Comp Exams Guidance Anyone?

[forensicpsychjy]

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Hello everybody,

I'm going onto my 2nd Year of a forensic psychology graduate school for my Psy.D. We have comp exams coming up, the first one is on ethics, stats I/II and assessment. Does anyone have any guidance on these exams? Any help would be appreciated!! Thank you!

 

[cara susanna]

Your best resource for this would be older students in your program, as comps can vary a lot from program to program.

 

[2012PhD]

Hello everybody,

I'm going onto my 2nd Year of a forensic psychology graduate school for my Psy.D. We have comp exams coming up, the first one is on ethics, stats I/II and assessment. Does anyone have any guidance on these exams? Any help would be appreciated!! Thank you!

Older students should be able to give you outlines. They get passed on from year to year in many programs.

 

[Ollie123]

Agreed, these vary too widely for anyone here to be of use. Heck, even the different areas in our department do them drastically differently IO has a formal sit-down comps with a reading-list you are expected to know. We do "hell weekends" where you get two questions Friday evening and are expected to turn around 20 pages by Sunday night. We also have the option of writing a massive review paper (90+ pages...think psych bull style) in lieu of comps. I actually think the latter option should be the standard as its actually useful and meaningful (I'm not convinced comps typically are since like any exam...usually once you're done everything is forgotten in the span of a month). Despite that, I'm taking regular comps since the review paper obviously takes a lot more time and effort.

Depending on the setup it may or may not be possible to study. Aside from getting materials from other students for elective coursework I didn't take, there isn't really any way to "study" for ours.

 

[PsyDLICSW]

Older students should be able to give you outlines. They get passed on from year to year in many programs.

I second this. Talk to the upper classmen and see if they have study guides.