AP® Psychology Bootcamp
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This series ended on May 1, 2022. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.
About
Bootcamp for the 2022 AP Psychology exam happening on May 2nd. Will go through every unit at an accelerated speed. (136 learning objectives in less than 4 months) Intended for those who are reviewing, those who still haven't started learning, or those who have a general interest in psychology and want to study actual materials. (Seriously!) Created by a student who got a 5 in the exam through self-studying.
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Hello ppl~ I have a student from Vancouver Canada, currently studying in an IBDP school. I want to join schoolhouse mainly to share my knowledge about psychology and philosophy! But I am also available for SAT prep and math up to Algebra 2. For contents, I will mainly be going over AP psychology, as well as general philosophy for thought-provoking fun!
Schedule
✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY
Since it is intensive, and the exam is less than 4 months away, attendance is heavily encouraged. Of course, you can miss a lesson, but then the class will move on. This is especially important in longer units in which knowledge builds off each other.
SESSION 1
22
Jan
SESSION 1
Orientation
Orientation
Sat 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM UTCJan 22, 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM UTC
Orientation time! Here is what we will cover
- Who am I
- What I am going to offer
- What is expected of you
- What can we achieve together
- Classroom resources (youtube playlist, syllabus, etc)
SESSION 2
29
Jan
SESSION 2
AP Review — General
AP Review — General
Sat 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM UTCJan 29, 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM UTC
First lesson! This will be about a bird-eye view of psychology. Here is what we will cover
- 1.A Recognize how philosophical and physiological perspectives shaped the development of psychological thought.
- 1.B Identify the research contributions of major historical figures in psychology
- 1.C Describe and compare different theoretical approaches in explaining behavior.
SESSION 3
5
Feb
SESSION 3
AP Review — General
AP Review — General
Sat 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTCFeb 5, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTC
Second lesson! This will be about the very basics of how to do psychology. (Since this lesson covers 4 units, it will be longer and would not explain things twice. So if you don't understand something, please come to the review section.)
Here is what we will cover
- 1.F Differentiate types of research with regard to purpose, strengths, and weaknesses.
- 1.G Discuss the value of reliance on operational definitions and measurement in behavioral research
- 1.H Identify independent, dependent, confounding, and control variables in experimental designs.
- 1.I Describe how research design drives the reasonable conclusions that can be drawn.
- 1.J Distinguish between random assignment of participants to conditions in experiments and random selection of participants, primarily in correlational studies and surveys.
- 1.K Predict the validity of behavioral explanations based on the quality of research design.
- 1.L Apply basic descriptive statistical concepts, including interpreting and constructing graphs and calculating simple descriptive statistics.
- 1.M Distinguish the purposes of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.
- 1.N Identify how ethical issues inform and constrain research practices.
- 1.O Describe how ethical and legal guidelines protect research participants and promote sound ethical practice.
SESSION 4
6
Feb
SESSION 4
Review
Review
Sun 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM UTCFeb 6, 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM UTC
This will be a review of the last lesson for the people who had trouble understanding the content. Things that we will cover depends on the questions that student asks
SESSION 5
12
Feb
SESSION 5
AP Review — General
AP Review — General
Sat 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM UTCFeb 12, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM UTC
Third lesson! This will be one of the hardest units so far, as it is the biological aspect of psychology. (Since this lesson covers 8 learning points, and it is a very hard lesson it will be longer and would not explain things twice. So if you don't understand something, please come to the review section.)
- 2.A Discuss psychology’s abiding interest in how heredity, environment, and evolution work together to shape behavior.
- 2.B Identify key research contributions of scientists in the area of heredity and environment.
- 2.C Predict how traits and behavior can be selected for their adaptive value.
- 2.D Discuss the effect of the endocrine system on behavior
- 2.E Describe the nervous system and its subdivisions and functions.
- 2.F Identify basic processes and systems in the biological bases of behavior, including parts of the neuron.
- 2.G Identify the basic process of transmission of a signal between neurons.
- 2.H Discuss the influence of drugs on neurotransmitters.
SESSION 6
13
Feb
SESSION 6
Review
Review
Sun 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM UTCFeb 13, 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM UTC
This will be a review of the last lesson for the people who had trouble understanding the content. Things that we will cover depends on the questions that the student asks
SESSION 7
20
Feb
SESSION 7
AP Review — General
AP Review — General
Sun 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTCFeb 20, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTC
Fourth lesson! We will finish up the brain! (Since this lesson covers 11 learning points, and it is a very hard lesson it will be longer and would not explain things twice. So if you don't understand something, please come to the review section. NOTE: This week's review will not be Sunday because I have something on that day. So if you have any question just DM me)
- 2.I Describe the nervous system and its subdivisions and functions in the brain.
- 2.J Identify the contributions of key researchers to the study of the brain.
- 2.K Recount historic and contemporary research strategies and technologies that support research.
- 2.L Identify the contributions of key researchers to the development of tools for examining the brain.
- 2.M Discuss the role of neuroplasticity in traumatic brain injury.
- 2.N Identify the contributions of key researchers to the study of neuroplasticity.
