A Student's Guide to the AP Psychology Exam
Welcome to my AP Psychology class project, the survival kit for AP Psychology!
This was a lot of work to compile together but I am happy with the result (considering that I'm a perfectionist, everything took me twice as long as it should have, but still). My ultimate goal for this was to make a website where all the materials that we used for the class would be in one place for easy use in the classroom. This way, a student will be able to access information or videos used in class either to make up for an excused absence or to show one of his or her friends because psychology is cool enough to show your friends (obviously).
I hope this helps you, whoever you may be.
This was a lot of work to compile together but I am happy with the result (considering that I'm a perfectionist, everything took me twice as long as it should have, but still). My ultimate goal for this was to make a website where all the materials that we used for the class would be in one place for easy use in the classroom. This way, a student will be able to access information or videos used in class either to make up for an excused absence or to show one of his or her friends because psychology is cool enough to show your friends (obviously).
I hope this helps you, whoever you may be.
How to Navigate This Site
When I made this site, I was thinking of two things: getting a bunch of psych information in one place and making it as easy to find everything as possible. I felt like a guide to the chapter pages would be helpful, so feel free to skip this or read it, I don't really mind which one you choose.
The Layers to a Basic Chapter Page:
Title of Chapter
Summary: This is written by me on what I feel like the chapter was about and I sometimes state the importance of a chapter there.
Quizzes Link: I gave a link to the David Myer's chapter quizzes which will help you on the test! They are a great review of the chapter and can help you study.
Key Terms: This lists the key terms to each chapter, where I felt it would be best to list them out. That way, as one would watch the psych videos, one would be able to see and apply the concepts. There is a link to the Quizlet set that I used to list them out, allowing for easier access to flashcard terms for studying.
Key People: For some chapters, there is a list of major people in the chapter. Because most chapters don't have any major people in them, none were included and thus there isn't a section for this in the chapter. For the chapters that have key people, another link to that Quizlet set is there, for convenience.
Study Tips: These are chapter specific tips that aim to help with exactly what it says. Studying. It may point out what to study or how, but it's not a summary and should not be treated as such.
Sparknotes Link: This is a link to a Sparknotes chapter relevant to the topic. I read the Sparknotes version a few years before I ever had the AP Psych class and found it greatly improved my retaining of the subject since I had already read about people like Pavlov and experiments by Watson about Baby Albert before I learned them in class. But do NOT just read these. They are not enough to get good grades on the test!
Videos to Watch: This section includes most of the videos that we watched in my AP Psychology class (at least the ones I could remember) and also ones that I watched on my own. Feel free to pick and choose videos to watch at your discretion. The more videos you watch, the more likely you will remember the information because of spaced repetition of information.
Psych Sim 5 Activities: I matched up all the Psych Sim 5 activities on the David Myer's website. We didn't use all of these activities, but putting them with the corresponding chapter may for extra work you may do (Psh, what am I saying?).
Pictures for Visual Association: This is basically a fancy way to say funny pictures that I've found over the course of making this project. Most will be just for humor once you understand the concept involved.
Charts for Memorization: These are charts that most of the time have to be memorized. I tried to find the most simple ones to keep clutter down to a minimum.
Tricky Spots: In this section you will see two words that are often confused, or something that may be confusing to someone explained. There may also just be a list of things that you should and have to remember. For those, just make sure to memorize them and do your best.
The Layers to a Basic Chapter Page:
Title of Chapter
Summary: This is written by me on what I feel like the chapter was about and I sometimes state the importance of a chapter there.
Quizzes Link: I gave a link to the David Myer's chapter quizzes which will help you on the test! They are a great review of the chapter and can help you study.
Key Terms: This lists the key terms to each chapter, where I felt it would be best to list them out. That way, as one would watch the psych videos, one would be able to see and apply the concepts. There is a link to the Quizlet set that I used to list them out, allowing for easier access to flashcard terms for studying.
Key People: For some chapters, there is a list of major people in the chapter. Because most chapters don't have any major people in them, none were included and thus there isn't a section for this in the chapter. For the chapters that have key people, another link to that Quizlet set is there, for convenience.
Study Tips: These are chapter specific tips that aim to help with exactly what it says. Studying. It may point out what to study or how, but it's not a summary and should not be treated as such.
Sparknotes Link: This is a link to a Sparknotes chapter relevant to the topic. I read the Sparknotes version a few years before I ever had the AP Psych class and found it greatly improved my retaining of the subject since I had already read about people like Pavlov and experiments by Watson about Baby Albert before I learned them in class. But do NOT just read these. They are not enough to get good grades on the test!
Videos to Watch: This section includes most of the videos that we watched in my AP Psychology class (at least the ones I could remember) and also ones that I watched on my own. Feel free to pick and choose videos to watch at your discretion. The more videos you watch, the more likely you will remember the information because of spaced repetition of information.
Psych Sim 5 Activities: I matched up all the Psych Sim 5 activities on the David Myer's website. We didn't use all of these activities, but putting them with the corresponding chapter may for extra work you may do (Psh, what am I saying?).
Pictures for Visual Association: This is basically a fancy way to say funny pictures that I've found over the course of making this project. Most will be just for humor once you understand the concept involved.
Charts for Memorization: These are charts that most of the time have to be memorized. I tried to find the most simple ones to keep clutter down to a minimum.
Tricky Spots: In this section you will see two words that are often confused, or something that may be confusing to someone explained. There may also just be a list of things that you should and have to remember. For those, just make sure to memorize them and do your best.
Beginning of Year Documents
| ap_psychology_syllabus.docx |
| ap_psych_course_description.docx |
Updates:
I've decided to add an updates section so I can keep track of what I've done and what still needs to be done. It may also help so that the person who uses this can see if something's been added since the last time they've visited.
November
- 1st - TIME MANAGEMENT, ABOUT THE EXAM - Content edited and revised slightly. RECOMMENDATIONS - One book added.
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- Used as a guide for making this site ---> Myers, David. Psychology. 8th ed. New York: Worth Publishers, 2007. Print.
- Made for Mrs. Hallam's AP Psychology class by Erika Riethmeier.
- Used as a guide for making this site ---> Myers, David. Psychology. 8th ed. New York: Worth Publishers, 2007. Print.
- Made for Mrs. Hallam's AP Psychology class by Erika Riethmeier.
