AP Psychology AP Review 2025/2026
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psychology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the study of behavior and mental processes
psychology's biggest question - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Which is more important in
determining behavior, nature or nurture?
psychology's three levels of analysis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔biopsychosocial
approach
(looks at the biological, psychological, and social-cultural approaches
together)
biological approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔genetics, close-relatives, body
functions
,evolutionary approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔species - helped with survival
(ancestors)
psychodynamic approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(Freud) subconscious,
repressed feelings, unfulfilled wishes
behavioral approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔learning (classical and operant)
observed
cognitive approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔thinking affects behavior
humanistic approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔becoming a better human (behavior,
acceptance)
social-cultural approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔cultural, family, environment
two reasons of why experiments are important - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔hindsight
bias + overconfidence
types of research methods - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔descriptive, correlational, and
experimental
descriptive methods - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔case study
survey
, naturalistic observation
(DON'T SHOW CAUSE/EFFECT)
case study - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔studies one person in depth
may not be typical of population
survey - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔studies lots of people
not in depth
naturalistic observation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔observe + write facts without
interference
correlational method - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔shows relation, but not cause/effect
scatterplots show research
correlation coefficient - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔+ 1.0 (both increase)
0 (no correlation
- 1.0 (one increases, other decreases)
experimental method - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔does show cause and effect
population - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔type of people who are going to be used in
experiment
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Exam Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Latest Update
psychology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the study of behavior and mental processes
psychology's biggest question - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Which is more important in
determining behavior, nature or nurture?
psychology's three levels of analysis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔biopsychosocial
approach
(looks at the biological, psychological, and social-cultural approaches
together)
biological approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔genetics, close-relatives, body
functions
,evolutionary approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔species - helped with survival
(ancestors)
psychodynamic approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(Freud) subconscious,
repressed feelings, unfulfilled wishes
behavioral approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔learning (classical and operant)
observed
cognitive approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔thinking affects behavior
humanistic approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔becoming a better human (behavior,
acceptance)
social-cultural approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔cultural, family, environment
two reasons of why experiments are important - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔hindsight
bias + overconfidence
types of research methods - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔descriptive, correlational, and
experimental
descriptive methods - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔case study
survey
, naturalistic observation
(DON'T SHOW CAUSE/EFFECT)
case study - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔studies one person in depth
may not be typical of population
survey - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔studies lots of people
not in depth
naturalistic observation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔observe + write facts without
interference
correlational method - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔shows relation, but not cause/effect
scatterplots show research
correlation coefficient - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔+ 1.0 (both increase)
0 (no correlation
- 1.0 (one increases, other decreases)
experimental method - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔does show cause and effect
population - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔type of people who are going to be used in
experiment
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