ECE Abnormal Psychology Exam

Has anyone taken this exam? I could use some feedback as to difficulty and recommended study resources.

Thanks!

 

I took this exam in the late summer of 2001. It was under revision at that time, and may well have changed (in/after October 2001 IIRC.) But:

I "studied to the test" using a not-particularly-current undergrad textbook, the DSM-IV, and the comparatively short section of Princeton Review's "Cracking the Psychology GRE" book that dealt with Abnormal Psych. A fair amount of studying (a few hours per week for around 10 weeks, concentrating on the content most likely to be in the exam according to EC's breakdown) merited a "B" on the test.

Know the DSM criteria for the "big" disorders. Know the accepted treatment modalities for them. I've found that the percentages devoted to the various topics in ECEs have generally mirrored the actual tests, so the study guide (downloadable for free from their site) should be your first stop.

 

I took this exam in January. I bought the HarperCollins review book on Amazon for about $10.50 and read pretty much all of it over the course of about a week. I scored an "A".

Good luck,
Mayer

 

MayerZ wrote:

> I bought the HarperCollins review book on Amazon for about
> $10.50 and read pretty much all of it over the course of about a
> week. I scored an "A".

Is that the book whose cover has a picture of a chair on fire? Was your "A" based entirely on the book (in which case it's really impressive), or did you have some background in psychology already?

Cheers,
Mark I.

 

I passed it easily as the last test for my BS. but I had taken 3 PSYC classes before. Know the DSM and facts about the various diseases and you should pass. Know how to shake down answers (ther are only four choices for each question) and eliminate false answers will only help even more...

 

Mark -

1. It is the book with the cover-picture of a chair on fire.

2. While I do not have an extensive background in Psychology, I took several other Psych exams that I studied for by using the Cracking the GRE Psychology book as well as reading a few chapters from an Introductory Psych textbook. For the Abnormal Psych exam, all I did was read the HarperCollins book.

Mayer

 

Rosie just phoned me from the Prometric testing center to tell me she got an A! (Excelsior multiple-choice exams are graded on the spot.)

To study for this exam, she used the book with the chair on fire, and Abnormal Psychology (Test Yourself) by Susanna M. Perry (McGraw-Hill, 1998).

Her only previous background in Psychology was a month of study she did by herself for the GRE last year. (She scored at the 48th percentile on the GRE.)

This is excellent news after a couple of setbacks that we've had. We're going out to celebrate.