Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

In this chapter of the Psychology Themes and Variations AP 9th edition textbook Learning and its processes are discussed. Classical conditioning, Operant conditioning, Changes and improvements in the studies of conditioning, and observational learning are all topics discussed in this chapter. This study guide will help to simplify the information in the textbook.

Chapter 3 (The Biological Bases of Behavior) Mainly discusses Communications in the nervous system, organization of the nervous system, research methods for looking inside the brain, the brain and its behaviors, differences between right side of the brain and left side, the endocrine system.

Chapter 5 (Variations in consciousness) mainly discusses the nature of consciousness, biological rhythms and sleep, the sleep and waking cycle, the world of dreams, hypnosis and its diffrent forms, meditation, and the effects of drugs.

This Summary discusses the science behind Sensation and Perception in chapter 4 of the Psychology: Themes and Variations, ninth edition, AP Edition text book. The chapter discusses basic concepts and issues, the essentials of sight, perceptual processes, hearing, taste and smell, and touch.