Topics Covered
The College Board provides a course of study to help educators prepare their students for the AP Psychology exam. The exam covers the following areas. The percentage indicates the portion of the multiple-choice section of the exam focused on each content area:
- History and Approaches (2-4%)
- Research Methods (8-10%)
- Biological Bases of Behavior (8-10%)
- Sensation and Perception (6-8%)
- States of Consciousness (2–4%)
- Learning (7-9%)
- Cognition (8-10%)
- Motivation and Emotion (6-8%)
- Developmental Psychology (7-9%)
- Personality (5-7%)
- Testing and Individual Differences (5–7%)
- Abnormal Psychology (7-9%)
- Treatment of Psychological Disorders (5-7%)
- Social Psychology (8-10%)
Read more about this topic: Advanced Placement Psychology
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