<p>I know it's a little early, but I'm planning on self-studying AP psychology next year and taking the test. I was just wondering what textbook you would recommend (I've already found some great websites but I'd like to have a book to primarily study from). Any other tips you might have (especially from those of you who self-studied for it this year) are appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>Barron's- Pretty Much Everybody Who Reads It Gets A 5</p>
<p>Barron's is great - I started yesterday :) However, I'm already feeling pretty confident about the exam, so it's not bad.</p>
<p>I am kinda confident- scoring in the 70 range consistently on mc out of 100 and then at least 5 on essay.
Barrons is good.
I am wondering if any1 here would be confident if you get an essay question on deuterostrome vs protostome, echinodermata vs platyhelminthes, and stuff on classification.
i think i will fail a classification essay.</p>
<p>lol sorry wrong test</p>
<p>ap psych is one of those exams where if you read barrons, you'll get a five.</p>
<p>I agree with the other people that posted. Barron's is probably all you'll need to get a 5, but if you want to really learn psychology, you should get a textbook. From what I've heard, Psychology by David G. Myers is the best. I have it, and it is organized very similarly to the Barron's book.</p>
<p>k i plan on self-study for psycology next year too. what else should i get in addition to the barrons review book?</p>
<p>Nothing. The book is excellent.</p>
<p>sweet ill be on that!</p>
<p>We shouldn't label a,b,c,d in our FR answer, am I correct?
For example, there is a part a and b?
Do I just response with 2 paragraphs which would include the answer for part a and b?</p>
<p>Answer the questions for each part in separate paragraphs. So long as your sentences are complete sentences, and not outlines, it really makes no difference on how you format your essay. Labelling the paragraphs, or simply moving on to the next question in the next paragraph, will make absolutely no difference.</p>
<p>I heard some people say this but I just wanted to verify----I am using the Barron's book and that is all I studied with some selective chapters [Sensation and perception, Social Psychology, Brain...].....is it possible for me to get a 5 if I studied the Barron's book really well?</p>
<p>Do you skip a line between each paragraph for your response if it is only for the same question?</p>
<p>I used Barrons to self study and got a 5.</p>
<p>A 5 is very possible with only the Barron’s book. I think there may have been a couple of questions on the AP Psych 2009 exam that weren’t in the Barron’s book, but you can skip 10 MC and get a few wrong and still get a 5 if your FRQ is good.</p>
<p>The textbook that I used was Weiten(6th edition, I think), and it was very thorough. I also used the Kaplan book and found them both very useful in getting a 5.</p>
<p>I used 5 steps to a 5 (its a McGraw hill book) and I got a 5. I also had a kaplan book that i just used for testing myself because the test in the kaplan book was very thorough.</p>
<p>Barron’s all the way.</p>
<p>Barrons! Enough said…</p>