AP & IB EXAMS IN PSYCHOLOGY

AP/IB EXAM PREPARATION PAGES


There are two main resources available online through this page: lecture notes and sample tests. These are designed around the Advanced Placement Exam in Psychology. Additionally, there are review pages for the International Baccalaureate Standard and Higher Level Psychology Exams. To jump to these pages, click on the relevant topic.

Links in purple are notes developed by Mr. Sisman. Links in green are connected to notes for an online psychology course by Jerry Wisner through Florida Community College in Jacksonville. These links are temporary and will ultimately be replaced by Mr. Sisman's notes. Sample questions are taken from the 1994 AP Psychology objective test. Some sample question review pages still need to be developed.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT INDEX:

introduction to psychology | 1994 questions | audio 1 2 3 4
biological bases of behavior | 1994 questions | audio 1 2 3 4
sensation and perception | 1994 questions | audio 1 2 3 4
cognition and language | 1994 questions | audio 1 2 3 4
states of consciousness | 1994 questions | audio 1 2 3 4
learning | 1994 questions | audio 1 2 3 4
memory | 1994 questions | audio 1 2 3 4
intelligence and mental abilities | 1994 questions | audio 1 2 3 4
motivation and emotion | 1994 questions | audio 1 2 3 4
life span psychology | 1994 questions | audio 1 2 3 4
personality | 1994 questions | audio 1 2 3 4
social psychology | 1994 questions | audio 1 2 3 4
psychological disorders | 1994 questions | audio 1 2 3 4
treatment of psychological disorders | 1994 questions | audio 1 2 3 4

ADVANCED PLACEMENT REVIEW ONLINE:

A series of review quizzes have been constructed for your use in studying for the AP Psych exam. There are thirteen quizzes in all and correspond to the Barron's AP Psychology Review Book. Follow the steps below to utilize these quizzes:

  1. Click here to log on to Funbrain.com's Quiz Lab.
  2. Type in the secret word homersimpson and then your name.
  3. Select which quiz you'd like to take. Each quiz is 10 questions in length.

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE INDEX:

Approaches to Psychology (candidates study all 4 approaches):
behavioral
cognitive
humanistic/phenomenological
psychodynamic
 
Recommended Optional Subject Areas
(candidates choose any 2 for higher level and any 1 for standard level):
biological bases of behavior (recommended for those strong in AP Biology)
psychological disorders (strongly recommended)
intelligence and personality (strongly recommended)
life span psychology (recommended)
social psychology (strongly recommended)
 
Research: Ethical Issues, Methods, Design and Statistics (applies for all candidates):
ethical issues
methods
designs and controls
descriptive statistics
inferential statistics
graphical techniques
 
Guidelines for Internal Assessment
Standard level candidates
Higher level candidates
 

 References

 
Fogiel, M. (Ed.) (1994). Advanced Placement Examination in Psychology, New Jersey: Research and Education Association.
 
Fogiel, M. (Ed.) (1994). REA's Problem Solvers: Psychology, New Jersey: Research and Education Association.
 
Leal, Linda. (1998). The Essentials of Psychology I, New Jersey: Research and Education Association.
 
Leal, Linda. (1998). The Essentials of Psychology II, New Jersey: Research and Education Association.
 
Morris, Charles G. (1990). Exploring Psychology: An Introduction 4/e, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
 
Morris, Charles G. (1990). Psychology: An Introduction 7/e, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
 
Myers, David G. (1999). Exploring Psychology 4/e, New York: Worth Publishers.
 
Weber, Ann L. (1991). Introduction to Psychololgy, New York: HarperCollins Publishers.
 
Wisner, Jerry. (1999). General Psychology Syllabus Homepage, Florida Community College at Jacksonville. <http://astro.fccj.cc.fl.us/~jwisner/1012syl.html>