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Psychology summary with reference from these books: * Psychology: themes and variation * Psychology: a South African perspective * Comprehensive * Detailed *For students

Together with lecture materials and textbook notes, these notes cover the chapters of cognitive psychology for first year - psych 1.

Together with lecture materials and textbook notes, these notes cover the chapters of biological psychology for first year - psych 1.

This summary focuses on Memory (Key Processes). It contains: 3 key processes in memory: encoding, storage and retrieval, Levels of Processing theory, short-term memory, long-term memory, working memory, different types of memory systems, forgetting, why we forget, memory as a constructive process, biological bases of memory, and the anatomy of memory. This summary is written according to Chapter 7 from the textbook: PSYCHOLOGY: THEMES AND VARIATIONS by Wayne Weiten.

This summary focuses on the Evolution of Psychology. It contains: terminology, a history on psychology, structuralism and functionalism schools of thought, Freud and Jung's perspectives, Behaviourism, Humanism, and Evolutionary Psychology, This summary is written according to Chapter 1 from the textbook: PSYCHOLOGY: THEMES AND VARIATIONS by Wayne Weiten.

This summary focuses on Conditioning and Learning. It contains: terminology, Classical Conditioning, Basic Processes in Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Basic Processes in Operant Conditioning, Observational Learning and other related subthemes. This summary is written according to Chapter 6 from the textbook: PSYCHOLOGY: THEMES AND VARIATIONS by Wayne Weiten.

This summary focuses on Theories of Motives and Emotions. It contains: terminology, Needs-Based Theory, Motivations and Emotions. This summary is written according to Chapter 10 from the textbook: PSYCHOLOGY: THEMES AND VARIATIONS by Wayne Weiten.

This summary focuses on Personality Theories. It contains: terminology, personality traits, five-factor model of personality, different perspectives on personality theories, development of psychosexual stages, social cognitive theory, behavioural perspectives, humanistic perspectives, Maslow's theory of self-actualisation, Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory. This summary is written according to Chapter 12 from the textbook: PSYCHOLOGY: THEMES AND VARIATIONS by Wayne Weiten.

The summary is focused on Abnormal Behaviour. It contains terminology, disorders (anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, dissociative disorders, trauma and stressor-related, depressive and bipolar, schizophrenic, and personality disorders). This summary is written according to Chapter 15 from the textbook: PSYCHOLOGY: THEMES AND VARIATIONS by Wayne Weiten.