COURSE NAME: AP Psychology

SCHOOL DISTRICT: Scotia - Glenville

INSTRUCTOR: Dawn B. Scagnelli

Full Year

COURSE PREREQUISITES: Grade 12. Students should be strong readers with significant science backgrounds.

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION / OUTLINE: Human behavior has always fascinated people. For a psychologist,
the scientific study of human behavior is a life's work. In AP Psychology, students seek to describe, explain,
predict, and understand mental and behavioral processes. Topics studied in AP Psychology include the
nervous system, sensation and perception, learning and memory, language, growth and development,
disorders and treatments, and the behaviors of people in groups. Class activities range from
lecture/discussions to demonstrations and projects.

Students selecting AP Psychology should be strong readers with significant science backgrounds. The AP Psychology course meets daily for a full year, and students enrolled in AP Psychology take the national exam in May. Success in AP Psychology and on the AP exam can provide college credit in psychology.

OTHER NOTES / MISCELLANEOUS:

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