GRE Subject Test: Psychology (Kaplan Test Prep) Sixth Edition

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Kaplan's GRE Subject Test: Psychology includes score-raising strategies, practice questions, and test information to help you face the exam with confidence. This updated edition reflects test-maker changes and is aligned with the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders).

Kaplan is so certain that GRE Subject Test: Psychology offers all the review you need that we guarantee it: After studying with this book, you'll score higher on the GRE psychology test—or you'll get your money back.

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In-depth review of key content areas: social psychology, developmental psychology, statistics, and more
Essential terminology defined in context, plus an extensive glossary
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kaplan Publishing; Sixth edition (June 7, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 492 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1506209351
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1506209357
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.7 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.38 x 1.1 x 10.88 inches

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Jacquelynn Berton

Good resource for test prep

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2016

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I'm giving this book 5 stars because it accomplished its intended purpose - I studied pretty much exclusively out of this book, 3 years removed from my psychology classes, and scored in the 95th percentile on the test. Particularly helpful to me was the social psychology section - I never took a social psych course in undergrad, so the material was pretty much all new to me and using just this book I scored very well on the social psych portion of the test. I don't think this strategy would work for someone who had no background in psychology, but as a review it worked well. Names of individual researchers are for some reason super important on the psychology GRE, so the page at the end of each chapter listing key figures made for a good resource to make flash cards out of.

However, I found the book itself to contain a lot of errors, both typographical and substantive, that made the study process rather annoying. The information is intended to be review, so it's understandable that the authors don't go into great detail for most concepts. But many ideas were summarized so poorly that I couldn't understand what even the basic features of them were - stating the name of a theory without any further information about it, for example, so I used the book as jumping off point to do better research online (Wikipedia came in very handy in these spots). A few explanations were flat out wrong, which is frustrating as you then have to teach yourself incorrect information just to score better on the test. The list of key figures at the end of each chapter sometimes contained names that don't appear anywhere in the chapter, which happened infrequently enough for me to suspect that these were errors. I know this is a new version of the book, but I sure hope they hire a good copy editor for the next edition.

That being said, if your goal is just to score high on the test, going through this book, taking notes on it, and supplementing any unclear areas with Wikipedia will do fine. Don't do it all in two weeks - I spread my studying out over a few months - but you won't need much more than your basic psych education and this book to score well. I will say that in my opinion the practice questions in the book are unfortunately a good bit easier than the actual test questions, so I wouldn't use them exclusively. Therefore you may want to take the practice test provided by ETS online for a better benchmark of your performance.

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Representative of test material.

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2018

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The most important thing is that this book was representative of what was on the test. I have no background in psychology (not so much as even an intro to psych course), and I’m 8 years removed from my undergrad in engineering. This was my only source of test prep, other than the ETS practice test.

I don’t know how I did on the test yet, but I learned a lot reading through this book, and even if I couldn’t recall the answer, I know that all the questions on the test were addressed in this book.

There will probably be an update soon, but the only misinformation I noticed is about the scoring. Up until the 2017/2018 test year you would be deducted 1/4 point for a wrong answer. This is no longer the case. There is no penalty for a wrong answer.

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Livia

Good enough, but you’ll need more. Score: 720

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2019

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I took the psych gre this past April (2019) and I think this book really helped serve as a guide for me. It definitely requires supplementation from other resources. I used crash course psych on YouTube, psych gre ETS practice test, varsity tutors for psych gre, and an intro psych book. I got a 720 which is the 80th percentile. I’m interested in clinical psych PhDs. You’ll need to supplement but like I said this is a great, guided start.

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Marianna

A Good Starting Place

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2018

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My review is primarily about the book but also with a few tips on how to use it and some supplementary study methods.

This is a decent (but not exhaustive) study guide for those who are not psych majors and have maybe taken a few psych classes at one point.
Even though I am familiar with most psych theories/concepts, I found myself having to do a lot of extra reading and watching videos to explain concepts that the book touched on. The book helped give me ideas of what to even look for, however, there were theories on the actual test that weren't mentioned in the book. I also found that the actual GRE didn't emphasize names of theorists quite as much as the book did, though the prominent ones were mentioned. The bulk of my studying came not from reading the chapters but using the study method of "overlearning" when I went back to see why I missed questions on the practice tests. For reference, I did about 2 weeks of active studying for the GRE, most of which came from this book, youtube (Khan, Crash Course), some Wikipedia, a psych GRE flashcard app, and a 5 day trial of Study.com

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Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2018

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I just took the Subject Test this past weekend and was surprised at how difficult it felt. I was a psych major and studied pretty much only using the book, complementing it at times with Google. I went through the whole book and took the practice tests. I felt that the practice tests had much simpler questions (this theory is called __, this person is identified with this theory) but the actual test was a lot more about applying concepts/theories to examples. There were also test questions that I had never heard of, and that never appeared in the book. Overall, I would say the book is well-written and provides a good foundation (maybe for non psych majors) but needs to be supplemented with other materials or you will not be well prepared for the test. I didn't really use the ETS materials, which was probably a mistake, so perhaps that is the better route to go.

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Reviewer Rachel

Helpful, would have been more helpful if I'd studied more

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2019

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This book is awesome! I ended up getting pretty good scores on the Psych subject test but I wish I'd started studying earlier. I ended up mostly using a flashcard app on my phone but this book was far more helpful, and contained more relevant information. The practice tests were great, but I used the other sections more. Would highly recommend.

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Not perfect, but still very useful

Reviewed in Canada on October 27, 2018

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There are a lot of things to like about this book:
-It's very clear
-It has little review quizzes at the end of each Chapter to test your knowledge
-It's updated for the DSM-V (unlike the Princeton Review book)
-It covers the vast majority of the material on the exam

There is one minor limitation: Occasionally a concept will not be discussed in its entirety, or there may be minor inaccuracies. I always say that these review books are better thought of as detailed study guides rather than primary sources of information. As other reviewers have said, there's no substitute for class notes.

For best results, I suggest using this book in conjunction with another (I used the Princeton Review book, although I think there might be better options available) and your class notes. I also used the Brainscape GRE Psychology flashcard app, which is great, because it comes pre-loaded with a bunch of important concepts and definitions (saves a lot of time). However the app is not exhaustive in terms of content, and often suffers from inaccuracies or just plain wrong definitions, so be vigilant and create additional decks with your own cards for missing or improperly defined terms.

I really like this book. Aside from my own notes it was the most helpful aspect of my review. It's not perfect, but nothing ever is.

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Bala

Best book available for GRE preparations

Reviewed in India on December 28, 2017

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A best book for practicing GRE psychology. Precise information and lucid presentation by author. Subject summary is easier to learn. Additional mcqs for practice could have been added.

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Sahil Sharma

Good book. Decent delivery

Reviewed in India on August 28, 2020

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It took time for the book to get delivered, but customer support of Infinite Books was good and they were responsive throughout.
The book was delivered in good condition and is great for preparing for GRE subject test

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Anskrip

Ganz okay

Reviewed in Germany on July 26, 2018

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Das Buch hat mir bei den Master Eignungstests in Deutschland leider nicht viel weiter geholfen, da der Stoff hier dann doch wesentlich umfangreicher und detaillierter gelehrt wird im Bachelor. Aber dennoch eine ganz nette Zusammenfassung.

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Kindle Customer

Excellent book

Reviewed in India on August 29, 2020

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Best book for preparing IGC NET and GRE. Concepts are given clear and precise... very useful for studying the concepts of psychology

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