<p>OK. so i bought 5 steps to a 5 and barrons for AP Psych so i can self-study it. I began reading some of 5 steps to a 5, and then when it was time to answer the review questions at the end of each chapter, i basically bombed it. so is there an easier way to remember all the stuff in ap psych? should i be making note cards with vocab on them? or just rereading the text until i remember it? Also, there's a lot of info. about the brain and what each section of the brain does, am i expected to remember everything about that too? HELP!</p>
<p>Make note card w/ vocab. It does help.</p>
<p>APpsychology.com</p>
<p>i studied with the princeton review and got a 5...? lol not sure if that's any help. also, active reading- underline stuff, rewrite it in your own words at the end of the chapter (thats what i did)</p>
<p>I'm taking the class right now and we're using that in supplement to our normal textbook. I feel like vocab is the key to understanding it...in the correct context. I don't think that a review book can fully help you understand and know all the experiments associated with something. I'd definitely reccomend Myer's Psychology textbook. We're using it in class and it's just so easy to follow. Also, it makes it so easy to understand and distinguish between the terms.</p>
<p>I think you may get some useful information from the textbook</p>
<p>Atkinson and Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology, 14th Edition</p>
<p>from 'RAINYLAND ONLINE BOOKSTORE'</p>
<p>See any help.</p>
<p>hehe ^_^</p>
<p>To be honest, the AP exam tests on such basic stuff all you need to do is memorize vocabulary and you'll be fine.</p>
<p>Myer's is a great text, +1.</p>
<p>Yeah, just review your psychology textbook and you should be fine. I heard it's one of the easiest AP tests, but that could've just been my teacher. Anyhow, skipping out on one section, like the last chapter on schizophrenia, can make or break you. I got a 4 on my AP psych test and I think I would've gotten a 5 if I had read the last two modules instead of being lazy and thinking CB won't include it. But guess what? A couple of the free responses were on schizophrenia and the types of therapy.</p>
<p>I took Psych last year. I bought 5 steps to a 5 and Barron's review book. IMO, 5 steps to a 5 has the best information and helps you learn the tougher sections like motivation/emotion much better than Barron's. However, Barron's tests questions are much more similar to the ones on the AP Exam. So:</p>
<p>Use 5 steps to a 5 for info (make flashcards of the rapid review)
Test with Barrons</p>
<p>do you need to intensively study this (eg every day for a couple hours) or just read the book?</p>
<p>how tedious is the AP class?</p>
<p>Ok I have the David Myers 4th Edition from like 1995. Is this sufficient to self-study along with Barrons? Also how intense is the prep. And... how hard would this be if i'm prepping for like 5 other APs???</p>
<p>The 1995 textbook is basically useless since there are new studies out there.
Just get 5 steps to a 5 and Barron's (I don't about PR but I heard its good)</p>
<p>The class was easy for me. I had too many other AP's so I didn't keep up my with study plan for Psych. I had 2 days to go and I flipped out the 2 review books and studied like crazy and got a 5.</p>
<p>Basically, all you need to do is read 14 chapters each of which will take about 1 hr (w/ rereading) and then take the tests in Barron's. Psych is very easy...just go look at the average grade (I think it's well above 3)</p>
<p>I'd say if you have SAT over 2000, it shouldn't require more than 30 hrs of studying.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>What does an SAT over 2000 have to do with that? I hope you don't mean just because you score 2000+, you're automatically smart. I hope you know that people who score that high study their asses off and take a bajillion practice tests.</p>
<p>Also the info in the 4th version is still good and it just seems SOOO interesting to me. Can I still use it??????</p>
<p>Can I still use the 1995 book because it seems sooo interesting. Of course I'd also be using a review book.</p>
<p>CyberShot , you're right SAT has nothing to do with it. I just wanted to say that if you're smart (while providing some sort of guideline), you need less than 30 hours of studying. I mean obviously, some people have slower processors. They can still get a 5 on the AP test but they'll need some more studying time. </p>
<p>You can do whatever you want sciencenerd. I have never read the 95 version. All I know is that there are studies after 95 which have important concepts. Plus, I personally think textbooks are a waste of time. They bombard you with so much info that you end up forgetting a lot of it.</p>
<p>It's great that it's interesting but why not way after May to fufil your interests. For now, just focus on the score.</p>
<p>ok so far i've been reading 5 steps to a 5 and just taking notes and making notecards, but it seems to be really time consuming. i already have barrons, so i was wondering if i should just read barrons (since it's a lot more condensed and to the point) and continue making notecards without taking any more notes, or if i should continue what i've been doing and read 5 steps while taking a lot of notes. idk which book or method is better, but i really just want to know enough to be able to get a 5. so which method would you recommend?</p>
<p>i also want to try self-studying AP environmental now too, so would it be possible to self-study both of them and get 5s even though its almost spring sports season, and that takes up a considerable amount of time?</p>