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Published by Pearson (April 25, 2025) © 2025

Emma Preece
    Pearson eTextbook ( 5 years access )
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    ISBN-13: 9781292747668

    Psychology Express: Biological Psychology ,2nd edition

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    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.

    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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