<p>I am thinking about self studying AP Psychology next year. I want to do really well, but I'm not sure how to go about this selfstudy thing. I don't really have access to tangible books, but I do have the internet and I can probably get some books from the library. Is there anything I should know or anything in particular that I should do? Thank you.</p>
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<li>Educator.com has a great psychology lecture course but it costs $80 for 2 months but you may like the site and get more efficient payment plans down to $15-25 a month </li>
<li>Myers’ psychology for AP is the textbook I used in class and it is probably the best out there. Made with AP Topic Outline in mind </li>
<li>Barron’s review book is best for people trying to learn the material </li>
<li>Charles Schallhorn (same guy who does educator.com’s AP psych course) has a youtube channel with some helpful vidoes </li>
<li>College psychology lecture videos on youtube may be helpful as well
That would be more than enough. If you want to go through everything in the course by the end of summer then you will have to learn about 1 chapter a week. You would probably need to dedicate 1.5 to 2 hours per day to this self-study. During the last three weeks just take the three practice test in Barron’s and you will be good. </li>
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<p>@jimmyboy23 Thank you so much. I will definitely use your advice. :)</p>
<p>I have to agree with jimmyboy. I self-studied AP Psych this past year and got a 5. I did numbers 3 and 4 on his list.</p>
<p>Here’s the timeline of what I went through:</p>
<p>Aug-Oct: Chillaxed because the AP exam is a long time away
Nov-Dec: Freak out because I don’t know a thing about Psych. Started to peruse and do the Barron’s book once through. Felt dismal because I got a lot of questions wrong (but hey, I learn from my mistakes.) Also, I signed up for Shmoop’s AP Psych prep package and bought an AP Psychology Crash Course from REA.
January-March: Read all of the Shmoop course and did the exercises and 1/2 of the practice exams (I wanted to make sure I was improving, so I paced myself.) At the same time, I was reading REA’s Crash Course.
April: Read Barrons once through again and did the same exercises and compared it with my previous attempt. Read up on terms that I was confused on. </p>
<p><em>2 Weeks before the exam I read through the FRQ examples and responses and did some practice. I was trying to get through all 9 or so of the tests available on the collegeboard site but time and procrastination only allowed me the 7 out of 9. However, I did read through all the sample questions and responses and analyzed them.</em></p>
<p>Early May: Stocked up on Psychology review podcasts on my phone to listen to during my commute. I recommend Psych Files (the earlier podcasts are more relevant to the AP Psych exam, but overall it is a pretty interesting podcast) and some review podcasts by ePsychVCE.com</p>
<p>I would advice you to be disciplined and set aside a certain amount of time every week (I would usually study 2-3 hours of Psychology every weekend) and if you start early and spend more time on it, you can even explore around the cool psychology websites that Mr Schallhorn shares occasionally. </p>
<p>Overall, I’d say to understand the material, the vocab and know how to apply them because they will be useful for your FRQ section. The vocab might seem overwhelming at first but keep thinking about them and using them, to familiarize yourself. Just do your best and you’ll be golden. 
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<p>*Also, Hippocampus.org is a pretty good substitute for a textbook. However, I had too many resources on my hands at that time so I didn’t utilize it as much as I’d liked.</p>
<p>Thank you. This was very informative. @citizenofchoice </p>
<p>@citizenofchoice Are you willing to share your “too many resources”?</p>
<p>I think just picking up a book from the bookstore would be good enough. I took AP psych last year and when I got to the AP test i was dumbfounded. The test was incredibly easy. It was one of those tests where I felt i could have self studied for it and didnt need all the crud my teacher made us do. You definitely can self study for it and i wish that i had.</p>