This book studies the relationship between biological factors (mostly brain activity) and behaviour. It shows students how such aspects of brain physiology as neuro-transmission and neuroanatomy relate to "real" psychological topics such as language, sexual behaviour, drug addiction, depression, depression and schizophrenia. The fifth edition has been updated with research in neurobiology with emphasis on the human phenomena and the effects of physiology on behaviour, all of which the author aims to portray in a way that engages student interest rather than churning out facts. The "Dictionary of Biological Psychology" by the same author is free with this text.
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Dr. James W. Kalat received his B.A. degree from Duke University, Summa Cum Laude, and then continued his education at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his Ph.D. in psychology under the supervision of Paul Rozin. Currently, Dr. Kalat is at North Carolina State University where he is a professor of psychology, teaching both introductory psychology and biological psychology. Besides having authored the best selling biological psychology text, Dr. Kalat is the author of INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY, 8th Edition (Wadsworth, 2008) and has published articles on a variety of diverse topics such as taste aversion learning and on the teaching of introductory psychology. With Michelle Shiota, Kalat is co-author of EMOTION (Wadsworth, 2007). A talented and frequently requested speaker, Kalat receives rave reviews wherever he presents, including the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology and the Texas Community College Teachers Association.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Biological Psychology, Fifth Edition (Hardcover)
I highly recommend this book. As an undergraduate psychology student who just completed a physiological psychology course using this text, I can assure professors that it is a very useful, clear, and well organized textbook. It is much better than most college textbooks.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Not well define enough.....,
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This review is from: Biological Psychology (Hardcover)
This book is good for those who have some basic knowledge in biology. For those who doesn't, would find it hard to understand. I have compared it with other text books and I felt that some of the terms are defined very briefly.
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