<p>For those who have taken AP Psych and studied with Barron's: were the essay topics of Barron's similar to the ones on the exam? What about the MC? Were the questions similar? Also, will one of the essay questions always deal with experiments and their factors?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Bumping...</p>
<p>bump....same question...</p>
<p>to answe for people in the future.....barrons prepares you really well for the AP...its tests are harder...which is a good thing :)</p>
<p>^So true, and yes, Barron's will prepare you very well. If you read the book, the essay questions should be no problem. The MCs in Barron's were for the most part a lot harder than the actual test.</p>
<p>i think barrons was PERFECT. nothing superflous for once and if you don't cram it all on, it's really good.</p>
<p>The only way Barrons let me down was it didn't name Baumrind when it talked about parenting styles. The name Baumrind was on the FRQ this year linked with parenting styles. Luckily the only parenting styles I remembered were the ones Baumrind researched haha.</p>
<p>Barron's was an excellent choice. I read the entire book in about nine hours a month before the exam. I didn't study at all after (besides a quick 10 minute review of the terms), I took the exam, and I felt like a received a 5.</p>
<p>i read the whole book the night b4 (after taking bio and physics b APs) and the morning b4 the test..then went in for the test</p>
<p>i felt very prepared..barrons gives examples for like everything...like almost every other sentence is an example, so it helps reinforce what ur reading</p>
<p>AP Psychology is a rather easy course to begin with but Barron's makes it much easier. If you are taking the course, simply pay attention and you will be surprised at how much you learn. Go over the Barron's thoroughly if you are self-studying and simply skim it if you take the course. In response to your question, the FRQ on the Barron's seemed much harder than the actual test (FRQ was a joke). Anyways, the MC is worth 2/3 meaning that you don't really need to study the FRQ at all. Concentrate on the MC and you'll do fine.</p>
<p>Yea FRQ was RIDICULOUSLY easy this year (although I haven't seen any other years). MC can sometimes give trouble, but if you study Barrons thoroughly you'll be fine. I studied Psych in 3 days this year and I'm confident that I got a 5.</p>
<p>honestly. best book hands down. I read princeton review for the first 4 chapters. I didnt really like it. I used Barrons and read it all the night before. I understood the concept so well and the questions it gave in the end. The Princeton Review questions were a bit easier. </p>
<p>The most important thing is that : Do the practice tests. I found some questions that were on the Barrons' Practice tests EXACT like question - question and answer - answer. </p>
<p>All you need to do is read the book. The stuff isnt that hard. I self studied it this year and im sure i got at least a 4 or 5.</p>
<p>Yeah the barrons book is absolutely amazing and kind of fun to read through as well. I also supplemented my prep with Princeton Review. I thought it most advantageous to read one chapter of barrons and then read one chapter of the princeton review, then finally do both their questions. This way I was able to see the material presented in two different ways. Princeton in general was more brief in its review so it served very welll after the barrons just to see if you have mastered the material. I was self-studying btw.</p>