The AP® Psychology textbook

5 units in framework order, then the skills the exam tests. Each topic is a notes page you can read on its own, free.

Units

Unit 1: Biological Bases of Behavior

1. Interaction of Heredity and Environment 1.1
2. Overview of the Nervous System 1.2
3. The Neuron and Neural Firing 1.3
4. The Brain 1.4
5. Sleep 1.5
6. Sensation 1.6

Unit 2: Cognition

1. Perception 2.1
2. Thinking, Problem-Solving, Judgments, and Decision-Making 2.2
3. Introduction to Memory 2.3
4. Encoding Memories 2.4
5. Storing Memories 2.5
6. Retrieving Memories 2.6
7. Forgetting and Other Memory Challenges 2.7
8. Intelligence and Achievement 2.8

Unit 3: Development and Learning

1. Themes and Methods in Developmental Psychology 3.1
2. Physical Development Across the Lifespan 3.2
3. Gender and Sexual Orientation 3.3
4. Cognitive Development Across the Lifespan 3.4
5. Communication and Language Development 3.5
6. Social-Emotional Development Across the Lifespan 3.6
7. Classical Conditioning 3.7
8. Operant Conditioning 3.8
9. Social, Cognitive, and Neurological Factors in Learning 3.9

Unit 4: Social Psychology and Personality

1. Attribution Theory and Person Perception 4.1
2. Attitude Formation and Attitude Change 4.2
3. Psychology of Social Situations 4.3
4. Psychodynamic and Humanistic Theories of Personality 4.4
5. Social-Cognitive and Trait Theories of Personality 4.5
6. Motivation 4.6
7. Emotion 4.7

Unit 5: Mental and Physical Health

1. Introduction to Health Psychology 5.1
2. Positive Psychology 5.2
3. Explaining and Classifying Psychological Disorders 5.3
4. Selection of Categories of Psychological Disorders 5.4
5. Treatment of Psychological Disorders 5.5

Skills

Research skills you need

1. Research Methods and Variables
2. Sampling and Generalizability
3. Correlation and Scatterplots
4. Ethics in Research
5. Descriptive Statistics
6. The Normal Curve and Percentiles
7. Statistical Significance and Effect Size