CLEP- intro to psychology 1101-please give an honest advice

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Psychology is (at the Intro level) very generic and so let's say there are 1000 textbooks on it. Pick any 10 at random and the overlap between them will be pretty high. That's what the CLEP will cover most, so knowing that will get you through. It's also what is covered by IC, Cliffs, and the Idiot's Guide, all of which are excellent resources for this exam.

As for the Structuralism question, what IC is trying to do is teach you just enough about the history of psych that you can handle by elimination and intelligent guessing the very few questions the CLEP will have on history. If you want to know this area better, or you might be taking more social science, a bit of history helps you understand why the science is the way it is, and this helps tie your other study together -- but it is not covered deeply on the CLEP. The bring-it-on strategy: if your text has a chapter on history you can read it and make a study outline (list of terms, names and movements or ideas in chronological order would be good, and one page should do it) or your own flashcards. For less work, read the Wikipedia articles on:

Social Science
History of the Social Sciences
History of Psychology

to develop background awareness and refer back to them if needed as you study, and as you review your Peterson's practice test results. The Peterson is very helpful for this CLEP.

Phillip