The Psych Files

AP Psych Study Guide

Click any term below to find all articles on that topic. Terms are grouped by AP Psychology unit, followed by a complete A–Z index.

Biological Bases of Behavior

biological bases of behavior neurotransmitters neuroplasticity health psychology

Learning

operant conditioning reinforcement habituation adaptation mere exposure effect animal cognition

Memory & Cognition

memory encoding long-term memory levels of processing elaborative rehearsal Craik and Lockhart Selective Attention Heuristic Framing

Developmental Psychology

child development aging attachment theory parenting styles authoritative parenting permissive parenting

Motivation, Emotion & Personality

emotion grief loss sensation seeking personality personality assessment projective tests psychoanalytic theory unconscious self-esteem

Clinical Psychology

depression mood disorders narcissistic personality disorder placebo effect

Social Psychology

social cognition social support stereotype threat self-fulfilling prophecy

A–Z Index

accommodation adaptation aging animal cognition assimilation attachment theory Attractiveness authoritative parenting Automatic processing biological bases of behavior bystander intervention child development Cognitive Dissonance Confounding variable Craik and Lockhart depression dopamine elaborative rehearsal emotion encoding Evolutionary psychology First Impressions Framing grief habituation health psychology Heuristic Humor Lawrence Kohlberg Leon Festinger levels of processing long-term memory loss memory mere exposure effect mood disorders narcissistic personality disorder neuroplasticity neurotransmitters operant conditioning parenting styles Peripheral route persuasion permissive parenting personality personality assessment Piaget placebo effect pluralistic ignorance projective tests psychoanalytic theory reinforcement Selective Attention self-esteem self-fulfilling prophecy sensation seeking social cognition social support stereotype threat unconscious