Note-taking can be tricky, even for the most conscientious high school students. It's hard to sort through a whole year's worth of material, especially in an AP class that covers a wide range of topics and theories.
This article is intended to serve as a one-stop shop for comprehensive notes on all the major topics covered in AP Psychology. Whether you lost your class notes on cognition or just want an easier way to see everything in one place, the links in this article will help make your study process more focused and less stressful!
You can use these notes as study aids for in-class tests or to review for the final AP exam. Supplement them with resources you've gotten from your teacher in class and other notes you've taken throughout the year. If you know that there's an especially great explanation of a certain concept in your textbook, use that to help you review as well.
You might also consider buying a review book if you're looking for more guidance in planning out your studying.
If you're studying for the AP test as a whole, take a diagnostic practice test before diving into these notes. That way you can see where you're making the most mistakes and focus your studying on the appropriate areas. Taking practice tests at regular intervals throughout the study process will give you a better idea of whether or not you're absorbing the material.
Real-time practice tests will also help you get used to managing your time effectively so that you're prepared for the way the final exam is structured. You'll be answering 100 multiple-choice questions in 70 minutes, so appropriate pacing is critical!
In the next section, I'll go through a list of all the topics that are covered in AP Psychology and provide links to online notes for each.
Don't forget to time your practice tests! And if you use a weird, old-timey stopwatch like this one, make sure you know how to divide by five.
These are the easiest-to-follow online notes I could find for the material covered in AP Psychology. For each topic area, I've included three types of links:
The WikiNotes links are the most detailed, so you should go over those first. The PowerPoints and general topic outlines provide more of a brief overview of concepts and can serve as a quick review tool. If you think you'd benefit from videos, take a look at those resources as well.
It's likely that your AP Psychology course will be structured roughly in the same order as the topics presented here, so it should be easy to find the information you need to study for in-class tests throughout the year. (Note that the Psych topics changed slightly in 2020, so the titles of some of the notes you click on may be different than the unit titles, but they still cover the information you need to know.)
