Transcript Let’s Review!!! - Big Walnut Middle School

The AP Psychology Exam
Multiple Choice:
100 questions
70 minutes (1 hour, 10 minutes)
66.6% of grade
Should I guess?
Yes—especially if you can narrow it down.
No points are given OR taken away for
unanswered questions; no points are taken
away for incorrect answers
1. History and Approaches
2. Research Methods
3. Biological Bases of Behavior
4. Sensation and Perception
5. States of Consciousness
6. Learning
7. Cognition
8. Motivation and Emotion
9. Developmental Psychology
10. Personality
11. Testing and Individual Differences
12. Abnormal Psychology
13. Treatment of Psychological Disorders
14. Social Psychology
2-4%
8-10%
8-10%
6-8%
2-4%
7-9%
8-10%
6-8%
7-9%
5-7%
5-7%
7-9%
5-7%
8-10%
Free Response:
2 questions
50 minutes (25 minutes each)
33.3% of grade
Black or dark blue ink
Introductory/concluding paragraphs or
statements are not necessary.
Answer a segment and MOVE ON.
Use complete sentences!
several no. 2 pencils (and good erasers…
remember, Mr. AP won’t give points back
for eraser marks!)
black or dark blue ballpoint pens
social security number (if you want to
provide it)
watch (that does not beep or have an alarm)
small snack for during the break (if you’d
like)
cell phones, PDA’s, MP3 players,
IPOD’s, headphones, etc.
books/magazines/other reading
material
your AP Psychology wardrobe
 arrive by at least 11:30 am
 get plenty of rest
 dress comfortably (even in layers)
 All students must be dismissed at the same time—
you can not leave early.
 You can go to the restroom during testing, but will
lose the time you are gone.
 There will be a 10 minute break between sections.
 You can not discuss test information during the break.
(This would be the ONE time in your life that you would not
want to be discussing AP Psychology.)
 Do not use your cell phone during the break either—for any
reason!
(from McGraw-Hill’s 5 Steps to a 5)
Write in your booklet.
Come back to questions that are difficult—
you have about ¾ of a minute per question.
Don’t “overthink”!
 keep track of your number
 reports are cumulative
 sent in July (to colleges, you and BWHS)
5= extremely well qualified (approximately an A in a college course)
4= well qualified (approximately an A-, B+ or B)
3= qualified (approximately a B-, C+, or C)
2= possibly qualified
1= no recommendation