First, the psychology postgraduate examination subjects and time schedule
Since 2007, the national unified entrance examination for graduate students has been changed to the national unified examination, and the proposition is unified by the Ministry of Education. The examination subjects are: politics, foreign languages and psychology.
Ideological and political theory (8: 30 am-11:30 am)100.
Foreign language (14: 00 pm- 17: 00 pm) full score 100.
Comprehensive basic psychology (8: 30 a.m.-165438+0: 30 a.m.) has a full score of 300.
The examination time of each subject is 3 hours, and the written test is the first time.
Second, comprehensive reference books for psychology majors.
"The success of postgraduate entrance examination depends on specialized courses", which shows the important position of specialized courses in postgraduate entrance examination. First, the total score of professional courses is 300 points, accounting for 60% of the total score of postgraduate entrance examination. The score of professional courses directly determines the success or failure of postgraduate entrance examination; Secondly, specialized courses are also the key to improve scores, broaden grades, take the lead in the second interview and get scholarships or public places. Therefore, the cross-examination postgraduate entrance examination reminds students to pay attention to the review of professional courses.
From now on, students are strongly advised to prepare for the exam from textbooks, because the psychology postgraduate entrance examination emphasizes the understanding and application of basic knowledge. Only by returning to textbooks can we reach the level of not only "knowing what it is" but also "knowing why it is", especially at present, the proposition trend increasingly emphasizes the comparison and application of knowledge, which requires everyone to have a comprehensive understanding of the basic content of the whole discipline. Let's briefly talk about reading methods and skills. The goal of the first pass is to understand and browse quickly. The goal of the second time is understanding, which requires intensive reading, sketching, marking and taking notes on what you don't understand; The goal of the third time is to master, and on the basis of the second intensive reading, it is necessary to decompose what you don't understand; The goal of the fourth time is to use, to link the knowledge points of each chapter and improve the notes.
Third, the content structure and question structure of the comprehensive examination paper for psychology majors.
First, the content structure of the basic comprehensive examination paper of psychology specialty
Introduction to Psychology 100.
About 70 points in developmental and educational psychology.
About 60 points in experimental psychology.
Psychological statistics and measurement is about 70 points.
B, psychological professional basic comprehensive examination paper question structure
65 multiple-choice questions, 2 points for each question, *** 130 points.
Multiple choice questions 10 small questions, 3 points for each small question, ***30 points.
Answer five short questions briefly, each short question is 10, and ***50.
Comprehensive question 3 small questions, each small question 30 points, ***90 points.
Fourth, the coping strategies of comprehensive review of psychological professional foundation
1. Introduction to Psychology
The introduction to psychology covers general psychology and social psychology.
In the psychological examination, general psychology and social psychology are the main subjects, accounting for one-third of the total scores of professional courses. They mainly examine the basic concepts, facts and theories of psychology, and the ability to analyze and solve practical problems by using basic theories and methods of psychology. It can be seen from the real questions over the years that there are many knowledge points in general psychology, but the difficulty is generally not too great. Candidates can get satisfactory scores as long as they review carefully. General psychology pays special attention to the examination of basic concepts and theories, and it is suggested that candidates pay enough attention to basic concepts and theories when reviewing.
Therefore, we should focus on reviewing basic concepts and theories, so as to fully understand and basically repeat them. Candidates are advised not to force themselves to remember in the first round of review, but to focus on understanding. Judging from the types of questions over the years, the introduction to psychology has become more and more flexible, so candidates can use it flexibly only on the basis of a deep understanding of the basic knowledge, so as to "change with the constant".
2. Development and Educational Psychology
The main investigation of development and educational psychology: basic concepts, main theories and their enlightenment to educational work; Age characteristics, related theories and classical experimental studies on the development of cognitive, linguistic and social fields; The ability to use this knowledge to understand and analyze various phenomena and related problems in the process of individual development and teaching.
Lin Chongde's developmental psychology is similar to the knowledge points listed in the syllabus, but there are still many knowledge points not involved, such as "Theory of Mind" and "Cognitive aging Theory", which requires candidates to combine several books on developmental psychology when reviewing. At the same time, if conditions permit, try to understand the hot issues of current research through journals such as Journal of Psychology and Psychological Science. Because the division of each period in several books of developmental psychology is not consistent, Haitian Postgraduate Entrance Examination suggests that candidates combine several reference books according to the outline and construct an optimal knowledge system by themselves. Moreover, the knowledge of developmental psychology itself is relatively broken, which requires candidates to read textbooks frequently and review them repeatedly to remember.
