Next year I’m taking AP Bio as well as self-studying AP Psychology and AP Literature.</p>
So, could anyone maybe point me in the right direction as to which textbook to look into purchasing for the Psychology exam?</p>
And before anyone goes “Just use Barron’s,” I’ve already heard. 
I need a book more than a study guide, but feel free to recommend any good study guides, too.</p>
You may want to wait until July for a good referral since no one who took it this year will know how they did until then and the test changed this year so the materials from previous years will not be as effective. Good luck!</p>
Barron’s flashcards :p</p>
I know at my school (I haven’t taken AP Psych yet, but will be taking it next year, We use “Myers’ Psychology For AP”</p>
[Myers'</a>; Psychology for AP* [Book]](<a href=“http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=myers+psychology+for+Ap&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=140053896813216775&sa=X&ei=atT2TfyVFIndgQf9r8iTDA&ved=0CEEQ8gIwAw]Myers’”>http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=myers+psychology+for+Ap&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=140053896813216775&sa=X&ei=atT2TfyVFIndgQf9r8iTDA&ved=0CEEQ8gIwAw)</p>
I self-studied that this year. I used this book, plus 5 Steps to a 5 book and Barron’s flashcards to review. Morris, Charles G., and Albert A. Maisto. Psychology: An Introduction. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002. Print. I’m predicting a 4 or 5 on it.</p>
D used the AP Psych by Sharpsteen and the AP Crash Course and we found out today she got a 5. Yay!</p>
Our school uses the same one as iluvpiano and I got a 5! I actually read it in addition to Barron’s and felt very prepared and the textbook was interesting.</p>
We used a series of different ones. Meyers, Bernstein, Benjamin, some I cannot recall…Bernstein was, to me, the best structured.</p>
5 STEPS TO A 5!</p>
the only book i used. i self studied. got a 5!</p>
To report back in, I got a 5! (My earlier post stated what books I used)</p>
My class also used David Myer’s “Psychology”:
[Amazon.com:</a> Psychology (9780716764281): David G. Myers: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-David-G-Myers/dp/0716764288/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1309655823&sr=8-6]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-David-G-Myers/dp/0716764288/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1309655823&sr=8-6) </p>
I thought it was a really good AP book 
I dunno if this sounds dumb or not, but I really liked the vocab in the margins, lol</p>
Meyers Psych is good, but I got my 5 by reading the entire Psychology textbook by Carole Wade & Carol Tavris. Its really aesthetically pleasing… and colorful! Just start a month in advance and read over each chapter and mentally answer each little review. The weekend before take the Barron’s prep tests (this years exam had 3 questions, VERBATIM, from the practice tests), scare the hell out of yourself because of the typical Barron’s impossible-ness, and then go get your 5. </p>
Here’s the psych textbook:</p>
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My class uses Psychology: Themes and Variations, 6th edition. On my own I use Psychology: Core concepts, 5th edition. Good luck :D</p>
Can I just use prep books lol?</p>
Don’t be ridiculous, no one needs a textbook to study AP psyche.
Honestly, Barron’s is just as, if not more, helpful than any text.
It is very detailed and explanatory. Psychology is only memorization anyway, you do not need a textbook to explain anything.
Save your money. but the 18 dollar Barrons book, and print off some FRQs and MC tests.
Thats all you need.</p>
I recommend a review book, such as Barron’s. I also recommend the flash cards complementary to it. These two materials alone will suffice to let you get a 5.</p>
Psychology: Themes and Variations, 7th edition
[Book</a> Companion Site](<a href=“http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=9780495601975&token=]Book”>http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=9780495601975&token=)
[the link is 8th edition. 9th edition is coming out beginning of 2012]</p>
i honestly just read this book, printed off notes from online. read the notes and memorized the vocab. got a 5!!</p>
Meyer’s is good and has an excellent online aspect for quick quizzes. But the textbook has such a huge volume of information that reading it cover to cover is pretty much pointless unless you really want to read all of David G’s little anecdotes. Psych is not difficult. Barron’s is helpful and concise.</p>
Somebody already mentioned it but I too would recommend 5 steps to a 5. I found it was more helpful than barrons or princeton.</p>
I used Barrons…for 2 days…and got a 4. enough said.</p>