AP Psychology Summer Assignment



Future AP Psychology Students:

This packet contains your summer assignments for AP Psychology. Each assignment listed below should be completed before school begins. Be sure to bring this packet with your completed assignments with you on the first day of class. All of these assignments will be graded in some way. If you should have any questions, see Miss Smith, Mr. McNutt, or Ms. Lyon before school ends.

Have a wonderful summer!

(Assignments 1-3 are due the first day of class!)

Assignment 1- Read the Prologue of your textbook (reading on Miss Smith’s website) and complete the chart included on the various psychological perspectives and the main early psychologists.

Assignment 2- Tutorials: Materials needed: Internet access & printer

A. Go to myers8e

Scroll down to the list titled “Student Resources” and click on “PsychSim PDF Worksheets.”

Click on and print the following two worksheets:

1. Psychology’s Timeline

2. Descriptive Statistics

B. Go back to the “Student Resources” list and click on “PsychSim Tutorials.”

On the next page that opens, click the ORANGE box that says “PsychSim 5 Tutorials.”

1. From the popup menu, choose “Psychology’s Timeline,” and use the tutorial to complete the worksheet you printed.

2. Go back to the orange menu and choose “Descriptive Statistics,” and use the tutorial to complete the second worksheet.

Assignment 3- Notecards (3 x 5 size, only hand-written will be accepted!)

Go to myers8e

Scroll down to the list titled “Student Resources” and click on “Flashcards.”

You will create a flashcard for each of the terms from the Prologue and Chapter 1.

**Notecards should include the term on one side and on the other side should be the book definition, your own definition, examples and a picture.

Assignment 4: The brain chapter is one of the hardest we will encounter all year. We will be assigning the Brave New Brain reading with accompanying questions during that chapter. (It will be a test grade.) To give you a head start, we have included the assignment here. Although it is optional at this time, we STRONGLY SUGGEST that you do it now if you have the time. You will be busy with other homework when this is officially assigned during the school year. Trust us!

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AP Psychology

Summer Assignment

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