Updated Myers' Psychology for AP® Course

Chapter 1: Scientific Foundations of Psychology

• • Part I Psychologys History and Approaches
• • Module 1 Psychology and Its History
• • Module 2 Today’s Psychology and Its Approaches
• • Module 3 Subfields in Psychology
• • Part II Research Methods: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
• • Module 4 The Need for Psychological Science
• • Module 5 The Scientific Method and Description
• • Module 6 Correlation and Experimentation
• • Module 7 Research Design and Ethics in Psychology
• • Module 8 Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life

Chapter 2: Biological Bases of Behavior

• • Part I Biological Bases of Behavior
• • Module 9 Biological Psychology and Neurotransmission
• • Module 10 The Nervous and Endocrine Systems
• • Module 11 Studying the Brain, Older Brain Structures, and the Limbic System
• • Module 12 The Cerebral Cortex
• • Module 13 Brain Hemisphere Organization and the Biology of Consciousness
• • Module 14 Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
• • Module 15 Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Human Nature
• • Part II States of Consciousness
• • Module 16 Sleep Patterns and Sleep Theories
• • Module 17 Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, and Dreams
• • Module 18 Psychoactive Drugs
• • Module 19 Understanding Consciousness and Hypnosis* (optional)

Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception

• • Module 20 Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception
• • Module 21 Influences on Perception
• • Module 22 Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing
• • Module 23 Visual Organization and Interpretation
• • Module 24 Hearing
• • Module 25 The Other Senses

Chapter 4: Learning

• • Module 26 How We Learn and Classical Conditioning
• • Module 27 Operant Conditioning
• • Module 28 Operant Conditioning’s Applications, and Comparison to Classical Conditioning
• • Module 29 Biology, Cognition, and Learning
• • Module 30 Observational Learning

Chapter 5: Cognitive Psychology

• • Part I Cognition
• • Module 31 Studying and Encoding Memories
• • Module 32 Storing and Retrieving Memories
• • Module 33 Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory
• • Module 34 Thinking, Concepts, and Creativity
• • Module 35 Solving Problems and Making Decisions
• • Module 36 Thinking and Language
• • Part II Testing and Individual Differences
• • Module 37 Introduction to Intelligence
• • Module 38 Assessing Intelligence
• • Module 39 The Dynamics of Intelligence
• • Module 40 Studying Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
• • Module 41 Group Differences and the Question of Bias

Chapter 6: Developmental Psychology

• • Module 42 Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn
• • Module 43 Infancy and Childhood: Physical Development
• • Module 44 Infancy and Childhood: Cognitive Development
• • Module 45 Infancy and Childhood: Social Development
• • Module 46 Gender Development
• • Module 47 Parents, Peers, and Early Experiences
• • Module 48 Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development
• • Module 49 Adolescence: Social Development and Emerging Adulthood
• • Module 50 Sexual Development
• • Module 51 Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, and Social Development

Chapter 7: Motivation, Emotion, and Personality

• • Part I Motivation, Emotion, and Stress
• • Module 52 Motivational Concepts
• • Module 53 Hunger Motivation
• • Module 54 Sexual Motivation
• • Module 55 Affiliation and Achievement
• • Module 56 Theories and Physiology of Emotion
• • Module 57 Expressing Emotion
• • Module 58 Stress and Illness
• • Module 59 Health and Happiness
• • Part II Personality
• • Module 60 Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Theories
• • Module 61 Humanistic Theories
• • Module 62 Trait Theories
• • Module 63 Social-Cognitive Theories
• • Module 64 Exploring the Self

Chapter 8: Clinical Psychology

• • Part I Abnormal Behavior
• • Module 65 Introduction to Psychological Disorders
• • Module 66 Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• • Module 67 Depressive Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Suicide, and Self-Injury
• • Module 68 Schizophrenia
• • Module 69 Other Disorders
• • Part II Treatment of Abnormal Behavior
• • Module 70 Introduction to Therapy, and Psychodynamic and Humanistic Therapies
• • Module 71 Behavior, Cognitive, and Group Therapies
• • Module 72 Evaluating Psychotherapies
• • Module 73 The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders

Chapter 9: Social Psychology

• • Module 74 Attribution, Attitudes, and Actions
• • Module 75 Conformity and Obedience
• • Module 76 Group Behavior
• • Module 77 Prejudice and Discrimination
• • Module 78 Aggression
• • Module 79 Attraction
• • Module 80 Altruism, Conflict, and Peacemaking

Chapter Enrichment Modules: Enrichment Modules

• • Module 81 Influences on Drug Use
• • Module 82 Psychology at Work
• • Module 83 Animal Thinking and Language

Chapter Appendices: Appendices

• • Appendix A: Practice AP-Style Exam
• • Appendix B: AP Tips
• • Appendix C: Psychological Science’s Key Contributors
• • Appendix D: Preparing for Further Psychology Studies
• • Appendix E: Answers to Test Yourself Questions