MCAT Psychology and Sociology Review: New for MCAT 2015 (Graduate School Test Preparation) 1st Edition

I bought this product out of desperation since there aren't many options at the moment for the new MCAT, and my test is in a month. I refused to buy Next Step books since their reviews are suspicious as all hell on here. All of their reviews on here are... questionable (oh gee, nothing but 5* reviews from people who have reviewed nothing but next step books. What a coincidence). Take that for what you will.What I like about this book:Seems to accurately follow the outline of what's needed for Psych/Soc topicsWhat I don't like:This book isn't concise or well-written for a review book. It reads more like a textbook. The text is dense dense dense. Nothing is written in an intelligent way to help you learn concepts quickly and efficiently, it's just dumped on you.Lots of filler crap you don't need. The first 2 chapters of this book are just about the MCAT as a whole and have no relation to psychology/sociology. Why? Do they put that in every MCAT book? Redundant an unnecessary, but at least they can claim this book has 8 chapters instead of 6. Also, a paragraph on 'forgetting' in the memory section? Who the bleeping bleep doesn't know what it means to forget something? That could've been one sentence - 'In contrast to memorizing something, we tend to forget information, the decay of a memory until it can't be recalled.'. Boom. I guess that would make this book too short and readable.I'm sure this book will teach me what I need to know, I just wish they would've taken the time to write it in a review book sort of way instead of just heavy, dense wording like it has.

Well first of all, after registering the book online I found that the three practice tests included are 2 unique tests plus the MCAT Demo test that the Princeton Review puts out for free on their website for anyone to try. Yes it is a full-length but I found it sort of gimmicky that they advertise the book as coming with 3 tests.Be sure to register online because there is content addendum to the last few chapters and a few errors that are corrected for. It's sort of inconvenient that 50 plus PDF pages of information that you need is not included in the book but at least they post it online for you. As someone else said, the first two chapters are basically a general intro to the MCAT which they stick into all of their books, but I have noticed other test prep books that do that as well.EDIT: Bumped up to 4 stars after using the book for a while. The content seems pretty good and thorough, it hits most of the points on the AAMC topic outline, and explains things clearly. Easy to read. There are questions throughout to help gauge understanding, and a few passages at the end of each chapter for practice which are decent. And even with only 2 practice tests, it's still good deal for the price.

I have this version, the ExamKrackers Psychology and Sociology, and the Kaplan text. I'd definitely recommend PR's version over the other 2 for this particular subject. Although PR can be quite wordy sometimes, I found that it was perfect for Psychology since there really isn't that much experimental or critical thinking material to internalize; it really is mostly just memorizing of terms. Also the extra tests included with this book make it an especially good deal if you need to supplement Exam Krackers (my original goal for this purchase). Would recommend.

I didn't take a single Psych or Soc. course before I took my MCAT. I studied this book hard and was able to get a decent score on the section. It also came with good online practice tests. As with all prep methods, never rely on one source.

This felt like a good overview of what you need to know. I didn't take any psychology classes in college, but they seemed to summarize key studies and concepts effectively and efficiently.

There's a lot of typos and grammatical errors in this book. Other than that, I'm pleased with the book so far. There's not as many pointers about high yield material as the Kaplan study guides from the past. However, it's a very comprehensive review of the material.

The Princeton Review did a great job at supplementing my knowledge on psychology and sociology for the 2015 MCAT. I had not taken a sociology class previously, but this book did a good job at going over the subject. I achieved my goal on the MCAT because of this book

It only has strategies for the MCAT CARS. Mostly which are useless. I was hoping there would be practice in these books, but there really isn't. Also the first two chapters of every Princeton Review book is the exact same. Just tells you some bogus information about the MCAT 2015. If I were you, I'd just buy a different book.

At first I was highly satisfied with the product, I thought it was nicely formatted and gave all the information needed.That is until I took the MCAT practice exam online and realized there were terms I didn't recognize in the psychology section, even though I knew the book cover to cover. That is about the time that I found out that the book itself has been updated with an addendum online (I found out via online reviews not from Princeton Review). And people, this is not a small addendum, this is a FIFTY page addendum. This addendum I did not know about until 5 days before my MCAT examination.Princeton Review, come on, I mean basics of writing a review book:First step: GET ALL THE INFORMATION IN THE BOOKSecond step: Make it nice and stuffYou proudly announce "Proven techniques from the TEST PREP EXPERTS" on the top of this book. But guys I hate to break it to you, but I think you need new experts who know how to GET ALL THE INFORMATION IN THE BOOK.So if you're a person who doesn't need all the information and likes to wing it a little bit free-style on the MCAT exam, then this book is for you. If you are like me and want the plain old information, I would suggest another book. All in all this one isn't bad if you know about the addendum, but if not, have fun living life on the edge.

It's very decent and easy to understand.Don't be decieved by the reviews from other companies.

good

Great!