Psychology notes (1st edition)

diagram of the eyes' receptive field, including the firing rate with multiple light amounts.

bullet form notes and a labelled diagram of the accompanying parts.

bullet form notes of Hubel & Weisel (1981) study into visual cortex.

Detailed notes on lecture content and textbooks.

8.1 Language: Turning Thoughts into Words - Theories - Bilingualism 8.2 Problem Solving: In Search of Solutions - Types of Problems - 3 Basic Classes - Barriers - Approaches 8.3 Decision Making: Choices and Chances - Judging Probabilities - Heuristics 8.4 Measuring Intelligence - Brief History - What do Modern IQ scores mean? 8.5 Heredity and Environment as Determinants of Intelligence - Studies - Cultural ...

15.1 Elements of the Treatment Process - Types of treatments - Who provides treatment 15.2 Insight Therapies - Moder Psychodynamic Treatments - How effective is the treatment? 15.3 Behavior Therapies - Systematic Desensitization - Social Skills Training - Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment 15.4 Biomedical Therapies 15.5 Current Trends in Treatment 15.6 Institutional Treatment in Transition - Deinstitutionalization

11.1 The Nature of Personality - Defining Personality - Personality Traits - Five-Factor Model 11.2 Psychodynamic Perspectives - Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory - Structure of Personality - Levels of Awareness - Defense mechanisms - Psychosexual stages - Jung's Analytical Psychology - Adler's Individual Psychology 11.3 Behavioral Perspectives - Behaviorism - Conditioning - Bandura's Social Cognitive T...

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...

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...

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...