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Introductory Psychology
Score: 73

I studied for this exam for less than 4 days and took the test the same day as College Composition. I would rate this exam a 3 on a scale of 1-10 in difficulty. In order to study, I read the REA guide, took two of the Peterson's free practice exams, watched random videos on "The Psych Files" site ( The Psych Files Podcast ), read this great study guide ( http://www.free-clep-prep.com/support-fi...-notes.pdf ), and popped terms I didn't know or understand into Wikipedia or this psychology site. AlleyDog.com - psychology students' best friend

Practice test scores:

First REA guide pt: 63 scaled
First free Peterson's pt: 76%
Second free Peterson's pt: 65%
Official CLEP Study Guide: 60% (much harder [personally] than the real thing!)

A few things I remember from the exam:

~Erickson's stages
~Skinner's areas of study (2 questions)
~Unconditioned/conditioned stimuli/responses
~Symptoms of various psychological disorders
~What methods of treatments/methods work best for different disorders
~Rogers
~When the first psychology lab was established
~Interpreting basic charts/graphs
~Phases of sleep
~Binocular/monocular vision
~Parts of the ear
~Parts of the brain ("The Psych Files" videos mentioned earlier were very helpful! Hippo-compass, hypo-the-llamas, corpus-colloSUM, ponds, reTICKLEular formation, etc. )
~Locus of control
~Proactive interference
~Social clock

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Introductory Sociology CLEP
Score: 67

I studied for this exam for ~a week and, on a scale of 1-10 in difficulty, this particular test would be a 4. I had just taken Introductory Psychology, which made studying for this test a lot easier! In order to study for this CLEP, I used the following materials:

1. Official Fact Sheet. http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalSer..._sheet.pdf
2. Peterson's free practice tests. CLEP Prep
3. The REA Guide.
4. The Official CLEP Study Guide (OCSG).
5. A study guide from the Specific Feedback section.
6. This website on sociology. Sociology - Sociology information, resources, and news from About.com.

My practice test scores were:

1st REA pt: 56 scaled
2nd REA pt: 69 scaled
3rd REA pt: 72 scaled
1st Peterson's pt: 75%
(I reviewed the answers for the 2nd Peterson's pt)
3rd Peterson's pt: 77%
OCSG pt: 71%

I collected a list of topics to know for this exam -- PM me if you would like a copy (too long to post here).

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History of the U.S. I CLEP
Score: 73

I passed after studying for this test for ~1 1/2 weeks. I had never taken American history before, and on a scale of 1-10 in difficulty, this particular test would be a 5 -- there was a lot of information for me to learn. There were no question that asked the date of a particular event, but it is good to understand the timeline of major occurrences (knowing when certain presidents served would be good to know, although not imperative). In order to study for this CLEP, I used the following materials:
~Peterson's free practice tests. CLEP Prep
~The REA Guide.
~The Official CLEP Study Guide (OCSG).
~Parts of this study guide. AP US HISTORY - Ultimate Study Guide
~Hippocampus videos, which really helped me to drill the facts on this exam!! I was able to recall some of the information on the exam easily due to these videos. HippoCampus U.S. History & American Government - Homework and Study Help - Free help with your US History homework
~A little bit of Quizlet. Simple free learning tools for students and teachers | Quizlet
~This amazingly helpful site for memorizing the Amendments. Correspondence Committee: Memorizing the US Constitutional Amendments
~Some videos from this youtube playlist. YouTube
~This video for memorizing the presidents. YouTube

I also did not have the time to fully use the following, but they look like great sources.
Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events:1860s
American History [ushistory.org]
USQuizMainPAge
http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/Readi...REVIEW.doc

My practice test scores were:
1st REA pt: 64 scaled
2nd REA pt: 73 scaled
1st Peterson's pt: 59% (64 scaled)
OCSG pt: 78%
The REA guide practice tests and the OCSG were EXTREMELY similar to the actual exam. In fact, it felt like there were some questions from both of those sources' PTs on the real thing...

I collected a long list of topics to know for this test -- PM me if you would like a copy (too long to post here).

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History of the U.S. II
Score: 65

I passed after studying for this test for about a week. On a scale of 1-10 in difficulty, this particular test would be a 6.5. I had just taken History of the U.S. II, and there was a little overlap between these two exams. This exam was slightly harder than U.S. I. In order to study for this CLEP, I used the following materials:

• Official Fact Sheet practice test. Sample Questions | CLEP
  
• The REA Guide. (helpful, but not sufficient on it's own)
  
• The Official CLEP Study Guide (OCSG).
  
• Hippocampus videos -- wonderful resource! HippoCampus U.S. History & American Government - Homework and Study Help - Free help with your US History homework
  
• Sparknotes American History -- great supplement to the REA guide.

Resources I didn't have enough time to fully use, but look helpful:
Free University Online - CLEP American History II Study Guide
Cases | http://www.streetlaw.org
Correspondence Committee: Memorizing the US Constitutional Amendments
American History [ushistory.org]
Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events:1860s
HowStuffWorks "American History"
http://sparkcharts.sparknotes.com/history/american2/
Labor history of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Progressive Era - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1920 in literature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USQuizMainPAge
Free Resources
U.S. History II

My practice test scores were (yes, I only took 2 :| ):
1st REA pt: 66 scaled
OCSG pt: 59%
The OCSG was pretty accurate, but the REA was easier than the real exam.

I collected and compiled a pretty long list of specific things to know for this exam -- PM me if you would like a copy (too long to post here).