Psychology notes (1st edition)

bullet form notes on pain signal pathways for pain receptors, and a full page labelled diagram accompanied by a colour key. images and notes included. neat handwritten notes, labelled and unique. personally received A- test result from these notes.

3.1 - Communication in the Nervous System - Neurons - Glia - Signals - Neurotransmitters and behavior 3.2 - Organization of the Nervous System - The Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - The Somatic Nervous System (SNS) - The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) - The Central Nervous System (CNS) 3.3 - The Brain and Behavior - Research Methods - The Brain anatomy - Plasticity of the brain 3.4 - Right/Left Brain: Cerebral Specialization - Split-Brain Re...

5.1 - The Nature of Consciousness - Consciousness - Consciousness and brain activity 5.2 - Biological Rhythms and Sleep - The Role of Circadian Rhythms - Ignoring Circadian Rhythms 5.3 - The Sleep and Waking Cycle - 5 Distinct stages of sleep - Age, Culture, and Sleep - Insomnia - Other Sleep Problems 5.4 - The World of Dreams - Culture of Dreams - Theories of Dreaming 5.5 Hypnosis: Altered Consciousness or Role-Playing? - E...

4.1 - The Visual System: Essentials of Sight - The eye anatomy - nearsightedness/farsightedness - visual receptors - visual pathways to the brain - information processing in the brain - Trichromatic theory of color vision 4.2 - The Visual System: Perceptional Processes - Perceiving Forms, Patterns, and Objects - Gestalt Principles - visual illusions 4.3 - The Auditory System: Hearing - Sensory processing in the ear - theories of hearing 4.4 - The ...

2.1 - Looking for Laws: The Scientific Approach to Behavior - Goals of the Scientific Enterprise - Steps in a scientific investigation - advantages of the scientific approach 2.2 - Looking for Causes: Experimental Research - Independent and Dependent variables - experimental and control groups - Variables - Advantages/Disadvantages 2.3 - Looking for Links: Descriptive/Correlational Research - Correlation and Prediction - Correlation and Causation - Ob...

10.1 Progress Before Birth: Prenatal Development - Germinal Stage - Embryonic Stage - Fetal Stage - Influencing factors in prenatal development 10.2 Motor, Social, and Language Development in Childhood - Motor development - Theories of Attachment - Development of language 10.3 Personality, Cognitive, and Moral Development in Childhood - Erikson's Stage Theory - Piaget's Stage Theory - Vygotsky's Sociocultural Th...

14.1 General Concepts - Criteria of Abnormal Behavior - Classification of Disorders 14.2 Anxiety Disorders, OCD, and PTSD - Phobias - Biological Factors - Cognitive Factors 14.3 Dissociative Disorders - DID - Etiology 14.4 Depressive and Bipolar Disorders - Mood Dysfunctions - Suicide - Etiology 14.5 Schizophrenic Disorders - Four Subtypes - Etiology 14.6 Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - Symp...

12.1 Person Perception: Forming Impressions of Others - Stereotypes - Subjectivity 12.2 Attribution Processes: Explaining Behavior - Internal vs. External Attributions - Bias 12.3 Interpersonal Attraction: Liking and Loving - Key Factors in Attraction - Passionate vs Companionate Love - Evolutionary Perspective on Attraction 12.4 Attitudes: Making Social Judgements - Components and Dimensions of Attitudes - Trying to Change Attit...