Introduction to AP Psychology course at Ningbo Foreign Language School 2017/18

1. AP® PSYCHOLOGY
Neil Clayton
BSc (Hons) PGCE
Email: neil.clayton@dipont-edu.com
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2. COURSE OVERVIEW

3. AP® PSYCHOLOGY
 The central question addressed in AP Psychology is
“How do psychologists think?”
 The psychologist David Myers wrote that to think as a
psychologist, one must learn to “restrain intuition with
critical thinking, judgmentalism with compassion, and
illusion with understanding” (Sternberg 1997).
 Whether students choose to pursue a career related to
psychology or one in some entirely different field, this
habit of mind will be of great value.

4. COURSE AIMS

5. AP® PSYCHOLOGY
 The AP Psychology course is designed to introduce students to
the systematic and scientific study of the behaviour and mental
processes of human beings. Students:
 learn about some of the explorations and discoveries made
by psychologists over the past century.
 assess some of the differing approaches adopted by
psychologists, including the biological, behavioural,
cognitive, humanistic, psychodynamic, and sociocultural
perspectives.
 come to an appreciation of how psychologists think.

6. COURSE OUTLINE

7. AP® PSYCHOLOGY
1. History and Approaches
2. Research Methods
3. Biological Bases of Behaviour
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 Behaviour
13. Treatment of Abnormal Behaviour
14. Social Psychology

8. SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

9. AP® PSYCHOLOGY
 The course grade is a weighted average consisting of the following elements each trimester:
Assessment Elements Details % of Credit Feedback
Method
Examination
120 min Exam
100 MCQ (67%) and 2 FRQ (33%)
50 Written
Unit Quiz Online MCQ 20 Written
Group Oral Presentation 15 minutes and 5 minutes of questions 10 Oral
Assigned Unit Reading Report submitted for each unit 10 Written
Note Taking Cornell notes 5 Written
Participation
Completion of assignments
Attendance
5 Oral
100

10. GROUP PRESENTATION
RUBRIC
[100 MARKS]
 You are the presentation
 Your slides should supplement
what you say
 40% is awarded for presentation
style
 45% is awarded for content

11. CORNELL NOTE-TAKING
RUBRIC
[12 MARKS]

12. COURSE LIBRARY

13. AP® PSYCHOLOGY
 All materials can be found in the course library of Edmodo
 You will be given an enrollment code at the start of the course
 Materials will be made available as they become relevant
 Assignments, assigned unit reading and unit quizzes will be
completed and submitted through this portal
 This is a starting point
 Do not rely on this alone. Higher grades require broader
reading habits