Psychology Quick Study Guide for undergraduate, graduate, and medical students (Mobile)

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Boost Your grades with this fully illustrated quick-study guide. You will use it from an undergraduate school all the way to medical school. FREE 1st chapter in the trial version.AudienceIntended for everyone interested in psychology, particularly undergraduate and graduate students, medical students, nursing, and dental students.Features Fully illustrated anatomical diagrams. Clear and concise explanations. Search for the words or phrases.Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Neuropsychology III. Sensory Systems IV. Perception V. Learning and Memory VI. Thinking, Language, Intelligence VII. Development VIII. Personality, Mind, and Social Psychology IX. Abnormal Psychology X. Psychoactive DrugsI. IntroductionIntroduction: History | Principles | Scope | Research psychology | Applied psychology | Research methods | CriticismII. NeuropsychologyNeuron: Axon | Dendrite | Synapse | Neurotransmitters | Action Potential | Postsynaptic PotentialNervous System Organization: Brain | Spinal cord | Central nervous system | Peripheral nervous system | Somatic nervous system | Autonomic nervous systemBrain Stem: Medulla oblongata | Pons | MidbrainDiencephalon: Thalamus | Hypothalamus | Pituitary glandTelencephalon: Brain | Gyri and sulci | Brodmann area | Cerebral cortex | Cerebral hemisphere | Lateralization of brain function | Frontal lobe | Occipital lobe | Parietal lobe | Temporal lobe | Corpus callosum | Fornix Limbic System: Amygdala | Cingulate gyrus | Fornicate gyrus | Hippocampus | Hypothalamus | Mammillary body | Nucleus accumbens | Orbitofrontal cortex | Parahippocampal gyrus III. Sensory SystemsVisual system: Eye | Lateral geniculate nucleus | Optic radiation | Visual cortexAuditory system: Outer ear | Middle ear | Cochlea | Medial geniculate nuclei | Primary auditory cortexOlfactory system: Olfactory receptor neurons | Piriform cortexGustatory system: Tongue | Taste bud | Basic tastes | Primary gustatory area Somatosensory system: Nociception | Thermoreception | Vestibular system | Mechanoreception | Proprioception | Golgi organ | Muscle spindleIV. PerceptionPerception: WeberFechner law | Stevens' power law | Absolute threshold | Just noticeable difference | Psychometric function | LimenPerceptual Cues: Perceptual constancy | Visual perception | Depth perception | Motion perceptionAttention: Top-down and bottom-up information processing | Cocktail party effect | Stroop effectV. Learning and MemoryLearning: Habituation | Classical conditioning | Backward conditioning | Second-order conditioning | Rescorla-Wagner model | Eyeblink conditioning | Operant conditioning | SensitizationMemory: Short-term memory | Long-term memory | Working memory | Cortical plasticity | Hebbian learning | Forgetting | AmnesiaVI. Thinking, Language, IntelligenceThinking: Abstraction | Concept | Mental image | Animal cognition | Problem solving : Algorithm | Heuristic | Reasoning: Deductive reasoning | Inductive reasoning | Abductive reasoning | AnalogyLanguage: Phoneme | Morpheme | Syntax | Language acquisition | Aphasia: Broca's (expressive) aphasia | Wernicke's (receptive) aphasiaIntelligence: IQ | Stanford-Binet IQ test | Raven's Progressive Matrices | Wechsler Adult Intelligence ScaleVII. DevelopmentDevelopmental Psychology: Theory | History | Stages of development | Schools of psychology | Research methods | Theorists & theoriesDevelopmental Stage Theories: Cognitive development | Attachment theory | Kohlberg's stages of moral development | Psychosexual development | Erikson's stages of psychosocial development | Fowler's stages of faith development | Loevinger's stages of ego developmentVIII. Personality, Mind, and Social PsychologyPersonality psychology: Nature versus nurture | Eugenics | Personality type | Personality testTraits Theory: Big Five personality traits | Extraversion and Introversion | Neuroticism | Psychoticism | Conscientiousness | Agreeableness | Openness to experienceMind: Motivation | Emotion | Stress | Consciousness | Philosophy of mind | SleepSocial psychology:Intrapersonal phenomena: Attitudes | Persuasion | Social cognition | Self-concept | Cognitive dissonance | Interpersonal phenomena: Social influence | Group dynamics | Relations with others | Interpersonal attraction | ResearchIX. Abnormal PsychologyAbnormal Psychology: Normal behavior | Abnormal behavior | Mental illnessAnxiety disorders: Phobia | Panic disorder | Post-traumatic stress disorder | Obsessive-compulsive disorderMood disorders: Clinical depression | Bipolar disorder | Mania | Seasonal affective disorderPsychotic disorders: Schizophrenia | Delusional disorderCognitive disorders: Delirium | Amnesia | Dementia : Alzheimer's disease | Down syndromeDissociative disorders: Dissociative identity disorderSleep disorders: Insomnia | Narcolepsy | Apnea | SleepwalkingPsychotherapy: Psychoanalysis | Cognitive | Cognitive behavioral | Psychodynamic | Existential | Gestalt | Humanistic | Brief | Systemic X. Psychoactive DrugsStimulants: Amphetamines | Cocaine | MDMA (Ecstasy) | MPH (Ritalin)Antidepressants: MAOI | TCA | SSRI | SSRE | SNRI | NRI | DRI | OpioidsDepressants: Barbiturates | Phenobarbital | Benzodiazepine | Diazepam | Clonazepam | Chloral hydrate | GlutethimideAntipsychotic: Chlorpromazine | Clozapine | Lithium saltHallucinogens: Psychedelics: LSD | Psilocybin | Dimethyltryptamine | Mescaline | CannabinoidsDissociative: Ketamine | Dextromethorphan | Nitrous oxideDeliriants (Anticholinergics): Benztropine | Atropine | AtracuriumAnaesthetics: Diethyl ether | Nitrous Oxide | Propofol | Ketamine | OpioidsEmetic | Antiemetics | Anticonvulsant | Anxiolytic

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