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What Do Psychology Students Study?

As you will discover in the types of psychology section below, there are a number of common, often compulsory topics that students traditionally study when doing a psychology course, degree or program.

AP Psychology

A useful frame of reference as to what specific topic areas a psychology student is likely to study can be found in The AP Psychology course description. AP stands for Advanced Placement and consists of a course and exam in psychology equivalent to an introductory college course in psychology. AP is accepted by more than 3,600 colleges and universities worldwide.

AP Psychology Content Areas

· History & Approaches
· Research Methods
· Biological Bases of Behavior
· Sensation & Perception
· States of Consciousness
· Learning
· Cognition
· Motivation & Emotion
· Developmental Psychology
· Personality
· Testing & Individual Difference · Abnormal Behavior
· Treatment of Abnormal Behavior · Social Psychology

A detailed description of each of these content areas is provided in the official College Board AP psychology course description. See following link.

 

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap-psychology-coursedescription.pdf

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