Rycal Teacher Assignment Pack

AP Psychology Unit 4: Social Psychology and Personality

Four assignments. Copy the links into Google Classroom. No student account needed.

What to assign

1

Flashcards: Learn the terms

Students work through 160 flashcards covering all seven Unit 4 topics, rating each Know or Still Learning. Rycal schedules returns automatically.

Link: rycal.web.app/ap-psychology/unit-4/flashcards
Time: about 25 minutes
Covers: 4.1 Attribution Theory and Person Perception, 4.2 Attitude Formation and Attitude Change, 4.3 Psychology of Social Situations, 4.4 Psychodynamic and Humanistic Theories, 4.5 Social-Cognitive and Trait Theories, 4.6 Motivation, 4.7 Emotion

2

Learn session: recognition to recall

Three-stage ramp. Students pick the definition, type the term from memory, then write what they remember and self-rate. Catches the terms flashcards missed.

Link: rycal.web.app/ap-psychology/unit-4/learn
Time: about 20 minutes
Covers: same seven topics, deeper retrieval

3

MCQ practice: 20 questions

Original AP-style multiple choice from the Unit 4 bank (87 questions total). Every wrong answer gets an explanation addressing the misconception behind it.

Link: rycal.web.app/ap-psychology/unit-4/mcq
Time: about 20 minutes
Covers: 4.1 through 4.7, application and analysis level

4

FRQ drill: pick one

Seven Unit 4 drills available, mix of article-analysis and evidence-based questions. Each has a rubric students check their response against. Good options: "Helping Behavior on a University Walkway" (AAQ) or "Stereotypes and Performance" (EBQ).

Link: rycal.web.app/ap-psychology/unit-4/frq
Time: about 25 minutes (timed)
Covers: 4.3 social situations, 4.4-4.5 personality theories

Total time

About 90 minutes across all four assignments. Split across two class periods or assign as homework over three nights. Assignments 1 and 2 pair well together; 3 and 4 work as a second block.

How to assign it

  1. Copy the link under each assignment above.
  2. Paste it into your Google Classroom assignment.
  3. Done. Students open the link and start. No account needed. Signed-out students get the full experience; their progress saves on their device.

CED coverage

This pack covers all of AP Psychology CED Unit 4: attribution theory and person perception (4.1), attitude formation and change (4.2), conformity, compliance, obedience, and group processes (4.3), psychodynamic and humanistic personality theories (4.4), social-cognitive and trait theories (4.5), motivation including drives, incentives, and Maslow's hierarchy (4.6), and theories of emotion (4.7). Flashcards and questions were audited against the College Board Course and Exam Description. FRQ drills are original Rycal prompts with rubrics, not released exam questions.

Rycal is a free spaced-repetition study tool. This pack took about two minutes to assign. Questions? Read the methodology paper.