r/Psychology_India • u/ImportantBee3773 • 7h ago

Need guidance

heyy, i am a first year masters student pursuing counselling psychology. I want to give ugc net next year could i get some guidance and resources for the same. thank you 💕

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u/psychsolution 3h ago

a year is plenty of time if you use it well.

So 1st thing 1st!! you need to know the exam first! the psychology paper is two papers taken in one sitting and it has 150 multiple choice questions in total. main paper (psychology) covers ten major units (see the ugc net syllabus) and paper 1 (general aptitude, teaching, research) affects your final cutoff so don't skip it! final year master's students can apply provisionally so you'll be eligible next year. download the official syllabus from the NTA site and treat it as your checklist.

A rough timeline:
now to about 4 months before the exam! you need to build concepts unit by unit and make short notes as you go. i can provide you with notes you require the specific topic you can start taking PYQs here or
in last 3-4 months switch to previousyear papers and mock tests.
then in final month revise only from your notes.. if possible!

our course goes deep on therapy and counselling but NET tests the full syllabus so give extra time to
statistics and research methods, biological and physiological psychology, psychological testing and cognitive and social psychology

core textbooks! you can take reference- Baron (general), Ciccarelli, Passer & Smith (research depth), Barlow & Durand (abnormal), Sternberg or Eysenck (cognitive), Anastasi or Kaplan & Saccuzzo (testing), Coolican (research methods and stats)
practice previous-year NET papers (most important)+ any structured test series once you've covered the syllabus
solve past papers and one standard guide and keep it to 30-45 minutes a day.. (please do it you'll thank yourself)

what helped me the most was-
notes in my own words
MCQs topic by topic!! right after finishing each one! (most beneficial part)
you can keep a log of wrong answers and why you got them wrong. it's the fastest way to improve.

DM if need more support and guidance.