Course+Resources

College Board website
This is the homepage for the organization that creates and administers the AP Exams. Many of your questions can be answered under the "For Students" link.

Myers (9th ed.) textbook website
Companion website to the Myers textbook used in class. There is some potentially useful information on this site, including quizzes and pre-made flashcards to quiz yourself. Take some time to check it out. (Note: You may have to register to access.)

PsychSim 5.0 (Online Edition)
This is an interactive program that will be used in class at times. However, feel free to do some of the programs on your own as a way of reviewing some concepts or just to learn about things that sound interesting.

Electronic Flash Cards
Personally I prefer to make flashcards the old school way, with a 3x5 notecard... but I'm old so what do I know? For those of you that like doing everything on the computer this site lets you make electronic flashcards and view those made by others. You can also use your smartphone so that you can have your flashcards with you everywhere you go!

Learnerator is an online AP exam prep resource. They take a "learning by doing" approach as students use the interactive platform to take comprehensive practice questions written by expert teachers. All of their "easy" and "moderate" questions are free, but the "difficult" questions, which are more complex and thorough with the explanations, are only available if you upgrade your access for that subject. Additionally, for the easy and moderate questions, you are only shown the detailed explanation if you answer the question correctly unless you upgrade to get the full access. The cost of the upgrade is $15 for one subject, $13/ea for 2, and $11/ea for 3 or more per user. They offer a number of other AP courses in addition to AP Psychology.

=AP Psychology Related Websites=

Home Page of the American Psychological Association

Online version of the DSM IV-TR

Psychmovies.com //A compiled list of movies related to various topics in psychology.//

"Sniffy" the virtual rat //This is a virtual rat that you can practice conditioning. I've heard it's pretty neat, but I've also heard that it's realistic in that it can be difficult and frustrating.//

Jung - Myers-Briggs Personality Test //An online personality test. Fill it out and find out your results!//

PsychFiles

Famous Figures in Psychology

Brains Rule video game //An interactive game that teaches about brain science!//

PsychCentral //Claims to be the internet's largest and oldest independent mental health network//

Action Potential Tutorial

Psychology Blogs
PsyBlog: Psychology Studies Relevant to Everyday Life PsychCentral: World of Psychology Blog The Media Psychology Blog Cognitive Daily Welcome to Your Brain

=Other Psychology Textbook Sites=

These textbooks are not used in this course. However, they are textbooks that are often used by other teachers of AP Psychology or in college courses. Since the College Board (the group that administers the AP exams) does not base their test off any one specific text, it doesn't hurt to occasionally look at information from other texts. Also, you may at times find that you like the way other textbooks explain things better or that some of these sites offer free resources that may be useful to you including quizzes, pre-made flashcards, and more.

Bernstein textbook companion site

Plotnik textbook companion site

Zimbardo text companion site

Weiten text companion site

Kowalski text companion site