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AP Psychology Exam Guides

Free plain-language guides to the AP Psychology exam: how each section is scored, worked examples with weak and strong answers, and the mistakes that cost points. Start with the overview, then open the guide for the question you want to practice.

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• AP Psychology FRQ Guide: The Article Analysis and Evidence-Based Questions
  How the 7-point rubrics work, a 70-minute time plan, and how to avoid the mistakes that cost points.

Free-response and writing

• AP Psychology Article Analysis Question (AAQ) Explained: How to Earn 7 Points
  What each of the six rubric rows asks for, with a made-up study and weak and strong answers.
• AP Psychology Evidence-Based Question (EBQ) Explained: How to Earn 7 Points
  How the claim and the two evidence-plus-explanation paragraphs earn points, with weak and strong examples.
• AP Psychology Research Methods and Ethics Explained: Naming the Method and the Guideline
  A plain-language guide to the research methods and ethical guidelines AP Psychology free-response questions ask you to name, with a table of methods and a worked example of how to tell them apart.
• AP Psychology Statistics in Context: Interpreting the Mean, Correlation, Effect Size and p-Value
  Central tendency, standard deviation, correlation, effect size and significance.
• AP Psychology Evidence-Based Question: Concepts to Pair with Evidence, Unit by Unit
  A plain-language guide to pairing evidence with psychology concepts on the AP Psychology Evidence-Based Question, with a concept list for each of the five units and a pairing exercise.

Multiple choice

• AP Psychology Multiple-Choice Guide: The Three Question Styles and How to Answer Them
  Concept application, data analysis and scientific investigation items, with an example of each and a pacing plan.

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