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Does anyone recommend any study materials for the psychology GRE? There are so many options, I'd love some opinions!
 

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I just used the Kaplan book, supplemented with Google. I scored above the 90th percentile after studying for around 2.5 weeks (and that's after I've been out of undergrad for 4 years). There's a lot more I/O psych questions on the test than when I previously took in 2010, so maybe some study material on that would be helpful.

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1) Comprehensive intro psych textbook

2) Barron's or Kaplan's Psych GRE review books

3) AP Psychology review booklets

4) Wikipedia + Google searches

Focus especially on areas you are less knowledgeable about (for me that was I/O and developmental psych). 

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I used the Princeton Review book, and it helped me do very well on the exam. I would recommend it if you've taken a lot of psych classes and mainly want a refresher for the major topics. If you are unfamiliar with some of the areas or have been out of school for awhile, I wouldn't recommend it as it isn't very long and definitely isn't detailed enough if you haven't studied a topic before. 

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I used the Princeton book and although I haven't gotten my scores back yet (I just took the exam on Saturday), I don't think I'd recommend it.  There were quite a few typos in the book and I thought it could have been organized better.  I also agree with the above poster that the Princeton book is pretty bare-bones, so it's definitely not a thorough review.  I used it mainly to review topics I wasn't as familiar with and supplemented that with my psych100 textbook as well as some basic google searches.  The physiological/bio portion of the exam was more detailed than I expected, and definitely more detailed than the Princeton book prepared me for.  

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