Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #63705 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

Customer Reviews

if you take the GRE psychology test, you must buy this book
I bought this book in December 2007 in preparation for the April 2008 GRE Psychology test. I have been out of college for a few years and only took one psychology course (Intro to Psych) as an undergraduate. As someone coming back to psychology after an extended absence and after forgetting most of the material, I found this book indispensable. There are some errors and confusing sections, but there is nothing out there that matches this book in terms of the breadth of coverage and the clear, concise explanations throughout that vast majority of its content. If you plan on taking the GRE Psychology test, buy this book and do the practice tests (even though they are geared towards the material in the study guide, taking any practice tests you can get your hands on, including the one that ETS provides, is great preparation)

That being said, at best, this book will prepare you for 50-60% of the material you will see on the GRE. I learned the rest of the material with Weiten's Psychology. By studying from those two books and taking 4 practice tests, I was able to score a 740 (92nd percentile).

Very Good Study Aid (But don't use only one book to study for the Psych GRE!)
I used this book in conjunction with the Princeton Review study guide and a used general psych book (Gleitman's "Psychology"). The Kaplan book provided a good summary of the general topics that should be studied for the test but lacked more obscure/specific information. The Princeton Review book provided far less detailed (and questionably accurate) summaries of the material but highlighted more concepts/terms.

I used the two books as a guide but really relied on the general psych text to review. I feel I was able to get a much better picture of the material overall but was able to use the two study guides to filter the overabundance of information in the textbook. However, if I could only buy one review book it would be this one.

Helpful but not as your only study aid
This book is great in that it provided a quick but comprehensive review for the psychology GRE. While the in-depth explanations are there, you will definitely need something else for last minute studying and review. I used Kaplan's together with Princeton Review's and did quite well on the psych gre.