Overview
Your complete guide to a higher score on the AP* Psychology exam
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About the contents:
Part I: Introduction
* About the exam—content and format
* Tips on answering multiple-choice questions
* Tips on answering free-response questions
* Scoring
Part II: Subject Review
* History and approaches
* Research methods
* Biological bases of behavior
* Sensation and perception
* States of consciousness
* Learning
* Cognition
* Motivation and emotion
* Developmental psychology
* Personality
* Testing and individual differences
* Abnormal psychology
* Treatment of psychological disorders
* Social psychology
Part III: AP Psychology Practice Tests
* 4 full-length practice tests with answers and explanations
* Time guidelines so you'll learn to pace yourself
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AP Test Prep Essentials from the Experts at CliffsNotes
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Contributors: Lori A. Harris, PhD, Murray State University; Kevin T. Ball, BA, Indiana University; Deborah Grayson Riegel, MSW, President, Elevated Training, Inc.; Lisa S. Taubenblat, CSW, Partnership with Children
Synopsis
Abundantly and well-illustrated, but with a tasteful, collegiate feel, this reference for highschool students covers the history of psychology, psychological schools and theories, and basic physiology of the brain, and introduces the concepts and people related to developmental, social, and abnormal psychology. Topics include Fechner and Helmholtz and the beginnings of scientific psychology; Noam Chomsky and psycholinguistics; nonwestern theories of the mind; ethics and artificial intelligence; emotion and motivation; and attention and information processing. Each volume includes a set index. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
School Library Journal
Gr 9 Up-Titles in this authoritative set include History of Psychology, The Brain and the Mind, Thinking and Knowing, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, and Abnormal Psychology. The entries vary in accessibility and length; there are 6-page introductory articles as well as 28-page essays on more substantive topics. They offer overviews of theories, terms, experiments, and history in an effective manner. There are no entries on individuals but the work of significant theorists is discussed within the articles. Research methods, cross-cultural information, and the relationship of psychology to other disciplines are clearly delineated. Sidebars present case studies, seminal experiments, and brief biographical profiles. Quotes enhance each entry. Informative, captioned, color and black-and-white photographs, charts, maps, drawings, and reproductions abound. The heavy, glossy paper adds to the quality of the reproductions. A set glossary and bibliography are included in each volume. An attractive, useful acquisition for libraries fielding questions on the history and science of the discipline.-Janice C. Hayes, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.