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| About the Author | p. vii |
| About Research & Education Association | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Passing the CLEP Introductory Psychology | p. 1 |
| Getting Started | p. 3 |
| The REA Study Center | p. 4 |
| An Overview of the Exam | p. 5 |
| All About the CLEP Program | p. 6 |
| Options for Military Personnel and Veterans | p. 7 |
| SSD Accommodat... MORE | p. 7 |
| 6-Week Study Plan | p. 8 |
| Test-Taking Tips | p. 8 |
| The Day of the Exam | p. 10 |
| Online Diagnostic Test: www.rea.com/studycenter | |
| History and Methods | p. 11 |
| Psychology's History | p. 13 |
| Modern Approaches to Understanding Human Behavior | p. 14 |
| Research Methods | p. 15 |
| Biological Bases of Behavior | p. 19 |
| Neurons | p. 21 |
| Neurotransmitters | p. 22 |
| Sub-Systems of the Nervous System | p. 23 |
| Brain Organization | p. 25 |
| Sensation and Perception | p. 27 |
| Sensation | p. 29 |
| Perception | p. 30 |
| Consciousness | p. 33 |
| Patterns of Waking and Sleeping | p. 35 |
| Sleep Disorders | p. 37 |
| Dreams | p. 37 |
| Altered States of Consciousness | p. 38 |
| Learning | p. 39 |
| Non-Associative Learning | p. 41 |
| Associative Learning | p. 42 |
| Cognition | p. 47 |
| Thinking | p. 49 |
| Language | p. 50 |
| Memory | p. 51 |
| Intelligence | p. 51 |
| Motivation and Emotion | p. 53 |
| Motivation | p. 55 |
| Emotions | p. 57 |
| Development | p. 59 |
| Developmental Research Methods | p. 61 |
| Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development | p. 62 |
| Erikson's Theory of Psycho-Social Development | p. 64 |
| Personality | p. 67 |
| The Psychoanalytic Approach | p. 69 |
| The Humanistic Approach | p. 72 |
| The Social-Cognitive Approach | p. 72 |
| The Individual Difference (or Trait) Approach | p. 73 |
| Psychological Disorders | p. 75 |
| Anxiety Disorders | p. 77 |
| Mood Disorders | p. 78 |
| Dissociative Disorders | p. 78 |
| Schizophrenia | p. 78 |
| Somatoform Disorders | p. 79 |
| Personality Disorders | p. 80 |
| Explanations for Abnormal Behavior | p. 80 |
| Psychological Therapies | p. 81 |
| The Psychoanalytic Approach | p. 83 |
| The Humanistic Approach | p. 84 |
| The Cognitive Approach | p. 85 |
| The Learning (or Behavioral) Approach | p. 85 |
| The Biological (or Medical) Approach | p. 86 |
| Social Psychology | p. 89 |
| Social Cognition | p. 91 |
| Social Influence | p. 92 |
| Social Relations - Aggression and Altruism | p. 93 |
| Testing, Measurement, and Statistics | p. 95 |
| Reliability, Validity, and Standardization | p. 97 |
| Descriptive Statistics and Statistical Inference | p. 98 |
| Practice Test 1 (also available online at www.rea.com/studycenter) | p. 101 |
| Answer Key | p. 127 |
| Detailed Explanations of Answers | p. 128 |
| Practice Test 2 (also available online at www.rea.com/studycenter) | p. 139 |
| Answer Key | p. 165 |
| Detailed Explanations of Answers | p. 166 |
| Answer Sheets | p. 179 |
| Glossary | p. 183 |
| Index | p. 197 |
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