AP® Psychology - Course 4: How Behavior Works (edX)

We will explore cognitive development, the history of intelligence and testing, and the relationship between creativity and mental illness. The course concludes with in-depth coverage of the fields of personality psychology and social psychology.

This course includes video-based lectures and demonstrations, interviews with real research psychologists and a plethora of practice questions to help prepare you for that AP® Psychology exam.

This is the fourth in a six-course AP® Psychology sequence designed to prepare you for the AP® Psychology exam.

Additional Courses:

- AP® Psychology - Course 1: What is Psychology?

- AP® Psychology - Course 2: How the Brain Works

- AP® Psychology - Course 3: How the Mind Works

- AP® Psychology - Course 5: Health and Behavior

- AP® Psychology - Course 6: Course 6: Exam Preparation & Review

What you'll learn

- theories of motivation and several motivated behaviors, such as hunger and eating and sexual behavior

- theories of emotion, the expression of emotion and the physiological bases of emotion

developmental psychology, including coverage of emotional development, cognitive development, motor development, and personality development

- psychological testing and the history of intelligence testing, as well as creativity and the relationship between mental illness and creativity

- the fields of personality psychology and social psychology