Flipping the Psychology Classroom:
Strategies for Active Learning
Amy C. Fineburg, PhD – APAC 2013
These topics are good to use to assign for students to read their textbook or watch instructional videos on their own.
Flippable Topics for AP Psychology:
History &
Approaches
Early
schools of thought in psychology
Famous
early psychologists
Research Methods
Operational
definitions
The normal
curve
Biological Bases of
Behavior
Action
potentials
Structure
of the nervous system
Structures in the brain
Heritability
Sensation &
Perception
Signal
detection theory
Anatomy of
the sense organs
Gestalt
principles
Monocular
depth cues
States of
Consciousness
Theories of
hypnosis
REM sleep
Theories of
dreams
The
psychology of addiction
Neurotransmitters
and drugs
Learning
Basic
principles of classical conditioning
Basic
principles of operant conditioning
Cognition
Mnemonics
Interference
Heuristics
and algorithms
Basics of
language
Motivation &
Emotion
Theories of
motivation
Hormones of
eating
Theories of
emotion
General
adaptation syndrome
Developmental
Psychology
Milestone
of development
Assimilation
and accommodation
Parenting
styles
Personality
Freud’s
theory of personality
Reciprocal
determinism
Testing &
Individual Differences
Reliability
and validity
Stereotype threat
Abnormal Behavior
Each
category of disorders
Treatment of Abnormal
Behavior
Counterconditioning
Social Psychology
Cognitive
dissonance theory
Social
facilitation and loafing
Groupthink
versus conformity
