AP PSYCHOLOGY

:''This article relates to the AP test. For information about the IB test, see IB Psychology SL.''
The 'Advanced Placement Psychology' ('AP Psychology' or 'AP Psych') course and corresponding exam is part of the College Board's Advanced Placement Program. This course is tailored for students interested in the field of psychology and as an opportunity to earn placement credit or exemption from a college-level psychology course.

Contents

Topics covered

The Exam

Grade Distribution

External links

Topics covered

The College Board provides a course of study to help educators prepare their students for the AP Psychology exam. The exam covers the following areas. The percentage indicates the portion of the multiple-choice section of the exam focused on each content area:

★ History and Approaches (2-4%)

★ Research and Methods (6-8%)

★ Biological Bases of Behavior (8-10%)

★ Sensation and Perception (7-9%)

★ States of Consciousness (8-10%)

★ Learning (7-9%)

★ Cognition (8-10%)

★ Motivation and Emotion (7-9%)

★ Developmental Psychology (7-9%)

★ Personality (6-8%)

★ Testing and Individual Differences (5-7%)

★ Abnormal Psychology (7-9%)

★ Treatment of Psychological Disorders (5-7%)

★ Social Psychology (7-9%)

The Exam

The exam includes two sections: a 70 minute multiple choice section (about 100 questions) and a 50 minute free response section (2 prompts). The multiple choice forms two-thirds of the grade and the free-response provides the remaining third.

Grade Distribution

In the 2006 administration, 101,221 students took the exam from 3,860 schools. The mean score was 3.15.
The grade distribution for 2006 was:

Score	Percent
5	19.5%
4	27.9%
3	20.3%
2	12.6%
1	19.7%

External links

★ AP Psychology at CollegeBoard.com