Can you self-study AP Psychology?

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<p>I'm thinking of self-studying for AP Psych since I here it's relatively easy. I will not be taking the course- just reading one or two good review books. Is this do-able? </p>

<p>Is reading the Barron's AP Psychology review book alone good enough to get a 4 or 5? </p>

<p>Any personal experience stories (and scores) and tips would be much appreciated! Thank you. :)
BQ: Are there any other 'self-studiable' AP courses? </p>

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<p>Sorry, just bumping! :s </p>

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<p>It’s very doable. I’m trying to self-study myself. Everyone says that AP Psych is a total joke. All you need is Barron’s.</p>

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<p>Animefan, are you currently using Barron’s? If so, is it working out well so far? </p>

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<p>I honestly have barely done anything yet, but yeah I’m using Barron’s. It seems pretty good to me.</p>

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<p>You’ll need the textbook for AP Psychology. A book like Barron’s will not prepare you alone because the MC is very specific on certain sections, such as Biological Bases of Behavior and Cognition. </p>

<p>The exam is not that rigorous. It’s all about memorization. Also, make sure you know research methods very well! </p>

<p>I passed the exam and took AP Psych. But I really just read the textbook and used a study prep book. So it’s not that much of a challenge. </p>

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<p>@ocnative, what for a AP textbook did you use? There are so many out there and i am searching for one that covers most of all that comes up in the exam. </p>

<p>I am also reading Barrons (or studying form it) but i do find that there are a many things that are not as well covered as they should be to make me feel as if i have all the knowledge that i would need. It does over a good structure to review, but that is all. At least that what i think. But as a review book (which it is) it is very good, so if you only want to review i would definitely suggest Barrons. </p>

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<p>The textbook I used was “Psychology” by David G. Myers. It’s the most commonly used. It’s the seventh edition.
Check out this textbook site here, I hope it somewhat helps: <a href=“http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/myers7e/”>http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/myers7e/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>@Dawnie</p>

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<p>My son self studied it in 10th grade. He used Myer’s textbook and Barron’s. He also did the FRQs shown on ap central. Scored a 5 without a lot of stress. </p>