Edrolo VCE Psychology Units 3 & 4

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CONTENTS Chapter 1 - Key science skills 1A Introduction to research 1B Scientific research methodologies 1C Population, sample and sampling 1D Preventing error and bias 1E Organising and interpreting data 1F Evaluating research 1G Ethical considerations Chapter 1 review UNIT 3 AOS 1 Chapter 2 - Nervous system functioning 2A The nervous system 2B Conscious and unconscious responses 2C Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators 2D Synaptic plasticity Chapter 2 review Chapter 3 - Stress as a psychobiological process 3A Stress 3B Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome 3C Lazarus and Folkman’s Transactional Model of Stress and Coping 3D The gut-brain axis 3E Coping with stress Chapter 3 review Unit 3 AOS 1 review UNIT 3 AOS 2 Chapter 4 - Approaches to understanding learning 4A Classical conditioning 4B Operant conditioning 4C Observational learning 4D Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander approaches to learning Chapter 4 review Chapter 5 - The psychobiological process of memory 5A Atkinson-Shiffrin multi-store model of memory 5B Brain structures involved in memory 5C The role of episodic and semantic memory in remembering and imagining 5D Mnemonics Chapter 5 review Unit 3 AOS 2 review UNIT 4 AOS 1 Chapter 6 - The demand for sleep 6A Sleep as a psychological construct 6B Measuring sleep 6C Regulation of sleep-wake patterns 6D Sleep across the lifespan Chapter 6 review Chapter 7 - Importance of sleep to mental wellbeing 7A Sleep deprivation 7B Circadian rhythm sleep disorders 7C Improving sleep Chapter 7 review Unit 4 AOS 1 review UNIT 4 AOS 2 Chapter 8 - Defining mental wellbeing 8A Ways of considering mental wellbeing 8B Mental wellbeing as a continuum Chapter 8 review Chapter 9 - Application of a biopsychosocial approach to explain specific phobia 9A Specific phobia and its contributing factors 9B Evidence-based interventions for specific phobia Chapter 9 Review Chapter 10 - Maintenance of mental wellbeing 10A Biopsychosocial approach: Protective factors for mental wellbeing 10B Cultural determinants of wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Chapter 10 review Unit 4 AOS 2 review Extended response guide UNIT 4 AOS 3 Student-designed scientific investigation guide ANSWERS Chapter 1 answers Chapter 2 answers Chapter 3 answers Unit 3 AOS 1 review answers Chapter 4 answers Chapter 5 answers Unit 3 AOS 2 review answers Chapter 6 answers Chapter 7 answers Unit 4 AOS 1 review answers Chapter 8 answers Chapter 9 answers Chapter 10 answers Unit 4 AOS 2 review answers GLOSSARY