In addition, developmental psychology and educational psychology are likely to be combined, so candidates can try to combine them when reviewing. For example, the age characteristics of cognitive, linguistic and social development in developmental psychology, related theories and their classical experimental studies, as well as the characteristics of different age stages and important psychological problems can be reviewed in connection with the countermeasures adopted in educational psychology and various phenomena and related problems in the teaching process.
3. Experimental psychology
Experimental psychology mainly examines the mastery of the basic principles and methods of experimental research and the ability to design experiments and write research reports. The subject of experimental psychology is also one of the difficulties for candidates to review. It is necessary for candidates to understand the basic ideas and contents of experimental psychology, avoid embarrassing feelings in learning and review persistently.
In view of the characteristics of experimental psychology and psychostatistics, candidates should combine experimental psychology with statistics to review, especially the experimental design part of experimental psychology and the inferential statistics part of psychostatistics, and distinguish what statistical analysis methods should be used in experimental design in order to better understand book knowledge.
Zhang Xuemin's Experimental Psychology and Guo Xiuyan's Experimental Psychology are both accompanied by a large number of experimental design examples. Candidates should choose several representative experiments, such as the experimental design within 2*3 subjects or between 2*3 subjects, and be familiar with the whole experimental process, including how to conduct experiments, how to select subjects, how to count data, what results may be obtained and how to explain the results. We can't copy mechanically, but it is very important to understand the ideas of experimental psychology.
4. Psychostatistics
Psychostatistics mainly examines the basic concepts and methods, the principles and methods of statistical analysis, and the ability to analyze and interpret statistical results.
The review of psychostatistics requires candidates to constantly sort out various knowledge points and constantly summarize them in order to understand them deeply, and some contents can be properly memorized.
5. Psychometrics
Psychological measurement mainly examines the ability to master and use the basic concepts, methods and calculation methods of various measurement theories and indicators, as well as the ability to correctly use various tests and explain the results.
Candidates should pay attention to the basic theory of measurement and the application of various tests when reviewing. In the first round of review, they should focus on the understanding of basic concepts and methods and thoroughly understand every knowledge point. The unified examination focuses on mastering the basic knowledge, and the topic is not too difficult. Candidates should review mainly with reference books, lay a good foundation, and then do some corresponding exercises on this basis.
5. How to prepare for the exam without a 20 14 syllabus for psychology?
At present, many students who are going to take the 20 14 psychology postgraduate exam will encounter a problem when preparing for the exam, that is, there is no exam outline for 20 14. Here, it is suggested that students can refer to the 20 13 psychology postgraduate entrance examination outline as a reference to guide their review before the release of the new outline, because the examination outline will not change completely, even if the outline changes, it will only be the addition or deletion of some knowledge points, or the change of expression, and the basic knowledge and key knowledge points will generally not change.
Sixth, how to use the real questions over the years?
As for the real questions of the exams over the years, the tutors of the postgraduate entrance examination often tell students that the real questions over the years are the best simulation questions. After reading the book for three times, students can come up with three sets of real questions to test their mastery, and at the same time, they should summarize the questions they have done and summarize the characteristics and laws of the real questions. To put it bluntly, it is how the proposer examines the students and grasps the proposition trend by doing the latest real questions.
Seven, you can apply for the professional direction of psychology graduate students.
Postgraduates in psychology apply for two subjects. The two disciplines include three majors: basic psychology, developmental and educational psychology and applied psychology. There are several directions under the two disciplines. The research scope of basic psychology includes feeling, perception, attention, memory, thinking and speech, action, emotion and motivation, consciousness, personality tendency and ability, temperament, personality and its related biological basis. The specific directions are cognitive psychology, experimental psychology, physiological psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Development and educational psychology mainly studies the occurrence and development of individual psychology, as well as human learning and education. The specific directions are adolescent psychological development and counseling, children's cognitive development, children's personality and social development, and learning and educational psychology. Applied psychology uses the basic theories and methods of psychology to study and solve psychological problems in industrial, social, medical, sports and military fields. Specific directions include management psychology, personnel psychology, labor psychology, consumer psychology, advertising psychology, engineering psychology, environmental psychology, social psychological process, group and mass psychology, social psychology of China people (including all ethnic groups), judicial psychology, abnormal psychology, clinical psychology, health psychology, rehabilitation psychology, physical education teaching psychology, sports training psychology, training means and methods, military action psychology, and selection and evaluation of military personnel.