development (5 weeks) Intelligence, Testing & Personality (5 weeks) Abnormal, Treatments & Social Behavior (5 weeks) AP Review (1 week). Pacing and Homeplay the same. Testing is pretty similar, but . . .
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AP PsychAn Introduction • I think you’ll recognize it!
Units of Study • Lifespan Development (5 weeks) • Intelligence, Testing & Personality (5 weeks) • Abnormal, Treatments & Social Behavior (5 weeks) • AP Review (1 week)
Testing is pretty similar, but . . . • Less frequent (only 3 for the semester), so each test covers more material • Multiple Choice will have an increasing percentage of 5 option questions • M.C. will increase in number and as percentage of overall test grade (For AP, M.C. = 67%) • Essays will be increasingly graded more in AP style • 35 points possible, each bullet point worth 5 pts vs. • Each bullet point worth 1 point, multiply times whatever number to make question worth 35 points
Quizzes are similar to regular Psych • 11-question Multiple Choice quizzes • Intro slip • Exit slip • Each chapter, you must take and submit one of the Myers website quizzes by day of test • Practice multiple choice questions in review books
The most frequently asked question: • If you take the AP Exam, do you have to takeafinal? • NO, but . . . • There will be a practice AP Exam given over two class days in late April that will be the final exam for this course. It will count for 100 points in the course and will be graded exactly like the AP Exam. • There will be graded assignments after the AP Exam.
40 Studies Presentations and Frontline Assignment • Frontline website