Summaries and ExamTests with Biological Psychology by Kalat

Booksummaries to be used with the 13th edition of Biological psychology

 Online: summary in chapters

• Online location: English Subscriber bundle with summaries in chapters; Dutch Subscriber bundle with summaries in chapters 
• Contents: English & Dutch summaries to be used with all chapters
• Availability: usable by JoHo subscribers

 Online: summary in BulletPoints

• Online location: English Subscriber chapter with BulletPoint summaries per chapter; Dutch Subscriber chapter with BulletPoint summaries per chapter
• Contents: English & Dutch BulletPoint summaries to be used with all chapters
• Availability: usable by JoHo subscribers

 Online: practice materials to be used with the book

• Online location: English Subscriber bundle with practice materials per chapter; Dutch Subscriber bundle with practice materials per chapter
• Contents: English & Dutch practice questions with answers to be used with all chapters
• Availability: usable by JoHo subscribers

 Print: summaries in chapters by post

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  • Display Dutch Booksummary
  • Display Dutch Practice materials
  • Display English Booksummary
  • Display English Practice materials
• Form: Printed and bundled, A4 format
• Contents: Dutch and English summaries to be used with all chapters, see table of contents 
• Availability: Also available without JoHo subscription - discounts for JoHo members and subscribers

  Print: summary in chapters in support centers

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  • available in JoHo study support center in Leiden (address & hours), The Hague (address & hours) and Groningen (address & hours)
• Form: Printed and bundled, A4 format
• Contents: Dutch summary to be used with all chapters, see table of contents 
• Availability: Also available without JoHo membership - for free or with discounts for JoHo members and subscribers

Content Online & Prints with Biological psychology

 Booksummary: list of contents for the online and printed summaries

• The English booksummary contains the following chapters:
  • What is biological psychology? - Chapter 0
  • What are nerve cells and nerve impulses? - Chapter 1
  • What is the function of synapses? - Chapter 2
  • What does the human Vertebrate Nervous System look like? - Chapter 3
  • How did the human Vertebrate Nervous System develop throughout evolution? - Chapter 4
  • How does visual perception work in the human brain? - Chapter 5
  • How do the other senses work? - Chapter 6
  • How can the human brain control body movement? - Chapter 7
  • What is sleep and why is it important for the human brain? - Chapter 8
  • How does the human body regulate temperature, thirst and hunger? - Chapter 9
  • How can hormones influence sexual behaviour? - Chapter 10
  • What are the relationships between emotions, stress and health? - Chapter 11
  • What is the biology of learning and memory? - Chapter 12
  • What is the biology of cognitive functions? - Chapter 13
  • How can mental disorders be explained and defined biologically? - Chapter 14
• The Dutch booksummary contains the following chapters:
  • Wat houdt de studie naar biologische psychologie en gedrag in? - Chapter 0
  • Wat zijn zenuwcellen en zenuwimpulsen? - Chapter 1
  • Wat is de functie van synapsen? - Chapter 2
  • Hoe is het zenuwstelsel opgebouwd? - Chapter 3
  • Hoe hebben de hersenen zich genetisch gezien evolutionair ontwikkeld? - Chapter 4
  • Wat zegt de biologische psychologie over het zicht en de verwerking van hetgeen je ziet? - Chapter 5
  • Hoe werken de andere zintuigen? - Chapter 6
  • Wat is motoriek en hoe werkt het? - Chapter 7
  • Wat is slaap? - Chapter 8
  • Hoe werkt interne regulatie van temperatuur, dorst en honger? - Chapter 9
  • Welke invloed hebben hormonen op seksueel gedrag? - Chapter 10
  • Hoe verhouden emoties, stress en gezondheid zich ten opzichte van elkaar? - Chapter 11
  • Hoe werkt leren, het geheugen en intelligentie? - Chapter 12
  • Hoe werken de cognitieve functies in de hersenen? - Chapter 13
  • Wat zijn mentale ziekten en hoe kun je deze indelen? - Chapter 14
  • Scheikundige voorkennis (Bijlage A)
  • Over het gebruik van dieren en menselijke subjecten in neurowetenschappelijk onderzoek (Bijlage B)

Summaries with the previous editions of Biological psychology

 JoHo.org: summaries with the 12th edition

• Online English Booksummary with the 12th edition
• Online Dutch Booksummary with the 12th edition
• Online English BulletPoint Summary with the 12th edition
• Online English practice materials with the 12th edition

Related summaries & other materials with Biological psychology

 Alternatives: booksummaries & related summaries

• Explanation of neuropsychology, aimed at students: Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology - Kolb & Wishaw
• Detailed Dutch explanation of Research Methods used in the neurosciences with examples: Methods in Social Neuroscience - Harmon-Jones & Beer

 Knowledge & Study pages: summaries per field of study

• More (Dutch) summaries regarding Biological Psychology can be found here: Biopsychologie en neuropsychologie - Kennis & Studiegebied

ExamTickets with Biological Psychology

 ExamTickets: Tips & Tricks with studying the book

 Evolution is quite a complicated concept, try to understand it based on the general misconceptions about evolution described in the book. A characteristic of evolution can be derived from every misconception. For example: the misconception that evolution means improvement has the accompanying characteristic that evolution actually means the fitness of a certain characteristic.

 Note that the way autism is described has changed a few years ago. It is no longer about different forms, such as Asperger, but about a disorder that can be placed somewhere on the continuum of autism spectrum disorder.

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