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Free AP Psychology Study Guide

AP Psychology · All 5 Units

Master AP Psychology from the biological bases of behavior to mental health and treatment. Flashcards, cheat sheets, stimulus-based practice questions, podcasts, and FRQ practice for every unit, all completely free.

5 units covered
225+ practice questions
125+ flashcards
College Board aligned
100% free

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Each unit has 7 study resources: flashcards, cheat sheet, essential terms, podcast, visual review, MC practice, and FRQ practice with self-check answers.

Unit 1
15–25% of exam
Biological Bases of Behavior
Neurons, neurotransmitters, the nervous system, brain structures (hippocampus, amygdala, frontal lobe), brain plasticity, sleep stages, and sensation.
45 MC questions 25 flashcards
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Unit 2
15–25% of exam
Cognition
Perception, heuristics and cognitive biases, all three memory stages, levels of processing, forgetting, the misinformation effect, intelligence, and testing.
45 MC questions 25 flashcards
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Unit 3
15–25% of exam
Development & Learning
Piaget’s stages, Vygotsky, Erikson, attachment styles, parenting styles, classical conditioning (Pavlov), operant conditioning (Skinner), and observational learning (Bandura).
45 MC questions 25 flashcards
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Unit 4
15–25% of exam
Social Psychology & Personality
Attribution, cognitive dissonance, conformity (Asch), obedience (Milgram), bystander effect, the Big Five, Maslow, Bandura, and emotion theories.
35 MC questions 25 flashcards
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Unit 5
15–25% of exam
Mental & Physical Health
Stress and GAS, coping strategies, positive psychology, psychological disorders (DSM-5-TR), therapy types (CBT, psychodynamic, humanistic), and biomedical treatments.
45 MC questions 25 flashcards
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About AP Psychology

AP Psychology introduces students to the systematic and scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. The course covers five major content areas: from the biological machinery behind thought and emotion, to how we learn and develop, to the social forces that shape our behavior, and finally to what happens when mental health breaks down and how to treat it.

The College Board organizes the course into 5 units, each weighted roughly equally on the exam at 15–25% of the multiple-choice section. The exam itself consists of 75 multiple-choice questions (66.7% of the score) and two free-response questions (33.3%), both of which require you to apply psychological concepts and research to novel scenarios, not just recall definitions.

Every resource on this site is aligned to the College Board’s official AP Psychology curriculum framework and completely free. The MC practice questions include stimulus passages just like the real exam. The FRQ practice walks through the specific action words (identify, describe, explain, propose) that determine how to answer each part, with rubric-based self-check answers so you know exactly what earns the point.

What’s included in each unit

Every unit has the same 7 study resources, designed for different learning styles.

Flashcards
25 interactive cards with study and quiz modes
Cheat Sheet
One-page visual infographic covering every key concept at a glance
The Essentials
Searchable vocab terms and the unit’s big ideas
Podcast
21–24 min audio review, study anywhere
Visual Review
Slide-by-slide walkthrough of every major concept
MC Practice
35 stimulus-based questions, 5 random per set with explanations
FRQ Practice
8 free-response questions with rubrics and self-check answers

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