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AP Psych Units, Modules & TopicsUnitTopicMyers ModulesTopics1Scientific Foundations of Psychology1 History, Wundt, Structuralism, Functionalism27 Perspectives (Cognitive, Behavioral, Biological, etc.)3Subfields (Forensic, Industrial-Organizational, Educational, etc.)4Need for Science: Overconfidence, Hindsight Bias5Scientific Method & Description (Case Study, Naturalistic Observation, Survey)6Correlation & Experimentation7Research Design & Ethics8Statistics2Biological Bases of Behavior9 Neurons, neurotransmission, neurotransmitters10Nervous System & Endocrine System11Brain Structures & Limbic System 12Cerebral Cortex13Brain Hemispheres, Divided Brain 14Genes, Twin Studies, Heritability15Evolutionary Psychology23Sleep Stages & Sleep Theories24Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders & Dreams25Psychoactive Drugs3Sensation and Perception16 Basic Sensation & Perception, Selective Attention, Thresholds17Perceptual Set18Eye Structures, Visual Processing19Visual Organization & Perceptual Interpretation20Ear Structures & Hearing21Touch, Pain, Taste, Smell, Body Position, Sensory Interaction4Learning26Classical Conditioning: UCS, UCR, NS/CS, CR, Stimulus Discrimination, Stimulus Generalization, Extinction, Spontaneous Recovery27Operant Conditioning: +/- Reinforcement, +/- Punishment, Reinforcement Schedules (Ratio & Interval) 28Comparing & Contrasting Classical and Operant Conditioning29Biological Constraints, Taste Aversion30Observational Learning: Bandura, BoBo Doll Experiment, Modeling5Cognitive Psychology31Memory Models, Encoding Memories32Memory Storage & Retrieval33Forgetting & Memory Construction Errors34Thinking, Concepts & Creativity35Problem Solving (Algorithms & Heuristics)36Language60Intelligence: Spearman (g factor), Gardner (multiple intelligences), Emotional Intelligence61Intelligence Tests62Dynamics of Intelligence63Genetic & Environmental Influences on Intelligence64Testing Differences, Bias6Developmental Psychology45Prenatal Development & Newborn46Physical Development: Infancy & Childhood, Maturation47Cognitive Development: Infancy & Childhood, Piaget, Vygotsky, Autism Spectrum Disorder48Social Development: Infancy & Childhood, Erikson Stages, Attachment, Parenting Styles49Gender Development50Parents & Peer Influence51Adolescence: Physical & Cognitive Development52Adolescence: Social & Emerging Adulthood53Sexual Differences54Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive & Social Development7Motivation, Emotion and Personality37Motivational Theories: Instinct, Drive-Reduction, Arousal, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs38Hunger Motivation39Sexual Motivation40Need for Belonging, Achievement Motivation41Theories of Emotion42Expressing Emotion43Stress & Illness44Health & Happiness55Psychoanalytic & Psychodynamic Theories: Freud56Humanistic Personality Theories: Maslow & Rogers57Trait Theories58Social-Cognitive Theories: Reciprocal Determinism59Self-Esteem, Culture & Self ................
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