Birkett - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

This is a practice exam for Biological & Cognitive Psychology. It consists of 50 questions to test your knowledge. The answers are in the back. The questions are about the materials for the midterm exam: Carlson/Birkett 1-3, 4, 6, 8, 13 Goldstein/van Hooff 1-7, 10. Lectures 1-12, VU

A study guide for exam 2 that has questions and answers corresponding to the lecture notes. The units included are sleep, reproductive behavior, and emotions. It also includes any important information emphasized by the professor.

A study guide for the anxiety & stress unit that provides questions with answers corresponding to the lecture notes. It details different anxiety disorders and the neuroscience behind stress. It includes all important parts of the unit that were emphasized by the professor.

A study guide for the schizophrenia & mood disorders unit that provides questions with answers corresponding to the lecture notes. The document provides information on schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, major depressive disorder, and seasonal affective disorder. It also includes all important parts of the unit that were emphasized by the professor.

These lecture notes introduce the concepts of action potentials, different types of ion channels, the structure of neurons, synapses and a quick look at how drugs affect our brains. This document contains significant information that you will not only need to pass your MCQ exams but comes in handy when moving on to future modules such as vision. I recommend looking at of the videos Dr Paul Goddard provides on Blackboard to understand what this information actually looks like during brain process...

A study guide for the drug neurobiology unit that provides questions with answers corresponding to the lecture notes. It includes all important parts of the unit that were emphasized by the professor.

Notes from class of prof. Debby Van Dam covering the memory and learning processes. It also covers the chapter learning and memory from the book - physiology of behaviour.

This summary includes all the information that you need for the course Psychobiology. The summary is 151 pages long, because it contains a lot of information, but also a lot of describing pictures which means that you can go fast through it. By reading and understanding this summary you don't even have to watch the lectures and you can be sure of succeeding your Psychobiology exam! Good luck :)

This is a summary for the course Biological and Cognitive Psychology of the first year of psychology. I studied using this summary and received an 8.3 for the first exam and an 8.4 for the second exam. The summary includes pictures and tables that make studying easier and more structured. This summary is based on the books Physiology of Behaviour by Neil R. Carlson and Melissa A. Birkett, Cognitive Psychology by Bruce E. Goldstein and Johanna C. van Hooff, and information from the lectures.

Very comprehensive summary in English on the subject material for the course Biological & Cognitive Psychology (part 1) in the 2nd period of year 1 at the VU Amsterdam. This document summarizes the literature of the books Physiology of Behavior - Carlson & Birkett and Cognitive Psychology - Goldstein & van Hooff for period 2.