The Best Test Preparation for the Advanced Placement Examination in Psychology (Advanced Placement (AP) Test) (Paperback)

by Max Fogiel (Editor), Research and Education Association (Corporate Author)

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Product Description
Included in this book are three exams which accurately depict the scope and content of the actual AP examination in Psychology. Also included is a comprehensive psychology review covering topics such as behavior, sensation and perception, cognition, learning, motivation and emotion, and developmental and abnormal psychology. For college-bound high school students.

Product Details

• Paperback: 312 pages
• Publisher: Research & Education Association (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878918833
• ISBN-13: 978-0878918836
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,036,180 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Very Mixed Bag, May 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review book has some positives and more negatives.

Positives: (l) It covers a fair amount of important material, some of which may not be in your textbook (e.g., Yerkes-Dodson inverted U curve of arousal; approach-avoidance conflict; Wundt). Learning all of the material in this book, if you can, should improve your test score. (2) The multiple-choice questions can help you detect areas in which you are weak.

Negatives: (l) The essay questions bear no resemblance to the essays on the Psychology A/P Test; practicing on these is a complete waste of time. (2) The multiple-choice questions are not similar enough to the ones on the A/P Test; Barron's questions are more representative. (3) There are some errors and misstatements. For example: p. 1, psychology is the study of behavior AND MENTAL PROCESSES; p. 13, statistics are ALWAYS calculated on samples (a number that refers to a population is called a parameter); p. 12, inferential statistics ARE USED TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS/INFERENCES ABOUT A POPULATION BASED ON DATA OBTAINED FROM A SAMPLE and are NOT limited to testing differences between groups; p. 135, The Oedipus complex in Adler's work OCCURS AMONG CHILDREN WHO WERE PAMPERED BY THEIR MOTHERS AND WISH TO CONTINUE THIS "SPOILING". (4) The book is not well written; some material is too condensed and difficult to read. (5) The chapter-ending quizzes are a waste of time--too brief and in the wrong format (the A/P test does not have fill in the blanks). (6) As with any review book, important material is omitted; but it also spends too much time on material that is very unlikely to appear on the test.

In sum: Spend most of your time studying your textbook and class notes and practicing on previous Psychology A/P Tests. Then read Barron's and try those sample tests. If you're highly motivated and have extra time, then, perhaps, spend some time with this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's really good in some areas, but vague on others..., May 17, 1999

By A Customer

I took the AP Psychology exam on 5/17/99. The book is great for independent study for the exam (I didn't have an AP Psychology course at my school.) From this book, I gained test confidence and a positive attitude. The sample test questions in the book were different than the ones on the test, though. If you want to know more about the test and the book, email me and I'll be happy to tell you!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, June 22, 2006

By	Janice F. - See all my reviews

This review is from: AP Psychology 7th Edition (REA) - The Best Test Prep for the AP Exam (Test Preps) (Paperback)

To my surprise, I found that this book is outdated in many respects, especially in the area of psychopharmacology -- SSRIs are not even mentioned amongst the antidepressants.

In addition, several key passages are confusingly worded, as are some of the questions on the practice tests. Sometimes the answers provided for the practice tests are clearly wrong or could have been correctly answered by more than one selection. Answer keys for chapter review questions have not always been updated to match updated questions.

I finished reading the book to get as much information as I could, but I will be sure to read at least one recent psychology textbook so that I can correct any errors in my learning.