Praxis Psychology (5391) Study Guide 2026–2027 | Psychology Teacher Certification Exam Prep + Practice Tests

A complete study guide for the Praxis Psychology (5391) exam, written for future high school psychology teachers who need the 5391 for certification.

What's Inside:

• Full content review of all six ETS content categories in 56 topics: Methods, Approaches, Ethics, and Assessment; Biopsychology, Sensation and Perception, and States of Consciousness; Life Span Development and Individual Differences; Learning, Memory, and Cognition; Personality, Social Psychology, Motivation and Emotion, and Stress; and Psychological Disorders and Treatment
• Key theorists and studies, research design and statistics, neurotransmitters and brain structures, sleep and drugs, Piaget, Erikson, Kohlberg and attachment, conditioning, memory and heuristics, personality and social psychology, DSM-5-TR disorder categories, therapies and medications
• 91 quick-reference tables plus diagrams of the neuron, brain lobes, normal curve, memory model, Yerkes-Dodson law and general adaptation syndrome
• 2 practice tests with 200 exam-level, scenario-based questions, weighted like the real exam's content categories
• Detailed answer explanations for every question
• Exam overview, study schedules, FAQs, test-taking strategies and a final review checklist

Format:

• Digital PDF, instant download
• Printable US Letter pages (217 pages)

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