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Social Studies
AP European History AP Psychology
Grades 11-12 Grades 11-12
Course Number 279 Course Number 278
Full Year Course - 1 credit Full Year Course – 1 credit
Prerequisite: Recommendation Prerequisite: Recommendation
Estimated Fee: $22.00 and A.P. Exam fee Estimated Fee: $22.00 and A.P. Exam fee
(approximately $94.00) (approximately $94.00)
Recommended For: College Bound
Recommended For: College Bound
With recommendations from and the
approval of the College Board, the Advanced With recommendations from and the
Placement European History course work approval of the College Board, the Advanced
models a semester college course in Placement Psychology course work models a
European History. first semester college course in Psychology.
As the name implies, this course centers on This course follows guidelines set by The
European history and concentrates on the College Board. The AP Psychology course
time period from 1450 to the present. is designed to introduce students to the
Emphasis is placed on different systematic and scientific study of the
interpretations of European history and behavior and mental processes of human
development of skills in working with beings and other animals. Students are
statistical data, charts, graphs, maps, exposed to the psychological facts,
documents, and pictorial evidence of principles, and phenomena associated with
historical events. Students will improve each of the major subfields within
skills in essay composition assessment of psychology. Topics include the biological
historical materials—their relevance, basis of behavior, sensation and perception,
reliability and importance—as well as altered states of consciousness, learning and
develop an awareness of the memory, testing and intelligence, motivation
interrelationship between social, economic, and emotions, developmental psychology,
political and international events in personality theories, abnormal behavior and
European history. Students enrolled in this social psychology.
course are required to take the A.P. exam in
May.
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