Cracking the GRE Psychology Test, 6th Edition

by JAY, MEG

• ISBN13: 9780375762697
• ISBN10: 0375762698
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Princeton Review

Summary

The Princeton Review realizes that acing the GRE Psychology Test is very different from getting straight A's in school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about psychologyonly the techniques you'll need to score higher on the test. There's a big difference. In Cracking the GRE Psychology Test, we'll teach you how to think like the test writers and Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you Raise your score by focusing on the material most likely to appear on the test Test your knowledge with review questions for each of the 19 fields covered This book includes one full-length practice GRE Psychology Test. All of our practice questions are like the ones you'll see on the actual GRE Psychology Test, and we fully explain every solution.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Part I: The Test	1	(16)
Demystifying the GRE Psychology Subject Test	3	(8)
Short Cuts	11	(6)
Part II: The Material	17	(150)
Experimental and Natural Sciences
Learning	19	(12)
Language	31	(4)
Memory	35	(8)
Cognition	43	(6)
Perception	49	(8)
Ethology	57	(8)
Comparative Psychology	65	(6)
Sensation	71	(6)
Physiological Psychology	77	(10)
Social Sciences
Clinical Psychology	87	(14)
Abnormal Psychology	101	(10)
Developmental Psychology	111	(8)
Personality	119	(6)
Social Psychology	125	(10)
General Topics
History of Psychology	135	(8)
Applied Psychology	143	(4)
Measurement	147	(6)
Research Design	153	(4)
Statistics	157	(10)
Part III: The Princeton Review Practice Gre Psychology Subject Test	167	(42)
Practice Test	169	(40)
Answer Key	206	(3)
Part IV: Appendix: The Admissions Process	209	(24)
Going Back to School	211	(8)
Candidacy	219	(4)
The Application Process	223	(10)
About the Author	233