Introductory Sociology HELP!!!

[Ruddigore]

Here's my feedback from the Specific Exam Feedback section:

This is probably the easiest CLEP I’ve taken. It’s not one you can take cold, but once you study, it’s just a matter of applying some new knowledge.

I used a few resources, all of which can be obtained for very little money:

• InstantCert – this is a great way to dive in, though it lacks a few details
  
• REA’s Sociology book – scored a 64% on the first exam and 86% on the second
  
• Peterson’s test available for printing (questions/answers) – scored a 74%
  
• CLEP Official questions – scored a 76%
  
• I looked over the second two online Peterson’s tests (the first one is the same as the printed one I took before) – I just looked through for questions I couldn’t answer
  
• A sociology textbook from my library – I skimmed through two or three chapters and looked at some of the charts – handy for statistical questions (“Which is a trend in the US...” etc.)
  

All of this was more than enough to pass. I got a 77 after a little less than two weeks of study. There was no reason for the nerves I felt the morning of the exam – this one is a walk in the park if you:

• Know all the major names
  
• Know the terms and theories well
  
• Understand how the three major perspectives (conflict, functionalist, symbolic interactionist) apply to any given situation (the textbook I had did this for every issue).
  
• Can think politically correctly
  

And if you understand what it means to be ethnocentric, you’ll get at least two questions right on every practice you’ll ever take!

Hope that helps you out,
R.