AP Psychology 3.6.A: Social Development
Explore AP Psychology 3.6.A questions on parenting styles, attachment, identity, peer relationships, social environments, and development across the lifespan.
- Syllabus
- Effective Fall 2025
- Course
- AP Psychology
Exam points
- Explain how parenting styles, attachment and social environments influence development and behavior.
- Apply identity, peer relationships and psychosocial concepts to behavior across the lifespan.
3.6.A—Explain how social development relates to behavior and mental processes. UNIT 3 Development and Learning question 1
[Maximum number: 2]
Abram recently graduated from high school and began his first year at a four-year university. Explain with an example how experiencing each of the following in the past may affect Abram's ability to succeed in college.
Abram's first year was very difficult, and he found that he was not as successful as he would have liked. Explain with an example how each of the following may help Abram be more successful in the future.
Question (a)
(a)
Authoritarian parenting style
[ 1 ]
Score "If Abram's parents had an authoritarian parenting style, he will lack independence and won't be able to choose good classes on his own."
Score "If Abram's parents were strict, he will obey his teachers and will make better grades."
Question (b)
(b)
Identity versus role confusion
[ 1 ]
Point 2: Identity versus role confusion.
To earn this point, the student must indicate how knowing himself leads Abram to specific successes in college, OR
The student must explain that not knowing himself leads Abram to specific behaviors that reduce success in college.
Note:
Score any reference to Abram learning or knowing his place in the world or relative to other people as long as the student also indicates a specific outcome related to college success.
Examples:
Score "Abram knows himself and therefore has an easy time choosing a major that is good for him."
Score "Abram knows what he wants to do with his life, so choosing a major is easy for him."
Score "Abram does not know himself, so he joins too many clubs and has no time to study."
Score "Abram does not know himself and joins many clubs to form an identity and choose better courses."
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