دانلود کتاب Psychology VCE Units 3 and 4 (7th Edition)

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Title page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Contents matrix: chapter coverage of the study design
About eBookPLUS and studyON
Acknowledgements
Psychology — research methods
CHAPTER 1 Research methods in psychology
Defining psychology and its subject matter
Mental processes and behaviour
Psychology as a scientific study
Steps in psychological research
Research methods
Types of data
Organising, presenting and interpreting data
Reliability and validity in research
Ethics in psychological research and reporting
Use of animals in psychological research
Reporting conventions
UNIT 3 How does experience affect behaviour and mental processes?
CHAPTER 2 Nervous system functioning
Roles of different divisions
Conscious and unconscious responses to sensory stimuli
Role of the neuron
Role of neurotransmitters
How interference to neurotransmitter function can affect nervous system functioning
CHAPTER 3 Stress as a psychobiological process
Eustress and distress
Sources of stress
Stress as a biological process
Stress as a psychological process
Strategies for coping with stress
CHAPTER 4 Neural basis of learning and memory
Neural plasticity and changes to connections between neurons
Role of neurotransmitters and neurohormones
CHAPTER 5 Models to explain learning
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Observational learning
CHAPTER 6 Process of memory
Atkinson–Shiffrin’s multi-store model of memory
Brain regions involved in the storage of long-term memories
CHAPTER 7 Reliability of memory
Methods to retrieve information from memory or demonstrate the existence of information in memory
Fallibility of memory reconstruction
Effects of brain trauma on memory
Factors influencing ability and inability to remember
UNIT 4 How is wellbeing developed and maintained?
CHAPTER 8 Nature of consciousness
Consciousness as a psychological construct
Consciousness varies along a continuum of awareness
Normal waking consciousness and altered states of consciousness
Methods used to study consciousness
Changes in psychological state due to levels of awareness
Comparing effects of one night of full sleep deprivation vs legal blood-alcohol concentrations
CHAPTER 9 Sleep
Sleep and biological rhythms
NREM and REM sleep
Theories of the purpose and function of sleep
Differences in sleep patterns across the lifespan
CHAPTER 10 Sleep disturbances
Dyssomnias and parasomnias
Circadian rhythm phase disorders
Effects of partial sleep deprivation
Interventions to treat sleep disorders
CHAPTER 11 Mental health
Mental health as a continuum
Mental health as a product of internal and external factors
Typical characteristics of a mentally healthy person
Ethical implications in mental health study and research
CHAPTER 12 Mental Disorder
4P factor model
Biological risk factors
Psychological risk factors
Social risk factors
Cumulative risk
CHAPTER 13 Specific phobia
Stress, anxiety and phobia
Specific phobia
Factors contributing to the development of a specific phobia
Evidence-based interventions in the treatment of specific phobia
CHAPTER 14 Maintenace of mental health
Resilience
Biological protective factors
Psychological protective factors
Social protective factors
Transtheoretical model of behaviour change
Multiple choice answers
Glossary
References
Index
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