Rspec a public method which calls a private method.

user.rb

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

  def my_public_method
    self.my_private_method
  end
  
  private

  def my_private_method
    true
  end
  
end

user_spec.rb

require 'spec_helper'

describe User do

  before(:each) do
    @user = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
  end
  
  it "should return true" do
    user.my_public_method.should eq(true)
  end

end

Don't use should