<p>For those of you who have already taken it, how self studiable is AP Psychology? It's not so much the AP credit that I'm interested in as the actual subject itself. My school does not offer AP Psych, but I was still interested in delving into the topic on my own and possibly getting AP credit since I'd be learning the material anyway. </p>
<p>1) How feasible is this plan?
2) Any suggestions for books I should use?<br>
(not neccesarily limited to just AP prep. books)<br>
3) Any good Psych. book suggestions? (eg: Blink. I strongly recommend this
book to anyone who has not read it.)</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>It's extremely self-studiable.</p>
<p>1) Good plan. Way better than my plan.
2) Barron's is the best, by far. I read that the day of the exam and got a 4. (Would've gotten a 5 if I'd even studied, or even read any of the AP psych text, before that.) PR is also good, though from my own research, students generally prefer Barron's.
3) "Psychology" by David Myers is the most widely used one. It's an awesome book -- very well-organized, with review sections and vocab, and very, very friendly. You can buy it online very cheap; I got a used one for $4 and it was in prime condition.</p>
<p>I'm in AP Psych right now, and all we do is read the text and take notes on it. In class we spend a lot of time reviewing the material. So you could definately do it on your own. </p>
<p>We use the book by Myers mentioned above and it is great. The website offers tons of free practice tests and information, which you could even take without purchasing the book. I would suggest using that in combination with a Barons or other AP prep book. </p>
<p>Also, you could talk to the AP Psych teacher at your school for more information.</p>
<p>AP PSYCH IS THE MOST AMAZING CLASS EVER!!
my teacher was useless but the subject is so fascinating!! i basically self-studied it and i pulled of a 5 on the ap exam as a sophomore...</p>
<p>1) very feasible. if you understand the subject you should be fine. a lot of it is just memorization.
2) ap prep books are really good but STAY AWAY FROM PRINCETON REVIEW THEY ARE CRAP. that goes for all ap prep books. also my text was really good it was by thompson i think??
3) A Beautiful Mind is a great movie to watch after you have done stuff related to mental disorders. if you can pick out random symptoms Nash has during the movie and explain them you're prepared really well lol. I did that and i swear that's what saved by butt in the free response section. no joke.
as far as books go idk.</p>
<p>Awesome. This is definately good news! Thank you so much.</p>
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<p>PR is pretty awesome for microecon and calculus.</p>
<p>It is very feasible to self-study psychology AP since most of it is common sense. I got a 5 on the exam and like 100 in the class by doing pretty much nothing.</p>
<p>Don't waste your money on a textbook. The AP review books (buy 2 or 3) will teach you everything you need to know for the exam and nothing more.</p>
<p>KyleDavid, I agree w/ you about PR for Calc. It helped me A TON.<br>
I think I'll develop a balance between the textbook and the AP Prep. books. </p>
<p>Thanks again!</p>
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<p>Oh no, imagine actually wanting to learn the material. The OP must be crazy -- what is this country coming to?</p>
<p>hahaha.
I know, learning for the sake of learning/enjoyment and not an AP score...what a novel idea!</p>
<p>But I know erhswimming had good intentions in posting that comment.</p>