AP Psychology
Mostly Everything You Need to Know About AP Psychology
Exam Outline
Section 1: Multiple Choice Questions
Questions | Time | Exam Weight |
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75 | 90 minutes | 50% |
Section 2: Free Response
Questions | Time | Exam Weight |
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2 | 105 minutes | 50% |
A calculator is allowed in both sections, with a periodic table and equations sheet provided.
Course Content
Unit 1: Placeholder
7%–9% of Exam Score
1.1 Moles and molar mass
1.2 Mass spectroscopy of elements
1.3 Elemental composition of pure substances
1.4 Composition of mixtures
1.5 Atomic structure and electron configuration
1.6 Photoelectron spectroscopy
1.7 Periodic trends
1.8 Valence electrons and ionic compounds
Unit 2: Molecular and Ionic Compound Structure and Properties
7%–9% of Exam Score
2.1 Types of chemical bonds
2.2 Intramolecular force and potential energy
2.3 Structure of ionic solids
2.4 Structure of metals and alloys
2.5 Lewis diagrams
2.6 Resonance and formal charge
2.7 VSEPR and bond hybridization
Unit 3: Intermolecular Forces and Properties
18%–22% of Exam Score
3.1 Intermolecular Forces
3.2 Properties of Solids
3.3 Solids, Liquids, and Gases
3.4 Ideal Gas Law
3.5 Kinetic Molecular Theory
3.6 Deviation from Ideal Gas Law
3.7 Solutions and Mixtures
3.8 Representations of Solutions
3.9 Separation of Solutions and Mixtures Chromatography
3.10 Solubility
3.11 Spectroscopy and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
3.12 Photoelectric Effect
3.13 Beer-Lambert Law
Unit 4: Chemical Reactions
7%–9% of Exam Score
4.1 Introduction for Reactions
4.2 Net-Ionic Equations
4.3 Representations of Reactions
4.4 Physical and Chemical Changes
4.5 Stoichiometry
4.6 Introduction to Titration
4.7 Types of Chemical Reactions
4.8 Introduction to Acid-Base Reactions
4.9 Oxidation-Reduction (REDOX) Reactions
Unit 5: Kinetics
7%–9% of Exam Score
5.1 Reaction Rates
5.2 Introduction to Rate Law
5.3 Concentration Changes Over Time
5.4 Elementary Reactions
5.5 Collision Model
5.6 Reaction Energy Profile
5.7 Introduction to Reaction Mechanisms
5.8 Reaction Mechanism and Rate Law
5.9 Steady-State Approximation
5.10 Multistep Reaction Energy Profile
5.11 Catalysis