Myers' Psychology for the AP® Course
by David G. Myers, C. Nathan DeWall, Elizabeth Yost Hammer
4th Edition
Publisher: Worth Publishers
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Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781319281168 |
| eText ISBN | 9781319471453 |
| Publisher | Worth Publishers |
| Publishing Year | 2024 |
| Edition | 4th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 1040 |
Myers' Psychology for the AP® Course, 4th Edition, is a textbook by David G. Myers, C. Nathan DeWall, and Elizabeth Yost Hammer built specifically for Advanced Placement psychology students and instructors. Published by Worth Publishers, this volume provides structured instruction aligned with high school AP curriculum requirements.
The text organizes psychological subject matter into core thematic arcs, beginning with biological bases of behavior alongside sensation and perception. It advances through cognition, memory systems, intelligence testing, and assessment principles, while also addressing conditioning paradigms, learning theories, and social-emotional development.
To assist with course review, the textbook uses a modular approach across its core units and provides AP practice questions within each unit to aid exam preparation.
Table of Contents
Chapter Unit 0: An Introduction to Psychology Science Practices: Research Methods and Data Interpretation
- • Module 0.1 The Scientific Attitude, Critical Thinking, and Developing Arguments
- • Module 0.2 The Need for Psychological Science
- • Module 0.3 The Scientific Method and Description
- • Module 0.4 Correlation and Experimentation
- • Module 0.5 Research Design and Ethics in Psychology
- • Module 0.6 Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
- • Unit 0 AP® Practice Questions
Chapter Unit 1: Biological Bases of Behavior
- • Module 1.1 Interaction of Heredity and Environment
- • Module 1.2 Overview of the Nervous System
- • Module 1.3A The Neuron and Neural Firing: Neural Communication and the Endocrine System
- • Module 1.3B The Neuron and Neural Firing: Substance Use Disorders and Psychoactive Drugs
- • Module 1.4A The Brain: Neuroplasticity and Tools of Discovery
- • Module 1.4B The Brain: Brain Regions and Structures
- • Module 1.4C The Brain: Damage Response and Brain Hemispheres
- • Module 1.5A Sleep: Consciousness
- • Module 1.5B Sleep: Sleep Stages and Theories
- • Module 1.5C Sleep: Sleep Loss, Sleep Disorders, and Dreams
- • Module 1.6A Sensation: Basic Concepts
- • Module 1.6B Sensation: Vision
- • Module 1.6C Sensation: Hearing
- • Module 1.6D Sensation: Skin, Chemical, and Body Senses and Sensory Interaction
- • Unit 1 AP® Practice Questions
Chapter Unit 2: Cognition
- • Module 2.1A Perception: Influences on Perception
- • Module 2.1B Perception: Perceptual Organization and Interpretation
- • Module 2.2A Thinking, Problem-Solving, Judgments, and Decision-Making: Concepts and Creativity
- • Module 2.2B Thinking, Problem-Solving, Judgments, and Decision-Making: Solving Problems and Making Decisions
- • Module 2.3 Introduction to Memory
- • Module 2.4 Encoding Memories
- • Module 2.5 Storing Memories
- • Module 2.6 Retrieving Memories
- • Module 2.7 Forgetting and Other Memory Challenges
- • Module 2.8A Intelligence and Achievement: Theories of Intelligence
- • Module 2.8B Intelligence and Achievement: Assessing Intelligence
- • Module 2.8C Intelligence and Achievement: Stability of, and Influences on, Intelligence
- • Module 2.8D Intelligence and Achievement: Group Differences and the Question of Bias
- • Unit 2 AP® Practice Questions
Chapter Unit 3: Development and Learning
- • Module 3.1 Themes and Methods in Developmental Psychology
- • Module 3.2A Physical Development Across the Lifespan: Prenatal Development, Infancy, and Childhood
- • Module 3.2B Physical Development Across the Lifespan: Adolescence and Adulthood
- • Module 3.3A Gender and Sexual Orientation: Gender Development
