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Summary: Overview of Psychology GRE
Review: I'm major in psychology during the graduate and postgraduate study. so that psychology GRE seems a big problem for me. I just read a £¼ Essentials of Psychology> edit by Dennis Cone( about 800 pages)--that's an interesting book even just for reading. then I took the psychology GRE free test preparation book. I found most of the questions in the test could be found in Dennis's Psychology book, anyhow, it's 800 pages:)Best wishes for those taking the test.
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Summary: The best resource I've found
Review: I'm major in psychology during the graduate and postgraduate study. so that psychology GRE seems a big problem for me. I just read a £¼ Essentials of Psychology> edit by Dennis Cone( about 800 pages)--that's an interesting book even just for reading. then I took the psychology GRE free test preparation book. I found most of the questions in the test could be found in Dennis's Psychology book, anyhow, it's 800 pages:) Best wishes for those taking the test.
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Summary: Winner!
Review: It had been 7 years since I had a psychology course when I decided to apply for graduate school. This book made it possible for me review every area of psychology quickly by presenting material in a very succinct and useful format. There were people and topics covered on the test that were not in the book, but I was able to eliminate incorrect answers from the information Meg did include. This was the ONLY study aid I used and I was able to score in the mid 700's!
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Summary: Don't bother.
Review: This book is a decent general reference--a nice enough outline or a last-minute refresher--but if you're looking for the level of detail that will be actually demanded from you on the GREs, you'd be a lot better off rereading your texts obsessively (assuming you actually kept them, which you'd better hope you have). I used this book for a solid 3 weeks, and after taking the test today I can tell you that there's plenty it doesn't go over, or even mention. The chapters dealing with the brain (learning, cognition, physiopsych, and ESPECIALLY sensation/perception) are woefully deficient, and as for a good look at research on gender differences, forget it--you won't find it here. These are just the most glaring examples; many of the major theories are given exceedingly short blurbs, with no meat or understanding to them. How can we know our Piaget when the entire theory is presented in two small tables? It's all well and good to know that Melanie Klein founded object-relations theory, but the theory isn't even defined, just described as an offshoot of psychoanalysis! You get the idea. If you're desperate for some help, and don't need that high a score to get into the programs you want, then this is probably a good choice; if you're heading for a competitive field and want something that actually prepares you for the real GREs, look elsewhere.
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Summary: An Absolute Must Have!
Review: This book is indispensable for the serious psychology graduate applicant. I took the psych subject test for the first time in April and scored a 530. After reading through this book a few times and taking time to absorb the information, my score zoomed to a 660 when I re-tested this past December! The material is well organized and very straight forward...I actually ENJOYED reading it! Please consider this book if you buy no other review materials. It really is a must have!
(Note: The practice test contained in the back of the book, though a good confidence boost, is NOT like the actual psych GRE. Use the practice booklet that ETS sends you when you register to get an accurate depiction of how you may fare on the 'real' examination)
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Summary: Very Helpful
Review: This book really helps a lot if you don't have time to sort through a bunch of old psych books (like me!). The book lets you know which topics are popular on the GRE, and puts what you need to know in bold print (helpful for last minute cramming!) It also gives study tips and advice on the application process. This is a great book for reviewing the topics, but its a lot of information, so start studying early!
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Summary: good as a supplement to kaplan's gre psych review
Review: This book was a disappointment, especially since it's coming from Princeton Review. I took someone else's advice and studied from the Kaplan GRE Psych Review. Kaplan is MUCH better. After making my own personal condensed study guide of all the terms reviewed in Kaplan, I then went to the Princeton Review book. Princeton Review had way less than Kaplan, and they also missed out on really important topics. For example, the cognitive psych chapter is only 4 pages long and includes problem-solving (i.e. definitions for schema, scripts, etc.), information-processing (i.e. semantic model), and emotion. Meanwhile, the Kaplan book goes into all the types of memory, people associated with terms, intelligence, language-- a better representative of my cognitive psych class.
I'm glad I didn't waste too much time on Princeton Review.
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Summary: Waste of money!
Review: What a lousy book! The only information it contains is list of topics that are frequently on the test, and an extremely short practice test! The list of topics can be obtained by reading through the chapter outline of an intro to psych textbook, and far better sample tests can be obtained from ETS and other books!
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