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AP Psychology Exam Questions

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Free-Response Questions and Scoring Information

Download free-response questions from past exams along with scoring guidelines, sample responses from exam takers, and scoring distributions.

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In light of the 2024-25 AP Psychology course and exam revisions, the questions and scoring information on this page do not completely align with the current AP Psychology Exam. We’re keeping these older questions available because AP teachers have told us that even imperfectly aligned questions can still be valuable instructional resources.

2024: Free Response Questions

2024: Free-Response Questions

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Scoring Guidelines - Set 1

Scoring Guidelines - Set 2

Chief Reader Report – Set 1

Chief Reader Report – Set 2

Scoring Statistics – Set 1

Scoring Statistics – Set 2

Score Distributions

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2

2023: Free-Response Questions

2023: Free-Response Questions

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Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Free-Response Questions - Set 1

Free-Response Questions - Set 2

Scoring Guidelines - Set 1

Scoring Guidelines - Set 2

Chief Reader Report – Set 1

Chief Reader Report – Set 2

Scoring Statistics – Set 1

Scoring Statistics – Set 2

Score Distributions

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2

2022: Free-Response Questions

2022: Free-Response Questions

Questions

Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Free-Response Questions - Set 1

Free-Response Questions - Set 2

Scoring Guidelines - Set 1

Scoring Guidelines - Set 2

Chief Reader Report - Set 1

Chief Reader Report - Set 2

Scoring Statistics - Set 1

Scoring Statistics - Set 2

Score Distributions

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2

2021: Free-Response Questions

2021: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions - Set 1 Free-Response Questions - Set 2	Scoring Guidelines - Set 1 Scoring Guidelines - Set 2 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics - Set 1 Scoring Statistics - Set 2 Scoring Distribution	Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2

2020: Free-Response Questions

The 2020 free-response questions are available in the AP Classroom question bank.

2019: Free-Response Questions

2019: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions - Set 1 Free-Response Questions - Set 2	Scoring Guidelines - Set 1 Scoring Guidelines - Set 2 Chief Reader Report - Set 1 Chief Reader Report - Set 2 Scoring Statistics - Set 1 Scoring Statistics - Set 2 Scoring Distribution	Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2

2018: Free-Response Questions

2018: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Scoring Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2017: Free-Response Questions

2017: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Scoring Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2016: Free-Response Questions

2016: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2015: Free-Response Questions

2015: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2014: Free-Response Questions

2014: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2013: Free-Response Questions

2013: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2012: Free-Response Questions

2012: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2011: Free-Response Questions

2011: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2010: Free-Response Questions

2010: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2009: Free-Response Questions

2009: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2008: Free-Response Questions

2008: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2007: Free-Response Questions

2007: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2006: Free-Response Questions

2006: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2005: Free-Response Questions

2005: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses

2004: Free-Response Questions

2004: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2003: Free-Response Questions

2003: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2002: Free-Response Questions

2002: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
All Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Grade Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2001: Free-Response Questions

2001: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
All Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

2000: Free-Response Questions

2000: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
All Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2

1999: Free-Response Questions

1999: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
All Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2