| Lecture Notes for the Midterm |
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| Chapter 1 - Introducing Psychology (MS Word) |
| Chapter 2 - Research in Psychology (MS Word) |
| Chapter 3 - Biological Aspects of Psychology (MS Word) |
| Chapter 4 - Sensation (MS Word) |
| Chapter 5 - Perception (MS Word) |
| Chapter 12 - Human Development (MS Word) |
| Chapter 6 - Learning (MS Word) |
| Chapter 9 - Consciousness (MS Word) |
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| Appendix - Statistics Exercise |
| Appendix - Behavioral Genetics Exercise |
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| See an animated neuron in action! |
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| Look for the hidden image in this picture! |
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| Supplement - History of Psychology |
| Supplement - Research Methods |
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| Do we only use 10 percent of our brain? Or is that a myth? |
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| Visit Related Website This website has some great demos for Sensation and Perception! |
| Visit Related Website Here is a website about Visual Perception. |
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| Visit Related Website - NINDS This website talks about the Brain Basics of understanding sleep. Great passages on dreaming, the sleep-wake cycle, REM sleep, and sleep disorders. |
| Chapter 1 - Introducing Psychology (text) |
| Chapter 2 - Research in Psychology (text) |
| Chapter 12 - Human Development (text) |
| Chapter 3 - Biological Aspects of Psychology (text) |
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| Chapter 4 - Sensation (text) |
| Visit Related Website - Neuroscience Made Easy Same as the website linked for Chapter 3, this site also has great information about our various sensory systems! |
| Chapter 5 - Perception (text) |
| Chapter 9 - Consciousness (text) |
| Chapter 6 - Learning (text) |
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| More discussion of neural transmission Here is an example of neural transmission from the "big picture" of a real life situation and how that translates on the micro level of an individual neuron. MS Word or text formats. |
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