- • Module 3.3B Gender and Sexual Orientation: The Biology and Psychology of Sex
- • Module 3.3C Gender and Sexual Orientation: Sexual Orientation
- • Module 3.4 Cognitive Development Across the Life Span
- • Module 3.5 Communication and Language Development
- • Module 3.6A Social-Emotional Development Across the Life Span: Infancy and Childhood
- • Module 3.6B Social-Emotional Development Across the Life Span: Adolescence, Emerging Adulthood, and Adulthood
- • Module 3.7A Classical Conditioning: Basic Concepts
- • Module 3.7B Classical Conditioning: Applications and Biological Limits
- • Module 3.8A Operant Conditioning: Basic Concepts
- • Module 3.8B Operant Conditioning: Applications, Biological Limits, and Contrasts with Classical Conditioning
- • Module 3.9 Social, Cognitive, and Neurological Factors in Learning
- • Unit 3 AP® Practice Questions
Chapter Unit 4: Social and Personality
- • Module 4.1 Attribution Theory and Person Perception
- • Module 4.2 Attitude Formation and Attitude Change
- • Module 4.3A Psychology of Social Situations: Conformity and Obedience
- • Module 4.3B Psychology of Social Situations: Group Behavior
- • Module 4.3C Psychology of Social Situations: Aggression
- • Module 4.3D Psychology of Social Situations: Attraction
- • Module 4.3E Psychology of Social Situations: Altruism, Conflict, and Peacemaking
- • Module 4.4 Introduction to Personality
- • Module 4.5A Psychoanalytic and Humanistic Theories of Personality: Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Theories
- • Module 4.5B Psychoanalytic and Humanistic Theories of Personality: Humanistic Theories
- • Module 4.6A Social-Cognitive and Trait Theories of Personality: Trait Theories
- • Module 4.6B Social-Cognitive and Trait Theories of Personality: Social-Cognitive Theories
- • Module 4.6C Social-Cognitive and Trait Theories of Personality: Exploring the Self
- • Module 4.7A Motivation: Motivational Concepts
- • Module 4.7B Motivation: Affiliation and Achievement
- • Module 4.7C Motivation: Hunger Motivation
- • Module 4.8A Emotion: Theories and Physiology of Emotion
- • Module 4.8B Emotion: Expressing and Experiencing Emotion
- • Unit 4 AP® Practice Questions
Chapter Unit 5: Mental and Physical Health
- • Module 5.1A Introduction to Health Psychology: Stress and Illness
- • Module 5.1B Introduction to Health Psychology: Coping With Stress
- • Module 5.2A Positive Psychology: Positive Emotions and Positive Traits
- • Module 5.2B Positive Psychology: Enhancing Well-Being
- • Module 5.3 Explaining and Classifying Psychological Disorders
- • Module 5.4A Selection of Categories of Psychological Disorders: Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, and Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
- • Module 5.4B Selection of Categories of Psychological Disorders: Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders
- • Module 5.4C Selection of Categories of Psychological Disorders: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
- • Module 5.4D Selection of Categories of Psychological Disorders: Dissociative Disorders, Personality Disorders, Feeding and Eating Disorders, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- • Module 5.5A Treatment of Psychological Disorders: Introduction to Therapy, and Psychodynamic and Humanistic Therapies
- • Module 5.5B Treatment of Psychological Disorders: Behavior, Cognitive, and Group Therapies
- • Module 5.5C Treatment of Psychological Disorders: Evaluating Psychotherapies
- • Module 5.5D Treatment of Psychological Disorders: The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders
- • Unit 5 AP® Practice Questions
Chapter Appendix A: Practice AP-Style Exam
Chapter Appendix B: Preparing for Further Psychology Studies
Chapter Appendix C: Answers to Examine the Concept Questions
Chapter Appendix D: Evidence-Based Questions and Article Analysis Questions
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