Calendar for Each Plan
Plan A: You Have a Full School Year to Prepare.
Use this plan to organize your study during the coming school year. Although its primary
purpose is to prepare you for the AP Psychology exam, this book can enrich your study
of psychology and help you develop your analytical and free-response writing skills.SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER(Check off the activities as you complete them.)
— Determine the student mode (A, B, or C) that applies to you.
— Carefully read the Preface, Introduction, and Chapters 1–4 of this book.
— Take the Diagnostic Exam and get an idea of what you’ll need to know to succeed in
this course.
— Begin to integrate boldfaced words into your vocabulary.
— Get on the Web and take a look at the AP Web site(s) listed at the back of this book.
— Skim the review chapters in Step 4 of this book. (Reviewing the topics covered in this
section will be part of your year-long preparation.)
— Buy a few color highlighters.
— Flip through the entire book. Break the book in. Write in it. Toss it around a little bit;
highlight it.
— Get a clear picture of your own school’s AP Psychology curriculum.
— Begin to use the book as a resource to supplement the classroom learning.NOVEMBER(The first 10 weeks have elapsed.)
If your class is learning topics in a different order, it would be beneficial for you to sub-
stitute the corresponding Step 4 chapters in this book.
— Read and study Chapter 5, History and Approaches. Answer all Review Questions.
— Read and study Chapter 6, Research Methods. Answer all Review Questions.
— Read and study Chapter 7, Biological Bases of Behavior. Answer all Review Questions.DECEMBER
— Read and study Chapter 8, Sensation and Perception. Answer all Review Questions. If
you have time, visit the San Francisco Exploratorium Web site to do related activities.
— Read and study Chapter 9, States of Consciousness. Answer all Review Questions.
— Read and study Chapter 10, Learning. Answer all Review Questions.
— Review Chapters 5–7.JANUARY(20 weeks have elapsed.)
— Read and study Chapter 11, Cognition. Answer all Review Questions. If you have time,
visit the Exploratorium Web site to do activities dealing with cognition.
— Read and study Chapter 12, Motivation and Emotion. Answer all Review Questions.
— Read and study Chapter 13, Developmental Psychology. Answer Review Questions
— Review Chapters 8–10.FEBRUARY
— Read and study Chapter 14, Personality. Answer all Review Questions.
— Read and study Chapter 15, Testing and Individual Differences. Answer all Review
Questions.
— Read and study Chapter 16, Abnormal Behavior. Answer all Review Questions.
— Review Chapters 5–13.How to Plan Your Time 11TIP