Cracking the GRE Psychology Test, 6th Edition (Graduate Test Prep) [Paperback]

Meg Jay (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 17, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0375762698 | ISBN-13: 978-0375762697 | Edition: 6th

The Princeton Review realizes that acing the GRE Psychology Test is very different from getting straight A’s in school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about psychology–only the techniques you'll need to score higher on the test. There's a big difference. In Cracking the GRE Psychology Test, we'll teach you how to think like the test writers and

·Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you
·Raise your score by focusing on the material most likely to appear on the test
·Test your knowledge with review questions for each of the 19 fields covered

This book includes one full-length practice GRE Psychology Test. All of our practice questions are like the ones you’ll see on the actual GRE Psychology Test, and we fully explain every solution.

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From the Inside Flap

The Princeton Review realizes that acing the GRE Psychology Test is very different from getting straight A's in school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about psychology–only the techniques you'll need to score higher on the test. There's a big difference. In Cracking the GRE Psychology Test, we'll teach you how to think like the test writers and

·Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you
·Raise your score by focusing on the material most likely to appear on the test
·Test your knowledge with review questions for each of the 19 fields covered

This book includes one full-length practice GRE Psychology Test. All of our practice questions are like the ones you'll see on the actual GRE Psychology Test, and we fully explain every solution.

About the Author

The Princeton Review is the fastest growing test-preparation company in the country, with over 60 franchise offices in the nation. Each year, we help more than 2 million students prepare for college, grad school, professional licensing exams, and successful careers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Review; 6th edition (September 17, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375762698
• ISBN-13: 978-0375762697
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #188,372 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #82 in Books > Education & Reference > Education > Test Guides - Graduate & Professional > GRE

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Use this book, but use it in conjunction with Kaplan, May 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Cracking the GRE Psychology Test, 6th Edition (Graduate Test Prep) (Paperback)

I spent a solid three months studying for the exam, and I used this book as well as the Kaplan one. They are completely different! If you're a rock star psych student fresh out of college, perhaps this book alone will suffice. But if you need to actually learn some or much of the material, you should use both books (don't rely solely on this one)! This one gives a very surface-like (NOT in-depth) summary of information. It helps you direct your attention towards those areas that are tested most frequently. It provides a really great last-minute review, for AFTER you've studied. I also used it FIRST, to kind of help me focus my studying. The Kaplan book, on the other hand, actually teaches you the material, if you don't know it or don't remember it. I took only two undergraduate psychology classes, and I'm several years out of college, and I feel like I learned almost everything I needed to know from the Kaplan book. The reviews that say Kaplan has lots of typos and errors are right. Some of the mistakes are appalling. But there aren't a lot of better options out there, and it is really helpful despite the errors. If it means anything to you, I scored a 690 (86th percentile). I also took four practice tests under real conditions: the ETS one, the two in the Kaplan book, and the one in the Princeton Review book. I think practice tests are KEY. Good luck!

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good starting point, July 25, 2004

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Marlowe (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cracking the GRE Psychology Test, 6th Edition (Graduate Test Prep) (Paperback)

I recommend this book to anyone studying for the psychology GRE, just keep in mind that it is not perfect and is not sufficient on its own to prepare one fully for this exam.

The Good: It organizes a huge amount of information clearly and effectively. It is incredibly concise, which makes it easy to study from.

The Bad: From my experience, the practice test was not very helpful. (I took it, then took the official practice test offered for free from ETS a week later. My percentile score was 37 points higher on the real exam.)

Of course I cannot judge how I would have done without this book or using some other study aid, but by memorizing much of the information in this book, reviewing a social psych text and an intro text, and taking the official practice exam, I was able to do very well on the pscyh GRE despite having taken only 6 psychology courses over 3 years.

One final note, look for current articles and info about the exam itself. It seemed to me that that it was less fact and name intensive than I had expected. Do some research and know what to expect.

29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars good as a supplement to kaplan's gre psych review, November 12, 2004

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Sherrie (NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cracking the GRE Psychology Test, 6th Edition (Graduate Test Prep) (Paperback)

This book was a disappointment, especially since it's coming from Princeton Review. I took someone else's advice and studied from the Kaplan GRE Psych Review. Kaplan is MUCH better. After making my own personal condensed study guide of all the terms reviewed in Kaplan, I then went to the Princeton Review book. Princeton Review had way less than Kaplan, and they also missed out on really important topics. For example, the cognitive psych chapter is only 4 pages long and includes problem-solving (i.e. definitions for schema, scripts, etc.), information-processing (i.e. semantic model), and emotion. Meanwhile, the Kaplan book goes into all the types of memory, people associated with terms, intelligence, language-- a better representative of my cognitive psych class.
I'm glad I didn't waste too much time on Princeton Review.