Psychology Study Guide (For Smartphones and Mobile Devices)

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. Audience: Intended 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. Designed for optimal navigation on PDA, Smartphone, Tablet, and desktop devices. Formatted to display on all electronic devices including Smartphones and Mobile Devices with a small display. 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 Drugs I. Introduction Introduction: History Principles Scope Research psychology Applied psychology Research methods Criticism II. Neuropsychology Neuron: Axon Dendrite Synapse Neurotransmitters Action Potential Postsynaptic Potential Nervous System Organization: Brain Spinal cord Central nervous system Peripheral nervous system Somatic nervous system Autonomic nervous system Brain Stem: Medulla oblongata Pons Midbrain Diencephalon: Thalamus Hypothalamus Pituitary gland Telencephalon: 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 Systems Visual system: Eye Lateral geniculate nucleus Optic radiation Visual cortex Auditory system: Outer ear Middle ear Cochlea Medial geniculate nuclei Primary auditory cortex Olfactory system: Olfactory receptor neurons Piriform cortex Gustatory system: Tongue Taste bud Basic tastes Primary gustatory area Somatosensory system: Nociception Thermoreception Vestibular system Mechanoreception Proprioception Golgi organ Muscle spindle IV. Perception Perception: Weber?Fechner law Stevens' power law Absolute threshold Just noticeable difference Psychometric function Limen Perceptual Cues: Perceptual constancy Visual perception Depth perception Motion perception Attention: Top-down and bottom-up information processing Cocktail party effect Stroop effect V. Learning and Memory Learning: Habituation Classical conditioning Backward conditioning Second-order conditioning Rescorla-Wagner model Eyeblink conditioning Operant conditioning