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Unit 1

AP Psychology Unit 1: Biological Bases of Behavior

15–25% of the multiple-choice section · 6 topics

How heredity and environment interact, the nervous system and the neuron, the brain, sleep, and how the senses turn energy into signals the brain can use.

Topics

  1. 1.1Interaction of Heredity and Environment
  2. 1.2Overview of the Nervous System
  3. 1.3The Neuron and Neural Firing
  4. 1.4The Brain
  5. 1.5Sleep
  6. 1.6Sensation