Psych GRE

[ttdasani]

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Hello! I'm looking to start studying for the Psych GRE and I was wondering what are the best materials to start with and where I can buy practice tests?

Thanks so much!

 

[WisNeuro]

Grab a couple recent intro to psych texts. No need for anything else.

 

[bre333]

I used the Princeton Review guide, I found it really helpful for figuring out what I was expected to know.
and you can get a free practice test from ETS online (pdf), no need to buy them. one book a friend gave me had a bunch of practice tests that I thought were absolutely awful--very bad representation of what the actual test was like.

 

[atgers]

I second the Princeton Review guide. Did my best to memorize the thing and almost got a perfect score. Also used it for the EPPP and passed without issue.

 

[QDKNR]

I listened to iTunes U Intro to Psych lectures for a couple of months. They are free and were not horrible to listen to. I took some notes . . . obviously did not do the reading that was part of the course, but did look up information when needed. Many of the items on the practice test that ETS sends you were on the exam that I took in October. Study those questions as well as terms and names in the items. I think practice exams are the way to go.

 

[samcat123]

I used the Kaplan book, made notes on everything I didn't know, and then made flash cards from the notes. I also listened to the Yale intro to psych lectures (available for free, just google it). It worked well for me, I scored a 760. Good luck!

 

[crim84]

I used www.psygreplus.com, studied on my iphone, and made 760 (93rd percentile)

 

[phantasmagorical]

I used the Kaplan book and made what ended up being a few hundred online notecards out of its terms/people. I didn't think of it until it was too late, but if you do make notecards online, you should use a program that allows you to access them through an app for your smartphone or tablet; I think StudyBlue does that. The Kaplan book comes with two practice tests, and you'll also get one in the mail from ETS when you register. Aside from all having different numbers of questions, they accurately reflected the real test and were very helpful. I scored in the 96th percentile, so putting in a real effort for all of those things was definitely worth it!