- 2.O Describe various states of consciousness and their impact on behavior.
- 2.P Identify the major psychoactive drug categories and classify specific drugs, including their psychological and physiological effects.
- 2Q Discuss drug dependence, addiction, tolerance, and withdrawal.
- 2.R Identify the contributions of major figures in consciousness research.
- 2.S Discuss aspects of sleep and dreaming.
SESSION 8
27
Feb
SESSION 8
AP Review — General
AP Review — General
Sun 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTCFeb 27, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTC
Fifth lesson! We will go over the last big unit in biopsychology - sensation and perception! This is going to be somehow both harder and easier than the last unit. So please be prepared! (Since this lesson covers 5 very hard learning points, so the lesson will be longer and would not explain things twice. So if you don't understand something, please come to the review section.)
- 3.A Describe general principles of organizing and integrating sensation to promote stable awareness of the external world.
- 3.B Discuss basic principles of sensory transduction, including absolute threshold, difference threshold, signal detection, and sensory adaptation.
- 3.C Identify the research contributions of major historical figures in sensation and perception.
- 3.D Discuss how experience and culture can influence perceptual processes.
- 3.E Discuss the role of attention in behavior.
SESSION 9
5
Mar
SESSION 9
AP Review — General
AP Review — General
Sat 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTCMar 5, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTC
Sixth lesson! We will be going to finish biopsychology by going to the physiological aspect of vision and all other major sensations. This is going to be the final 'bio' unit in AP psychology, so let's do it (Since this lesson covers 6 very hard learning points, so the lesson will be longer and would not explain things twice. So if you don't understand something, please come to the review section.)
- 3.F Describe the vision process, including the specific nature of energy transduction, relevant anatomical structures, and specialized pathways in the brain for each of the senses.
- 3.G Explain common sensory conditions.
- 3.H Explain the role of top-down processing in producing vulnerability to illusion.
- 3.I Describe the hearing process, including the specific nature of energy transduction, relevant anatomical structures, and specialized pathways in the brain for each of the senses.
- 3.J Describe taste and smell processes, including the specific nature of energy transduction, relevant anatomical structures, and specialized pathways in the brain for each of the senses.
- 3.K Describe sensory processes, including the specific nature of energy transduction, relevant anatomical structures, and specialized pathways in the brain for each of the body senses.
SESSION 10
6
Mar
SESSION 10
Review
Review
Sun 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM UTCMar 6, 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM UTC
This will be a review of the last lesson for the people who had trouble understanding the content. Things that we will cover depends on the questions that the student asks
SESSION 11
19
Mar
SESSION 11
AP Review — General
AP Review — General
Sat 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UTCMar 19, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UTC
Now we can finally rest for a while, so time to learn to learn! This is the most classic aspect of psychology and the fundamental building block of the science of psychology. This is a condition!
- 4.A Identify the contributions of key researchers in the psychology of learning.
- 4.B Interpret graphs that exhibit the results of learning experiments
- 4.C Describe the essential characteristics of insight learning, latent learning, and social learning.
- 4.D Apply learning principles to explain emotional learning, taste aversion, superstitious behavior, and learned helplessness.
- 4.E Provide examples of how biological constraints create learning predispositions.
- 4.F Describe basic classical conditioning phenomena.
- 4.G Distinguish general differences between principles of classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning.
- 4.H Predict the effects of operant conditioning.
- 4.I Predict how practice, schedules of reinforcement, other aspects of reinforcement, and motivation will influence quality of learning
- 4.J Suggest how behavior modification, biofeedback, coping strategies, and self-control can be used to address behavioral problems.
SESSION 12
20
Mar
SESSION 12
AP Review — General
AP Review — General
Sun 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UTCMar 20, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UTC
[Since this time we have break, it is two lesson per weekend!]
We are on to cognitive psychology! Which is one of the largest sections of psychology in AP Psyc. But still, we will cover 10 learning objective each time, so we are going through all of memory + biases in thinking
- 5.A Compare and contrast various cognitive processes.
- 5.B Describe and differentiate psychological and physiological systems of memory.
- 5.C Identify the contributions of key researchers in cognitive psychology.
- 5.D Outline the principles that underlie construction and encoding of memories.
- 5.D Outline the principles that underlie effective storage of memories.
- 5.F Describe strategies for retrieving memories
- 5.G Describe strategies for memory improvement and typical memory errors.
- 5.H Describe and differentiate psychological and physiological systems of short- and long-term memory.
- 5.I Identify problem-solving strategies as well as factors that influence their effectiveness.
- 5.J List the characteristics of creative thought and creative thinkers.
- 5.K Identify problem-solving strategies as well as factors that create bias and errors in thinking.
SESSION 13
26
Mar
SESSION 13
AP Review — General
AP Review — General
Sat 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UTCMar 26, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UTC
Finishing up cognitive psychology! We are going to learn intelligence, psychometric principles, and languages.
- 5.L Define intelligence and list characteristics of how psychologists measure intelligence.
- 5.M Discuss how culture influences the definition of intelligence.
- 5.N Compare and contrast historic and contemporary theories of intelligence.
