Hi, I'm Michael Corayer
Educator and creator of PsychExamReview
I created this site to help students learn psychology more effectively and more enjoyably — whether you're preparing for an AP exam, an IB course, or a college course.
Welcome! Maybe you're overwhelmed by hundreds of new psychology terms, names, and scientific jargon that you can't seem to keep straight. Or maybe you've learned the terms and concepts but you aren't really sure why they matter, and so you still get thrown off during tests. If any of these sound like you, I hope that I can help.
While exams can sometimes be a distraction from the joys of independent learning, discovery, and exploration, I recognize that even the most intrinsically-motivated students want to perform at their best when testing day arrives. After teaching hundreds of students introductory psychology, I want to extend what I've learned about psychology and education beyond the confines of a single classroom — and share resources and strategies that I believe can genuinely help students reach their fullest potentials.
After graduating from Harvard with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, I spent more than 12 years teaching AP and IB psychology at international schools in Shanghai and Singapore. I've helped thousands of students learn about psychology through classes, private tutoring, and through the online materials you can find on this site and the Psych Exam Review YouTube channel.
I've written and published Master Introductory Psychology, a complete guidebook covering all 16 core topics of introductory psychology. The full text is now freely available here as an online Student Guide, with highlighted key terms, section quizzes, review questions, and all the original illustrations — so every student can access it and freely share it with others.
I've also created a large library of hundreds of YouTube tutorials covering the key concepts, people, and studies you need to know — and I plan to continue adding more videos in the future. Whether you're taking an introductory college course, AP Psychology, IB Psychology, or even advanced courses in psychology or statistics, my goal is to help you by providing high-quality psychology resources that you can trust.
After many years standing in front of classrooms, in 2025 I returned to the student side of the classroom. I decided to pursue graduate studies so that I can be actively involved in research to better understand student learning and motivation. I'm currently a graduate student in Human Development, Culture, and Learning Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, where I also work as a Teaching Assistant for Introductory Statistics and a Graduate Research Assistant under Dr. Veronica Yan in the Science of Learning and Metacognition (SLAM) Lab.