<p>So, I have a month to self-study for the AP Psych test, and I'm shooting for a 5. What advice can past takers give me? Can someone five me examples of questions? How do I approach the endless vocabulary and definitions and approaches? What areas should I focus on? Are there any takers who self-studied in a short period of time and got a 5? What did you do? How many hours did you study?</p>
<p>Ahhggh! Any advice would be helpful!</p>
<p>Bumping...</p>
<p>LOL. a month to self study for AP psych test. get barron's and princeton review books. but then again, you make us that took the class for the entire year like we don't matter. meh.</p>
<p>I don't understand why some schools make the students stay in a psychology class for one year. Good lord, introductory psych material is not that difficult. At my local community college, the psych 101 class is half a semester long. Although it does meet for one hour, four days a week.</p>
<p>So, am I in over my head thinking I can get a 5 with one month of studying?</p>
<p>And yes, I'm studying with Barron's and SparkNotes.</p>
<p>anythings possible. a know a girl that read princeton review for us history the night before and got a 5. anything is possible.</p>
<p>I'm in a one semester cc psych course, and just starting to seriously study for the exam. While the topics are mostly the same, some words used are different, which makes it frustrating. I'm using the Barron's book. I've typed up definitions from my psych textbook, if you want those, but, like I said, the Barron's books sometimes has different terms. I'm also freaking out. Mahh</p>
<p>Nah, I'm pretty sure I'll get a 5 and I'm in the same position as you. Just read the Barron's book and take notes on it. It's 230 pages of material, and you only need to know ~70% of it. Not that difficult.</p>
<p>I should go do that right now.</p>
<p>I am sure the OP can master the material of the exam necessary for a five with the amount of time left. Look, with most Psych 101 courses being set at one semester, you normally only go 2-3 hours a week for class. Heck, if you have the time at night after homework, ec's, and actually socializing with people, you can cover one or two hours of work in one night. It's not impossible. Or at least I hope so. I am in your position for AP Human Geography. Although I have covered 1/4 of Barron's in a week just because I am throwing so much time into the book every night. (Being on Spring Break helps, too)</p>
<p>So, it can be possible; never cracking an AP Psychology book before and still getting a 5 if I do some hardcore studying in April and early May?</p>
<p>hopefully cuz thats what i plan to do haha, just ordered barrons and 5 steps to a 5 off the internet today..</p>
<p>but anyways from how easy i hear the test is, i think its possible</p>
<p>So, it can be possible; never cracking an AP Psychology book before and still getting a 5 if I do some hardcore studying in April and early May?</p>
<p>That's what I'm banking on =D</p>
<p>This book is amazing for psych. All of the info is summarized and they just go over what you really need to know; they leave the excess junk out. I did the practice tests at the end of the book and at least half of those questions showed up on my AP test. To give you a sense of how easy the psych test was, I finished the multiple choice in 15 minutes. And I got a 5 on the exam and pretty much slept through my psych class.</p>
<p>That's the newer version.</p>
<p>I didn't take the course, didn't study any of the material, just read the Barron's book the day before the exam/the morning of the exam, and got a 4. If I'd focused more on schizophrenia (which happened to be one of the two essay topics), I would've gotten a 5. I'm no prodigy.</p>
<p>Get studying. =)</p>
<p>I'd say getting into Stanford with a likely letter is prodigy-esque LOL.</p>
<p>But yea, if you start studying earlier you won't have to cram so hard the week before.</p>
<p>Kyle, and anyone else, what were some of the questions like? Also, are one of those people who has a photographic memory? How did you manage to remember all of the vocabulary and their examples? That's what I'm worried about.</p>
<p>Bump please...</p>
<p>GET BARRONS!!!!!! I read it like the night before and I got an easy 5! I wouldn't worry. Most of the psych vocab words are things that most people already know (just learn to pull the words apart into root words and that usually gives you the right meaning.)</p>
<p>I am studying with Barron's. I plan to read it from now until the exam.</p>