- 5.O Identify the contributions of key researchers in intelligence research and testing.
- 5.P Explain how psychologists design tests, including standardization strategies and other techniques to establish reliability and validity.
- 5.Q Interpret the meaning of scores in terms of the normal curve.
- 5.R Describe relevant labels related to intelligence testing.
- 5.S Synthesize how biological, cognitive, and cultural factors converge to facilitate acquisition, development, and use of language.
- 5.T Debate the appropriate testing practices, particularly in relation to culture-fair test uses.
SESSION 14
27
Mar
SESSION 14
AP Review — General
AP Review — General
Sun 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UTCMar 27, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UTC
[Last day of my break, so another double lesson] We are finishing Developmental psychology in one swoop!
-6.A Explain the process of conception and gestation, including factors that influence successful prenatal development.
- 6.B Discuss the interaction of nature and nurture (including cultural variations), specifically physical development, in the determination of behavior.
- 6.C Discuss maturation of motor skills.
- 6.D Describe the influence of temperament and other social factors on attachment and appropriate socialization.
- 6.E Identify the contributions of major researchers in developmental psychology in the area of social development in childhood.
- 6.F Discuss the interaction of nature and nurture (including cultural variations), specifically social development, in the determination of behavior.
- 6.G Explain how parenting styles influence development
- 6.H Explain the maturation of cognitive abilities (Piaget’s stages, Information process).
- 6.I Identify the contributions of major researchers in the area of cognitive development in childhood
- 6.J Discuss maturational challenges in adolescence, including related family conflicts
- 6.K Characterize the development of decisions related to intimacy as people mature.
- 6.L Predict the physical and cognitive changes that emerge through the lifespan, including steps that can be taken to maximize function.
- 6.M Identify the contributions of key researchers in the area of adulthood and aging.
- 6.N Identify the contributions of major researchers in the area of moral development.
- 6.O Compare and contrast models of moral development.
- 6.P Describe how sex and gender influence socialization and other aspects of development.
SESSION 15
10
Apr
SESSION 15
Review
Review
Sun 7:00 PM - 7:40 PM UTCApr 10, 7:00 PM - 7:40 PM UTC
Question for last session
SESSION 16
16
Apr
SESSION 16
AP Review — General
AP Review — General
Sat 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UTCApr 16, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UTC
Half and Halfing psychological Disorder in one weekend!
- 8.A Recognize the use of the most recent version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the American Psychiatric Association as the primary reference for making diagnostic judgments.
- 8.B Describe contemporary and historical conceptions of what constitutes psychological disorders.
- 8.C Discuss the intersection between psychology and the legal system.
- 8.D Evaluate the strengths and limitations of various approaches to explaining psychological disorders.
- 8.E Identify the positive and negative consequences of diagnostic labels.
- 8.F Discuss the major diagnostic categories, including neurodevelopmental disorders, neurocognitive disorders, schizophrenia spectrum, and other psychotic disorders, and their corresponding symptoms
- 8.G Discuss the major diagnostic categories, including anxiety disorders, bipolar and related disorders, depressive disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, and their corresponding symptoms.
- 8.H Discuss the major diagnostic categories, including dissociative disorders, somatic symptom and related disorders, and trauma- and stressor related disorders and their corresponding symptoms
- 8.I Discuss the major diagnostic categories, including feeding and eating disorders, personality disorders, and their corresponding symptoms.
SESSION 17
23
Apr
SESSION 17
AP Review — General
AP Review — General
Sat 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UTCApr 23, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UTC
Final unit! Finishing up Social Psychology. So now you are done!
- 9.A Apply attribution theory to explain motives.
- 9.B Articulate the impact of social and cultural categories on self-concept and relations with others.
- 9.C Anticipate the impact of self-fulfilling prophecy on behavior.
- 9.D Identify important figures and research in the areas of attitude formation and change.
- 9.E Discuss attitude formation and change, including persuasion strategies and cognitive dissonance.
- 9.F Identify the contributions of key researchers in the areas of conformity, compliance, and obedience.
- 9.G Explain how individuals respond to expectations of others, including groupthink, conformity, and obedience to authority.
- 9.H Describe the structure and function of different kinds of group behavior.
- 9.I Predict the impact of the presence of others on individual behavior
- 9.J Describe processes that contribute to differential treatment of group members.
- 9.K Describe the variables that contribute to altruism and aggression.
- 9.L Describe the variables that contribute to attraction.
SESSION 18
24
Apr
SESSION 18
Review
Review
Sun 7:00 PM - 7:40 PM UTCApr 24, 7:00 PM - 7:40 PM UTC
Test reviews! Feel free to ask any questions, might give out FRQ questions or practice
SESSION 19
30
Apr
SESSION 19
Review
Review
Sat 7:00 PM - 7:40 PM UTCApr 30, 7:00 PM - 7:40 PM UTC
Test reviews! Feel free to ask any questions, might give out FRQ questions or practice
SESSION 20
1
May
SESSION 20
Review
Review
Sun 7:00 PM - 7:40 PM UTCMay 1, 7:00 PM - 7:40 PM UTC
Good luck with the test! Final session I think