<p>hi guys, who has taken the final for this class? What was it like? How did you study? Thanks</p>
<p>soz for hijacking, but does anyone know if all the required books for this course are actually required? all together, they’re pretty expensive T_T</p>
<p>APS Workbook For Research APS
Extracted ISBN: 9789891803440</p>
<p>Publications Manual Of APA (5th) AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL<br>
Extracted ISBN: 9781557987914</p>
<p>Mcburney
Research Methods (7th) W/info Trac CENGAGE
Extracted ISBN: 9780495092087</p>
<p>the final was just a multiple choice exam (about 50 questions, cumulative, but focused on material you learned after the first exam), and the final project was your huge research paper. for the exam, i just studied lecture notes. it wasn’t a hard test by any means, but read each question carefully because a lot of them are tricky.</p>
<p>in terms of textbooks, you absolutely need the APS workbook–you’ll use it in discussion twice a week. the APA publications manual is also really important in writing your research paper, and you’ll definitely need it in future psych classes/any class where you need to write a research paper. i never bought the research methods textbook… her lectures included all of the material you needed to know, and I got an A without ever looking at it. if you’re not gonna go to lecture though, buy the book.</p>
<p>ditto with bruinsarerad. also, the research methods book doesn’t change significantly from edition to edition. i bought the prior edition off amazon for about $5, and i STILL didn’t use it! i would give it to you but it’s 800 miles away lol. the APA manual is a good investment - i didn’t keep mine, and when i went to take my psych lab i sorely regretted it!!</p>