<p>For those who have taken psychology (and done well--gotten 5s), what is the most important or what are the most important things that you have to learn to ace the exam. This does not necessarily include the specific topic (although it could), but I was wondering what type of studying? I have Barrons and 5 steps to a 5. Someone told me that studying vocabulary was very essential. Anything else?</p>
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<p>Vocab doesn't cut it, necessarily. I'm taking AP Psych now, my book is only 15 chapters, why not just study from the book instead of Barron's? Barron's vocab is overkill and a waste of time. If you're self-studying, break up a practice test into a few sections and spend 30 minutes on each section. Check your answers as you go along, so you can familiarize yourself with the format, then finally take another practice exam with the answers not right in front of you, and see how well you do.</p>
<p>Whatever you do, always remember Sigmund Freud and the Psychoanalytic theory.</p>
<p>I haven't taken the test yet, but from what I've read in a couple of my prep books, vocab words are very useful on the FRQs. I fyou can slip them in the right places in the right context, it could makeup for small errors in other places in the essay.</p>
<p>yeah .. know vocab, and know the important people and what their theories were.</p>
<p>This isn't directly related to studying for the exam, but it can be useful. Once you have the various psychological perspectives down, you already know a lot of stuff. Knowing that the psychoanalytic theory, for example, deals with the unconscious, and repressed memories, helps you a lot. You can assume that a psychoanalyst will attirubute the causes to most psychological diseases to hidden, unhealthy thoughts in the unconscious. There are plenty of other examples just like this one.</p>
<p>Also, knowing the names of important psychologists is important. If you see tha name Freud in a question, you should automatically be able to get a general idea about the answer.</p>