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Authors and Reviewers

Authors and Reviewers

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AMSCO authors and reviewers are known throughout the country as exemplary teachers and leaders within their respective disciplines. The AP Psychology teacher authors, Laura Brandt, Charles Schallhorn, and Paul Hanrahan, have over 75 combined years of teaching in the high school AP classroom. Schallhorn has served as an AP reader and Brandt has served as an AP reader, table leader, and question leader. The AP Psychology academic expert, Jeffery Scott Mio, is a college professor of psychology.

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Introduction

Pacing Guide

Guide to Different Question Types

Introduction

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While the table of contents is not organized according to the most recent College Board® Course and Exam Description (CED), all required course content is addressed in the text. A detailed correlation indicating where content can be found in relation to the current CED can be found in the teacher resource.

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An in-depth Introduction familiarizes students with course and exam requirements, offers strategies for answering varied question types, and details a review schedule for effective exam preparation.

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A recommended pacing guide helps keep both students and teachers on track for success!

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Students are provided with scaffolded guidance through a step-by-step development guide which explains how to answer the types of questions on the exam: MCQs and concept application and research design FRQs. Specific strategies for answering all question types are included.

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Unit Overview

Essential Question

Instructional Content

Readability and Accessibility

Key Terms

Unit/Topic Structure

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Each unit begins with a brief overview of the content to be covered and then a listing of the Learning Targets covered in the unit. The Learning Targets directly align with the AP Psychology Course and Exam Description.

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The stage is set for each chapter with an Essential Question. This guiding question prepares students for comprehensive learning. Additionally, at the conclusion of each chapter, a Reflect on the Essential Question prompt offers students the opportunity to analyze and synthesize topic content and build critical writing skills

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The narrative instructional content is concise and focused on just the information covered on the AP Course and Exam Description with the use of appropriate and relevant language. Chapters are divided into manageable sections for enhanced student comprehension.

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Making college-level content accessible to high school students is of the utmost importance in ensuring success. Each text is carefully written and designed to ensure all students comprehend key ideas, learn and use concept vocabulary, and build their analytical and writing skills.

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Each chapter’s conclusion features a
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Write As a Psychologist features in Chapter Reviews provide writing skill support tips and exercises for addressing the free-response questions.

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Think as a Psychologist activities in each unit focus on psychology skills (concept understanding, data analysis, and scientific investigation) tested on the AP exam.

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Each unit includes Science of Psychology activities to provide students with an opportunity to work collaboratively while exploring and developing the skills of psychologists through student experiments and research.

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Charts, graphs, cartoons, photographs, and other visual materials are integrated into the text to help students practice their analytical skills.

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End-of-chapter formative assessment features 10 multiple-choice questions and two free-response questions providing ample practice for the actual AP exam.

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Unit Reviews include multi-step
Free-Response Questions prompting students to apply course reasoning and writing skills.

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Following the final chapter is a complete practice examination mirroring the exact question types, timing, and instructions of the current AP Psychology exam.

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A comprehensive Answer Key identifies the best choice for each multiple-choice question and scoring guides for the free-response questions. Each question is correlated to elements of the AP Psychology Course and Exam Description— learning targets, skills, and the most relevant related textbook pages.

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A detailed page-by-page correlation of the AMSCO coursebook content to the AP Psychology course content and practices and skills as presented in College Board’s Course and Exam Description (CED).

Perfection Learning®/AMSCO® has partnered with Rice University, publisher of OpenStax textbooks, to provide the most in-depth resources and support for your AP® Psychology classroom instruction and College Board course audit approval. 

You will find this partnership on the College Board AP Psychology Example Textbook List and on the textbook selection drop-down menu in the course audit identified as “Psychology, OpenStax.”

The College Board-approved OpenStax resource has been

aligned with the AMSCO Psychology AP coursebook.

All paired OpenStax resources are:

·   Available at no additional charge

·   Listed on the College Board example textbook list

·   Pre-approved for AP course audit submission

For each paired OpenStax text you will receive:
·   Digital access to the OpenStax text 

·   Pacing Guide with suggestions for using the OpenStax text

    with the AMSCO Macroeconomics coursebook 

·   Expanded open-source resources: maps, primary sources, videos 

College Board Course Audit Approval

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