RE: CLEP Exam 2018
Hi all, I just wanted to "update" this thread for this exam. I just took the Human Growth & Dev exam. My advice is study as many materials as you can find for as long as you can if you want to be sure to pass. I was blown away by the questions on the exam. Let me just say, I already have a masters degree in psychology but since my credits were more than 5 years old my silly college required me to either CLEP or take a new course. The overall pass rate for this exam is listed at 69% but something tells me that is either old or about to change, because the test I took was super challenging. Regardless, we know 30% of you will fail, so don’t be overconfident…I only got a 55 (just barely passed).
Here are my takeaways...
The official CLEP practice Test
Do not consider this as test prep, because only about 2-3 questions out of 90 were very similar to the practice test. However, it is a good gauge of your pass fail ability. If you take this test and ACE it, grats you are a unicorn and will most surely pass the actual test. However, I fed into some rumors that the practice test is harder than the real thing and that if you do well on it, you will do better on the real test. DO NOT BELIEVE THIS. The questions were way less straight forward, and way more subjective. It is harder.
Flash Cards
I studied all of the quizlett.com, cram.com, and other flash cards I could find. These are great but they only really give you straight-forward definitions of terminology and concepts. I would estimate that only about 20% of the questions were like this. The rest were scenario based, and I was completely unprepared for this. It was more like being interviewed for a psychology job.
Example question below (I made this up, but is similar).
“Jane and Jill bring their kids to the park on a regular basis. Jane is an involved mother who may seem to hover over her child while Jill is much more relaxed. The children playing on the playground are being rough with each other. Jill does not seem to mind too much and is on her cell phone, while the other mother is telling her child to stop, and explains why. Which concept is most applicable here for one of the parents?”
A) Concrete Stage Theory
B) Authoritive
C) Positive Reinforcement
D) Proper Parenting Technique
Keep in mind you have 1 minute per question and the majority of questions were just like the above.
My advice, in addition to flash cards and practice tests, find a few modern text books on Human Growth and Development, drink lots of coffee, read them front to back. Not only do you need to understand basic concepts, you will need to run scenarios in your head and dodge answers which may seem obvious, but they are not.
Good Luck.
Hi all, I just wanted to "update" this thread for this exam. I just took the Human Growth & Dev exam. My advice is study as many materials as you can find for as long as you can if you want to be sure to pass. I was blown away by the questions on the exam. Let me just say, I already have a masters degree in psychology but since my credits were more than 5 years old my silly college required me to either CLEP or take a new course. The overall pass rate for this exam is listed at 69% but something tells me that is either old or about to change, because the test I took was super challenging. Regardless, we know 30% of you will fail, so don’t be overconfident…I only got a 55 (just barely passed).
Here are my takeaways...
The official CLEP practice Test
Do not consider this as test prep, because only about 2-3 questions out of 90 were very similar to the practice test. However, it is a good gauge of your pass fail ability. If you take this test and ACE it, grats you are a unicorn and will most surely pass the actual test. However, I fed into some rumors that the practice test is harder than the real thing and that if you do well on it, you will do better on the real test. DO NOT BELIEVE THIS. The questions were way less straight forward, and way more subjective. It is harder.
Flash Cards
I studied all of the quizlett.com, cram.com, and other flash cards I could find. These are great but they only really give you straight-forward definitions of terminology and concepts. I would estimate that only about 20% of the questions were like this. The rest were scenario based, and I was completely unprepared for this. It was more like being interviewed for a psychology job.
Example question below (I made this up, but is similar).
“Jane and Jill bring their kids to the park on a regular basis. Jane is an involved mother who may seem to hover over her child while Jill is much more relaxed. The children playing on the playground are being rough with each other. Jill does not seem to mind too much and is on her cell phone, while the other mother is telling her child to stop, and explains why. Which concept is most applicable here for one of the parents?”
A) Concrete Stage Theory
B) Authoritive
C) Positive Reinforcement
D) Proper Parenting Technique
Keep in mind you have 1 minute per question and the majority of questions were just like the above.
My advice, in addition to flash cards and practice tests, find a few modern text books on Human Growth and Development, drink lots of coffee, read them front to back. Not only do you need to understand basic concepts, you will need to run scenarios in your head and dodge answers which may seem obvious, but they are not.
Good Luck.
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