Blueprint MCAT Blog: MCAT Psychology

Understanding the Difference Between Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processing for the MCAT

Discover the difference between bottom-up and top-down processing and how to incorporate both into your MCAT prep. READ MORE

Dec 01, 2022

Don’t Psych Yourself Over Psych!

By Nikhil Jaganathan Seemingly endless vocabulary terms. Complicated experimental designs. Deceptive graphs and figures. This is the last stretch of the MCAT—you’re almost done! Many students consider the MCAT psychology/sociology section to be the easiest of the exam due to its more content-based nature compared to the other sections. Rather than applying countless formulas to READ MORE

Jun 25, 2018

Memorizing MCAT Psychology and MCAT Sociology Terminology

For many pre-med students, especially those who have majored in biology or a hard science, the Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior Section can be challenging to prepare for because it may not correspond as closely to the core pre-med curriculum as the other science sections. There’s no way around the fact that success READ MORE

Sep 20, 2017

MCAT Psychology – Study Design

Jun 28, 2017

MCAT Public Office Hours – Psychology and Sociology Content Review

This webinar session was run by Andrew Dombrowski, one of Next Step’s Premium MCAT tutors and Content Developers. During this session, Andrew discussed study strategies, topics to pay attention to, and questions to ask yourself while working through the Psychology and Sociology content on the exam. He gives a more in-depth view of the high READ MORE

Apr 01, 2017

MCAT Psych/Social – Theories of Emotion: Which Is Which?

The James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, and Schachter-Singer theories of emotion are an important topic for the Psychological and Social, and Biological Foundations section of the MCAT, and are also a perennial source of confusion for students due to the need to distinguish carefully between multiple theories named after different psychological researchers, such that the names of the READ MORE

Oct 20, 2016

Discrimination, Stereotypes, and Prejudice: How to Tell Them Apart

One of the most common challenges students face when studying for the Psychological and Sociological Foundations section of the MCAT is navigating the thicket of terminology you have to memorize. A particularly common observation is that this section requires you to distinguish between several terms that sound similar or are used almost interchangeably in day-to-day READ MORE

Oct 23, 2015

Psychology on the MCAT Strategy Session Webinar

Psychology is still relatively new on the MCAT, which makes a lot of students unsure of where to start in their preparations. Clara Gillan, one of Next Step’s MCAT experts, does an in depth dive on this subject as it relates to the exam. She will tell you where and how to start prepping for READ MORE

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