EPPP Fundamentals, Step One: Review for the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology 2nd Edition

Helped me a lot: excellent coverage of bio psych, a little weak at stats and research designs/methods in my experience. I don’t recommend solely relying on it, but at the price it’s a very good supplement.

Just took EPPP and passed first time. This was my primary study book. It has some grammar error and some of the answers for the quizzes are contradicted in the text, but it's pretty good. The only book you need. Recommended.

I love this book. In 2014 i bought the 1st edition, which I was never able to read it until 2019. In this book, I found many theories i was not able to find in expensive programs, so I also got the second edition. I think this book is well organized with easy comprehension and provides an overall idea of the content material of eppp. By combining the material from expensive programs with this book, we will be better prepared for the exam.

Really helpful - comes with an app so you can test yourself. I passed the EPPP on the first try. I highly recommend this book - but also recommend that you use multiple other study methods for the exam.

This book is great to give you a very brief overview of the topics on the EPPP but the quiz questions/app and editing and writing leave a lot to be desired.-Editing— the editors and proof-readers did not do a great job. Spaces in the middle of words, missing letters, random numbers in sentences with no context, inconsistent text organization… honestly it was amusing to count how many errors I found as I read and worked through the book.-writing— I know this book is written with the assumption that you’ve had 5-7 years in a doctoral program to learn the content, however, some of this content is learned in year one, semester one and the assumption that it’s easily remembered does a poor job in connecting with the reality of test takers. Initials never fully explained, just placed in the middle of the text without context clues or an ability to figure it out. The writing was fragmented, as if the authors wanted to make bullet points but had to follow a traditional paragraph structure. The lack of diagrams that could explain the points seemed to do a huge disservice to their work.— quizzes/app: I could not get the app to work on my phone or tablet. All I could do was access via browser. The quizzes are nice, but they’re just the same questions in the back of the chapter. If you’re buying this for practice questions, don’t. They have a good system of marking whether you need to review the question again and sort the info on to a 3 card method (know, maybe know, unknown) but the questions don’t feel as hard as I’ve been told they are going to be.Overall, I give this 3 stars; 1 for affordability and portability (the ebook access as well as a relatively slim volume to tote around). 1 star for content, because all of the testing areas are organized well into the book instead of in isolation like other types of materials, this way you get to be refreshed on the interrelated concepts. 1 star because the post-chapter quizzes were a good way to assess areas where you need to further revise in my opinion. I took off 1 star due to the ease of questions (not nearly as bad as other study materials, but not as hard as expected) and 1 star off for all of the editorial problems, app problems and lack of tables/diagrams that would really have helped the content. I guess the study opportunities of drawing/writing my own were good, but the clarity would have been improved.

A wonderfully organized and thorough summary of EPPP topics

The thing with the money racket of an industry we call EPPP Prep… is many of the programs are overpriced and seem to exploit examinee anxiety with super difficult practice tests in my opinion, maybe to increase buy-in of their services. This book was honestly an incredible value and not comprehensive, but a great primer for all the domains. There are a few typos and the quiz questions are a bit on the easy side. If you master the content in this book and maybe find one other training resource you should have a strong foundation. I did pass first try, and this book was my main (but not only) study resource. Good luck y’all

What a great book. I’m reviewing and understanding the topics better.