<p>I'm sorry if someone already posted this, but what is the curve for the ap psychology exam?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Psychology (2004)
5 - 103-150
4 - 84-102
3 - 65-83
2 - 45-65
1 - 0-44</p>
<p>good luck on the test!</p>
<p>For the Psych exams, getting at least 60% usually guarantees a 5.</p>
<p>wow, really? that's not too hard then, right? i though you had to get at least 90%...</p>
<p>Yeah, you need ~60% for almost all AP exams. Don't take this lightly, though. Even if it seems easy to get a 5, each year's statistics prove the opposite. The average score for most exams is around a 3. So, obviously, you can't just show up at the exam and wing it.</p>
<p>Yeah, a lot of people show up to the psych exam and expect it to be easy and it is alot harder then most people think. I think the average grade last year was 3.2 or something.</p>
<p>That's true. You need to actually know your stuff, and it definitely isn't as common sense-ish as most people expect it to be.</p>
<p>In my opinion, it really is not as hard as it seems. I took the class this year, and have barely done any reading at all, but I still believe that I can manage a 5. I took the 2004 multiple choice for the exam as practice and got 73 correct, and luckily I did well on the essays that were given, otherwise I would have gotten a 4.</p>
<p>My word of advice is to watch the essays. We have looked at many essays that looked very well written, but did not receive good grades. Remember, use the language of psychology!</p>
<p>Yeah, and also, context is important. If they invent a random psychologist who's conducting a random experiment, and ask you about things the psychologist should do to create a better experiment, make sure to use the psychologist's name, and mention the purpose of the experiment. For example, if the purpose of the experiment was to discover how fear can affect the performance of people on a standardized test, and you are asked to explain the benefits of random sampling, be sure to talk about it in context to the experiment. Instead of saying that random sampling eliminates many confounding variables, you should give an example of 1 or 2 such variables that apply to the experiment.</p>