Intro to Psych Help

[gotjesus4ever]

Hello,
I'm new to all of this, have been surfing this forum for quite some time now. I bought a "Introductory to Psychology" book from a second hand store to help with understanding the terms. Been reading it for quite some time now. I have printed out many of the documents here in this forum also to assist in what exactly to memorize. I will then hit the instacert flash cards. Will that be enough? I study about an hour a day, 7 days a week, and plan on taking this exam end of October or early November. This would be my first exam and my nerves are wrecked. Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated.

It was the first CLEP I had ever taken. I did it in the time you have (studied for 25 hours over the time span)! I passed with a 56. I believe I could have done so much better with more study hours. I think the best method, I found, was to Get your feet wet with all the information you can get your hands on: it makes mulitple choice fairly easier. BUT study to understand EACH topic individually. If I had taken more time with the methods below:

Here's my thread advice, which I typed up right after the CLEP:
• The test also touches on how the brain works (eyes, ***neurons**, impulses, brain sections)
• Here are great online flash cards to go through in addition to the IC onest-http://www.flashcardexchange.com/cards/introduction-to-psychology-clep-361934
• Know basics of down syndrome, schizophrenia, and the therapies needed for them.
• Cliff Notes (so helpful for getting summaries of every topic needed, it covered all the knowledge needed to answer the questions of the test pretty much), Psychology: Influencing Learning and Performance
• Study Prep, https://speedyprep.com/courses/6/study_s...tart_new=1
• (My favorite resource) If you have Google Chrome, go to the apps and download the free ‘Study Stack’ It has games and flashcard review already programed in just type in ‘Psychology clep’ in the search bar<iframe src="http://www.studystack.com/inewflashcard-363176" width="850px" height="440px" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="overflow:hidden"></iframe> <br /><a href="http://www.studystack.com">More flashcards and educational activitites at StudyStack.com</a>
• Know the introductory concepts- including behavior, perception, cognition, emotion, parenting strategies, and personality basics. classical conditioning, operational conditioning, unconditioned stimulus, conditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, conditioned response, extinction, etc. All of these condepts and persons involved must be thoroughly understood, medications (what are used and why and for which condition).
• Know names of key player, what they contributed, which method of therapy they developed.
• Take as many Practice tests as possible. Just google it…There was atleast 4 different free places. Here are free quizes on all the specific topics covered in a typical Psychology course Introductory Psychology | DOME Exam Prep - CLEP
• Another practice test, CLEP Intro Psychology Exam Practice Questions
• It’s very helpful to take the ‘Contents’ from the front of a text book and learn all of the topics in increments, puts everything to memory better if you study to understand EACH topic individually




Topic Study List--
Measurement and Statistics
Research Methods in Psychology
Biological Bases of Behavior
Sensation
Perception
Consciousness
Learning
Motivation
Emotions
Stress and Health
Developmental Psychology: Age 0–13
Developmental Psychology: Age 13 to 65+
Personality
Abnormal Psychology
Treatments
Social Psychology
Intelligence
Memory
Cognition and Language
Diversity Issues