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How to Prepare for the GRE in Psychology (Barron's How to Prepare for the Gre Psychology Graduate Record Examination in Psychology) By Edward PalmerSharon L. Thompson-Schill ( Barron's Educational Series )
Release Date: 2001-07-01
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This revised and thoroughly updated edition reflects the latest GRE Psychology exams with six full-length model tests. Two of the tests are diagnostics especially designed to pinpoint the student's weak areas that need further study. All test questions are answered and explained. Other helpful features include a subject review and scoring grids that enable students to determine their performance at a glance within each subject area.
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 Somewhat helpful, need other sources as well tho
This book provides a good prep for the GRE Psychology subject test in that it has 6 practice tests with explained answers. This helps you figure out what you don't know. However, I needed to purchase another book with more extensive review of each section covered in the test to adequately prepare myself. I also used an introductory Psych textbook on stuff I needed more review on.
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 Awful Review Section
I wasted about 4 weeks studying this book's review section. Then I took the practice exam in the back of the book and I couldn't even answer any of the first 25 questions. I don't know what they put in their review section but MAYBE you will find 1/4 of it on the exam. I finally went to my University's library and took out 2 general psych textbooks to study in the two weeks left I have until the exam. I'm really upset that I wasted so much time, if only I knew this 4 weeks ago! The ONLY good thing about this book is the practice exams, beacuse you will be able to get a feel for the test.
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Have the authors ever taken the Psychology GRE? ( darthsnugglebunny )
I bought this book because it had six supposedly accurate practice tests. Instead of helping, however, I believe this book may have actually hurt my score. Each practice test had numerous (at least 50% of the total) questions on specific and often obscure theorists. As I had never heard of many of them, I focused my study time on learning their individual theories and areas of research. Much to my surprise, the actual GRE was primarily conceptual, with questions on specific psychologists limited to important researchers that were extrememly influential within their areas of specialization. I am greatly disappointed in this book.
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Study Guide?
This book was a total dissapointment. It gave very brief descriptions of individuals and their contributions to psychology (1 sentence) making recall difficult because there was not much to remeber. The book covers a lot of content but not in-depth, which is not helpful as you need to understand concepts and theories for the GRE. The only thing I used this book for was some of the practice tests. If you want some practice writing the test I would recommend this book but for study purposes you should look elsewhere (Kaplan's Study Guide).
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Many flaws, but stilled helped me a great deal ( snowkatz )
I completely agree with Mr. Stephen Erdman's review of this book. However, I will say that the book was very helpful to me, and I feel that I significantly improved my score as a result of using this study aid. Unfortunately, the ETS study guide does not contain any sort of review section, and while I did review all my class notes (I have a Master's degree in psych), even they did not fully prepare me (as evidenced by my first ETS practice test score of 520). After utilizing the Barron's review section, I took a second ETS practice test (from the paperback study guide ETS mails you when you register for the test) and got 690. I took the actual test last Saturday, and felt good about my performance. The best way to use the Barron's book is to supplement it with other texts and look up the undefined terms presented in the outlines. This was particularly helpful to me with the perception section because I had not taken a perception course, and my physiological psych course had not covered perception in any depth. The bottom line is, yes, the book has many faults - in fact, Mr. Erdman's evaluation is very accurate. However, if you combine the Barron's book with other study tools, and if you know what to ignore (i.e. the applied section, the names of obscure people, etc.), it will probably help you improve your score. I'm glad I bought it.
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