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Unit 4

AP Psychology Unit 4: Social Psychology and Personality

15–25% of the multiple-choice section · 7 topics

How people explain each other's behavior, form attitudes and act in groups, the main theories of personality, and what drives motivation and emotion.

Topics

  1. 4.1Attribution Theory and Person Perception
  2. 4.2Attitude Formation and Attitude Change
  3. 4.3Psychology of Social Situations
  4. 4.4Psychodynamic and Humanistic Theories of Personality
  5. 4.5Social-Cognitive and Trait Theories of Personality
  6. 4.6Motivation
  7. 4.7Emotion