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MindTap Psychology, 1 term (6 months) Instant Access for Kalat's Biological Psychology, 12th Edition

James W. Kalat

  • Copyright 2016
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MindTap Psychology, 1 term (6 months) Instant Access for Kalat's Biological Psychology 12th Edition by James W. Kalat
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MindTap Psychology for Kalat's Biological Psychology, 12th Edition is the digital learning solution that helps instructors engage and transform today's students into critical thinkers. Through paths of dynamic assignments and applications that you can personalize, real-time course analytics, and an accessible reader, MindTap helps you turn cookie cutter into cutting edge, apathy into engagement, and memorizers into higher-level thinkers. The MindTap Psychology learning path includes formative and summative assessment, videos, and animations that illustrate biological processes. Access to this product is valid for 6 months of usage.

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James W. Kalat

James W. Kalat is professor emeritus of psychology at North Carolina State University, where he taught introduction to psychology and biological psychology courses from 1977 through 2012. In addition to this book, Dr. Kalat has authored INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY and has co-authored EMOTION. Dr. Kalat has also written journal articles on taste-aversion learning, the teaching of psychology and other topics. He has served twice as program chair for the annual convention of the American Psychological Society, now named the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. Kalat received an A.B. degree summa cum laude from Duke University and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. A remarried widower, he and his wife together have five children and five grandchildren.

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Table of Contents

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1. Nerve Cells and Nerve Impulses.
2. Synapses.
3. Anatomy and Research Methods.
4. Genetics, Evolution, Development, and Plasticity.
5. Vision.
6. Other Sensory Systems.
7. Movement.
8. Wakefulness and Sleep.
9. Internal Regulation.
10. Reproductive Behaviors.
11. Emotional Behaviors.
12. The Biology of Learning and Memory.
13. Cognitive Functions.
14. Psychological Disorders.
Appendix A: Brief, Basic Chemistry.
Appendix B: Society for Neuroscience Policies on the Use of Animals and Human Subjects in Research.

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  • ISBN-10: 130525595X
  • ISBN-13: 9781305255951
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