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Unit 3

AP Psychology Unit 3: Development and Learning

15–25% of the multiple-choice section · 9 topics

How people change across the lifespan, physically, cognitively and socially, and how we learn through classical conditioning, operant conditioning and watching others.

Topics

  1. 3.1Themes and Methods in Developmental Psychology
  2. 3.2Physical Development Across the Lifespan
  3. 3.3Gender and Sexual Orientation
  4. 3.4Cognitive Development Across the Lifespan
  5. 3.5Communication and Language Development
  6. 3.6Social-Emotional Development Across the Lifespan
  7. 3.7Classical Conditioning
  8. 3.8Operant Conditioning
  9. 3.9Social, Cognitive, and Neurological Factors in Learning