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Social Studies
AP Psychology AP United States History
Grades 11-12 Grades 11-12
Course Number 278 Course Number 259
Full Year Course – 1 credit Full Year Course - 1 credit
Prerequisite: Recommendation Prerequisite: Recommendation
Estimated Fee: $22.00 and AP Test Registration Estimated Fee: $22.00 and A.P. Test Registration
Recommended For: College Bound Recommended For: College Bound
Career: A, B, H, P Career: A,P
With recommendations from and the With recommendations from and the
approval of the College Board, the Advanced approval of the College Board, the Advanced
Placement Psychology course work models a Placement Unites States History course work
first semester college course in Psychology. models a first semester college course in US
This course follows guidelines set by the History.
The AP Psychology course is designed to The Advanced Placement United States
introduce students to the systematic and History course prepares students for the
scientific study of the behavior and mental Advanced Placement examination offered in
processes of human beings and other May. This course is designed to acquaint
animals. Students are exposed to the the students with an in-depth account of
psychological facts, principles, and United States History from colonial time
phenomena associated with each of the through the administration of Richard
major subfields within psychology. Topics Nixon. Emphasis is placed on different
include the biological basis of behavior, interpretations of American history and
sensation and perception, altered states of development of skills in working with
consciousness, learning and memory, testing statistical data, charts, graphs, maps,
and intelligence, motivation and emotions, documents, and pictorial evidence of
developmental psychology, personality historical events. Students will improve
theories, abnormal behavior and social skills in essay composition, assessment of
psychology. historical materials—their relevance,
reliability, and importance—as well as
develop an awareness of the
interrelationship between social, economic,
political, and international events in
American history. Students enrolled in this
course are required to take the A.P. exam in
May.
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