Cover: Strive for 5: Preparing for the AP Psychology Examination, 2nd Edition by David G. Myers; Allison Herzig; Lara Brandt; Nathaniel Naughton

Strive for 5: Preparing for the AP Psychology Examination

Second Edition ©2015 David G. Myers; Allison Herzig; Lara Brandt; Nathaniel Naughton

Strive for a 5 Preparing for the AP® Psychology Examination provides a thorough review of psychology with essential tips for test preparation. Designed to align with the second edition of Myers’ Psychology for AP®, Strive for a 5 gives you the practice you need to succeed in the AP®
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Cover: Strive for 5: Preparing for the AP Psychology Examination, 2nd Edition by David G. Myers; Allison Herzig; Lara Brandt; Nathaniel Naughton

Student Preparation for the AP® Psychology Exam.

Strive for a 5 Preparing for the AP® Psychology Examination provides a thorough review of psychology with essential tips for test preparation. Designed to align with the second edition of Myers’ Psychology for AP®, Strive for a 5 gives you the practice you need to succeed in the AP® Psychology course and on the exam.

The book has a study guide section that corresponds to each textbook unit/module and a test preparation section.

Features

  • Overviews of each unit and module to help student’s put everything into context
  • A practical study tips at the beginning of each unit to help you succeed in the course
  • A module by module study guide with big picture synthesis questions at the end of each unit
  • Effective strategies to prepare for and take the exam
  • Two full length practice exams with full answer keys
  • Available in bundle packages of 25, 50 and 100 at a discounted rate.
  • Can be packaged with Myers’ Psychology for AP® 2E at a discounted rate

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Table of Contents

Preface

UNIT I Psychology’s History and Approaches

Module 1: Psychology’s History

Module 2: Psychology's Big Issues and Approaches

Module 3: Careers in Psychology

UNIT II Research Methods: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science

Module 4: The Need for Psychological Science

Module 5: The Scientific Method and Description

Module 6: Correlation and Experimentation

Module 7: Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life

Module 8: Frequently Asked Questions About Psychology

Unit III Biological Bases of Behavior

Module 9: Biological Psychology and Neurotransmission

Module 10: The Nervous and Endocrine Systems

Module 11: Studying the Brain, and Older Brain Structures

Module 12: The Cerebral Cortex

Module 13: Brain Hemisphere Organization and the Biology of Consciousness

Module 14: Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences

Module 15: Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Human Nature

Unit IV Sensation and Perception

Module 16: Basic Principles of Sensation and Perception

Module 17: Influences on Perception

Module 18: Vision

Module 19: Visual Organization and Interpretation

Module 20: Hearing

Module 21: The Other Senses

Unit V States of Consciousness

Module 22: Understanding Consciousness and Hypnosis

Module 23: Sleep Patterns and Sleep Theories

Module 24: Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, and Dreams

Module 25: Psychoactive Drugs

Unit VI Learning

Module 26: How We Learn and Classical Conditioning

Module 27: Operant Conditioning

Module 28: Operant Conditioning’s Applications, and Comparison to Classical Conditioning

Module 29: Biology, Cognition, and Learning

Module 30: Learning by Observation

Unit VII Cognition

Module 31: Studying and Building Memories

Module 32: Memory Storage and Retrieval

Module 33: Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Memory Improvement

Module 34: Thinking, Concepts, and Creativity

Module 35: Solving Problems and Making Decisions

Module 36: Thinking and Language

Unit VIII Motivation, Emotion, and Stress

Module 37: Motivational Concepts

Module 38: Hunger Motivation

Module 39: Sexual Motivation

Module 40: Social Motivation: Affiliation Needs

Module 41: Theories and Physiology of Emotion

Module 42: Expressed Emotion

Module 43: Stress and Health

Module 44: Stress and Illness

Unit IX Developmental Psychology

Module 45: Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn

Module 46: Infancy and Childhood: Physical Development

Module 47: Infancy and Childhood: Cognitive Development

Module 48: Infancy and Childhood: Social Development

Module 49: Gender Development

Module 50: Parents, Peers, and Early Experience

Module 51: Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Module 52: Adolescence: Social Development and Emerging Adulthood

Module 53: Sexual Development

Module 54: Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, and Social Development

Unit X Personality

Module 55: Freud’s Psychoanalytic Perspective: Exploring the Unconscious

Module 56: Psychodynamic Theories and Modern Views of the Unconscious

Module 57: Humanistic Theories

Module 58: Trait Theories

Module 59: Social-Cognitive Theories and Exploring the Self

Unit XI Testing and Individual Differences

Module 60: Introduction to Intelligence

Module 61: Assessing Intelligence

Module 62: The Dynamics of Intelligence

Module 63: Studying Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence

Module 64: Group Differences and the Question of Bias

Unit XII Abnormal Behavior

Module 65: Introduction to Psychological Disorders

Module 66: Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Module 67: Mood Disorders

Module 68: Schizophrenia

Module 69: Other Disorders

Unit XIII Treatment of Abnormal Behavior

Module 70: Introduction to Therapy, and Psychodynamic and Humanistic Therapies

Module 71: Behavior, Cognitive, and Group Therapies

Module 72: Evaluating Psychotherapies and Prevention Strategies

Module 73: The Biomedical Therapies

Unit XIV Social Psychology

Module 74: Attribution, Attitudes, and Actions

Module 75: Conformity and Obedience

Module 76: Group Behavior

Module 77: Prejudice and Discrimination

Module 78: Aggression

Module 79: Attraction

Module 80: Altruism, Conflict, and Peacemaking Enrichment Module

Module 81: Influences on Drug Use

Module 82: Psychology at Work

Module 83: Experienced Emotion: Anger and Happiness

Module 84: Human Flourishing

Module 85: Animal Thinking and Language

Preparing for the AP® Psychology Examination

Practice Exam 1

Practice Exam 2
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David G. Myers

David Myers received his B.A. in chemistry from Whitworth University, and his psychology Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He has spent his career at Hope College, Michigan, where he has taught dozens of introductory psychology sections. Hope College students have invited him to be their commencement speaker and voted him “outstanding professor.” His research and writings have been recognized by the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, an Honored Scientist award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, an Award for Distinguished Service on Behalf of Social-Personality Psychology, a Presidential Citation from APA Division 2, election as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, and three honorary doctorates.

With support from National Science Foundation grants, Myers’ scientific articles have appeared in three dozen scientific periodicals, including Science, American Scientist, Psychological Science, and American Psychologist. In addition to his scholarly and textbook writing, he digests psychological science for the general public. His writings have appeared in four dozen magazines, from Today’s Education to Scientific American. He also has authored six general audience books, including, in 2022, How Do We Know Ourselves? Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind. And he blogs about psychology and life at TalkPsych.com.

David Myers has chaired his city’s Human Relations Commission, helped found a thriving assistance center for low-income families, and spoken to hundreds of college, community, and professional groups worldwide. Drawing on his experience of hearing loss, which now includes a cochlear implant, he also has written articles and a book (A Quiet World) about hearing loss, and he is advocating a transformation in U.S. assistive listening technology (see HearingLoop.org). For his leadership, he has received awards from the American Academy of Audiology, the hearing industry, and the Hearing Loss Association of America.

David and Carol Myers met and married while undergraduates, and have raised sons Peter and Andrew, and a daughter, Laura. They have one grandchild, Allie.

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Allison Herzig

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Laura Brandt

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Nathaniel Naughton

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