Within the AP® Psychology section of perception are the multifaceted principles of Gestalt. Gestalt principles are the different ways individuals group stimuli together in order to make a whole that makes sense to them. These principles are divided up into five categories: proximity, similarity, continuity, connectedness, and closure.
Psychology is a fascinating area of study and is often not given enough credit when it comes to the complexities of the subject. Whether you are considering psychology as a major in your future college career, want to get ahead of that “Intro to Psych” course, or you are simply interested in the subject, AP® Psychology is a great addition to an Advanced Placement resume.
Sensation and Perception is possibly one of the less appreciated areas in psychology for the majority of high school and undergrad students because of its resemblance to physics and other hard sciences that commonly scare psychology students away. This happens especially when weird terms like Absolute Threshold, Difference Threshold, and Weber’s Law come up.
The AP® Psychology exam focuses not only on how adults think and act, but also how children develop and come into their own identities. A crucial part of identification is gender typing.
Are you getting ready to take the AP® Psychology exam? Are you nervous about keeping all those pesky neurotransmitters straight? Have no fear, because the ultimate AP® Psych guide to neurotransmitters is here.
What is the psychoanalytical/psychodynamic perspective? This perspective relates to an understanding of the past and the way it impacts an individual. The AP® Psychology test is going to have a section on this perspective and you will need to understand the basics.
If you witnessed an emergency, you would certainly help those in need, right? Even if you didn’t directly address the problem, if someone were in desperate need of help, you would definitely call the police or an ambulance at the very least, correct? Well, social psychology doesn’t think so.
In this Advanced Placement Psychology Crash Course Review, we will explore deeper what the arousal theory is, why it is important, how you can use it in your everyday life and how it can be tested on the AP® Psychology exam.
Classical conditioning is a type of learning where the organism learns to associate two stimuli. Association begins when a neutral stimulus happens and an unconditioned stimulus produces a response. The unconditioned stimulus naturally and automatically triggers a response that psychologists call the unconditioned response.
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is the motivational idea that before any person, or any other organism, can fully fulfill his or her potential, of which he or she must move through the five important steps, or important motivations, of Maslow’s hierarchy. Through this AP® Psychology crash course we will go over these aspects of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in order to achieve AP® Psychology self-actualization.