They identify and examine the emotional, intellectual, and physical factors which influence the development of the individual human being.
Students distinguish among the major schools and systems of psychology and methods of investigation.
Teacher recommendation is suggested for eleventh grade students. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings and other animals. Students are exposed to the psychological facts, principles, and phenomena associated with each of the major subfields within psychology. They also learn about the methods psychologists use in their science and practice. AP Psychology provides the students with a learning experience equivalent to that obtained in an introductory college psychology course.