The 2025 AP Psychology Exam scores:
5: 15%; 4: 32%; 3: 25%; 2: 19%; 1: 9%
Multiple-Choice Questions
Students scored quite evenly and well across all topics, especially on “Cognition” (Unit 2); on those questions, 15% answered each of these items right.
Free-Response Questions
These comments will focus on the questions in Set 1, the exam version taken by most students. https://t.co/qUTujkVdWm
Both of these free-response questions were new question types, focused on something different from what the multiple-choice section measures. The multiple-choice section measures whether students have learned and retained a wide array of foundational concepts, terms, and definitions. The free-response section now measures whether, when provided with psychological research studies, students can derive such understandings for themselves, a highly relevant skill for those who will proceed to major in psychology, and for a wide range of careers.
Students scored very well on FRQ 1, the Research Analysis Question, in which they examined research on the effects of misinformation on memory. Here are the results:
23% of students earned each of the 7 points possible.
75% of students accurately identified the research method.
69% of students understood the research variable.
65% of students accurately interpreted the statistics.
86% of students identified one or more ethical guidelines the researchers applied.
78% of students explained the generalizability of the findings.
48% of students earned 2 points for argumentation by explaining how the results supported or refuted the misinformation effect, and 26% of students earned 1 point.
FRQ 2, The Evidence-Based Question, measures whether students can evaluate three different psychological research studies and draw upon evidence from those studies to develop and support an argument with psychological evidence.
The Set 1 psychological studies focused on whether the presence of others improves performance.
7% of students earned each of the 7 points possible.
94% of students proposed a specific and defensible claim based in psychological science.
86% of students were able to support that claim with evidence from one of the studies.
22% of students were able to explain very effectively the relationship between the evidence and their argument, earning 2 of the 2 reasoning points, while 34% were able to explain this somewhat effectively, earning 1 of the 2 points.
84% of students were able to support their claim with evidence from a second study.
14% of students were able to explain very effectively the relationship between the evidence and their argument, earning 2 of the 2 reasoning points, while 36% were able to explain this somewhat effectively, earning 1 of the 2 points.
AP Psychology teachers will receive on their Instructional Planning Reports a point-by-point breakdown of their students’ performance on these free-response questions, enabling them to identify ways to further support students in learning and demonstrating these skills.
AP Psychology had an Evidence-Based Standard Setting this year, utilizing more data from more college professors than ever before to identify the performance levels most fair and appropriate for receiving college credit and placement.
An overview detailing this process, with specific information about the findings for this year’s students, will be available at around 4 pm ET today at https://t.co/4Bp9YALA9V
All subjects’ AP score distributions for 2025 will be posted here when available: https://t.co/OrkaQhPZYO
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