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Psychology Express: Biological Psychology 2nd edition

Paperback by Preece, Emma

Psychology Express: Biological Psychology

£17.99

ISBN:
9781292735719
Publication Date:
8 Mar 2025
Edition/language:
2nd edition / English
Publisher:
Pearson Education Limited
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Not yet available: due Mar-2025
Psychology Express: Biological Psychology

Description

Discover the ultimate revision guide for psychology students to help you excel in your assessments! Psychology Express: Biological Psychology, 2nd edition is a concise, comprehensive and engaging guide, packed with resources that will help you to plan, prepare and practice for all your undergraduate assessments in this subject. The guide covers all of the core concepts you need to know in accordance with QAA and BPS subject guidelines, such as the biological bases of human behavior, brain structure and function, psychopharmacology, neuropsychology and neuroscience and provides a framework for success through features such as topic maps, revision checklists, key terms, summaries of key studies and further reading suggestions. To make your revision even more effective you can assess your progress with test questions, compare your answers with answer guidelines and evaluate sample answers to improve your own assessment technique. This revision guide is part of the Psychology Express series, covering the complete knowledge base of psychology, designed to complement your lectures, seminars, and additional reading to make sure that you are confident going in to all of your assessments. Preparing for different types of assessments can be challenging, but this guide will give you all of the tools you need to succeed in your assignments. Whether you're facing exams, research papers, presentations, or group projects, you'll find valuable tips and strategies to excel. To support your learning journey, a companion website provides additional resources for self-testing and answers to questions in the book.

Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Guided tour Key research studies Chapter 1: Introduction to biopsychology: origins, approaches and applications Chapter 2: Structure and function of the central and peripheral nervous systems Chapter 3: The endocrine system: hormones and behaviour Chapter 4: Biological basis of language Chapter 5: Mechanisms of perception and sensation Chapter 6: Biological mechanisms of sleep and dreaming Chapter 7: Biological aspects of emotion Chapter 8: The biology of learning and memory Chapter 9: Biological basis of psychological abnormality Glossary of terms References Index

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