Parenting can befuddle new moms and dads, but psychology helps! Learners explain various theories of parenting and child development using a case-study model and materials from College Board. A second practice question asks scholars to examine and evaluate components of a study on conformity. 

Concepts

child psychology, early childhood development, human development, conditioning, parenting, test preparation, control groups, conformity

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use one or both prompts to practice for the AP® exam
• Structure a class discussion around one of the case studies
• Have groups use the provided rubric to score the included essays

Classroom Considerations

• Contains the free-response questions from the 2011 AP® Psychology exam
  

Pros

• Resources offer authentic opportunity to practice for the AP® exam
• Scoring guidelines and key make feedback easy 

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.10