Intro to Psychology CLEP

These are the tools my youngest son used to pass the Intro to Psychology
CLEP.

Great Ideas of Psychology (The Teaching Company)

Standard Deviants Psychology

Psychology I Super Review

REA CLEP Introductory Psychology

Petersons practice tests. http://www.petersons.com)

 

I took this CLEP in summer of 2008 and scored an 80. I've studied the subject before for my own amusement, including reading primary sources.

My main resources for exam prep:
Collins outline from the public library.
Website (especially powerpoints & quizzes) for Morris/Maisto. Good book -- I borrowed it via Interlibrary Loan in 2003 and liked it a lot. Thorough, good diagrams, readable, great website. I didn’t need the book in 2008.
Petersons practice exams
Secondary resources:
This website
InstantCert
I borrowed this book from my public library for when I needed the actual book. I found while locating materials that Introductory Psych texts are pretty generic; what's important is finding one that works for you.

I read and made notes from the Collins Outline, which covers the knowledge areas you need and has good review questions. Then I checked my notes against the textbook site's chapter outlines and powerpoints adding to my notes as I went along. Collins and the M/M textbook site would have been enough to pass. This may have been the first exam where I made my own flashcards (the long way, by hand on actual 3x5 cards) which I highly recommend as a study technique.
InstantCert helped mainly in that it's not multiple-choice (makes you use your brain differently), while Peterson's gives a great idea of the flavor of the questions on the CLEP, and helps you tune in to the breadth of topics covered, which I found the most challenging aspect of this exam. I was scoring in the 80s on Peterson before I took the CLEP.

I spent about a month and ~30 hours on this.

Phillip

 

How accurate is the REA book? I've taken the first practice test, and I'm studying lots of info online, but I scored quite badly on the practice test. It focused much more than I was expecting on the biological aspect of Psych. I've been interested in Psych for as long as I can remember, and I know a lot about the other -ists, but I definitely need to brush up on the biological aspect if the real test focuses as much on it as the REA does.

 

Bumping... Are REA or Peterson's tests more accurate for this one?

 

I didn't use REA but found Peterson's about right.

 

Well, I passed, but I would have sworn I failed until I saw the score... I didn't think REA or Peterson's was very accurate on this one...