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This is intro. to Chemistry class notes on periodic properties of elements. This document goes into detail about periodic properties, core and shell electrons, the valence electrons dictate properties, effective nuclear charge, hydrogen and helium models, Zn increasing across a period, shielding, core electrons shielding valence electrons, Na, Zn changing as you increase n, rationalizing a basic model, trends, calculating electrons, approximating the size of atoms and molecules, Zeff affecting a...

This is intro. to Chemistry class notes on . This document goes into detail about the basic concepts of chemical bonding, electron orbitals, what constitutes as a chemical bond, making ionic bonds, defining ionic materials, energy that holds ionic molecules together, lattic energies for some ionic compounds, qualitatively determining relative lattice energies, examples using lattice energy, what a covalent bond is, predicting why some atoms form covalent bonds, drawing lewis structures, using th...

This is intro. to Psychology class notes on molecular geometry and bonding theories. This document goes into detail about understanding the shape of molecules, relating lewis structures to shapes, VSEPR dictates the orientation of groups around central atoms, defining terms for VSEPR, shape of the central atom, electron domain geometry vs. molecular geometry, electron domain geometries with 2, 3, and 4 domains around the central atom, molecular geometry, predicting bond angles requires knowing d...

This is intro. to Psychology class notes on intro. to psychology. This document goes into detail about historical founders & figures, structuralism, functionalism, Gestalt psychology, behaviorism, shifting focus from internal to external, humanism, cognitivism, increasing modernization, feminist psychology, multicultural psychology, biopsychology, evolutionary psychology, sensation & perception, cognitive psychology, personality psychology, sociocultural psychology, industrial-organizational psy...

This is intro. to Psychology class notes on psychological research. This document goes into detail about the importance of research, the use of research, conducting research, the scientific method, hypothesis, approaches to research, correlational research, correlations, correlation direction, size, correlation and causation, confounding variables, illusory correlation, confirmation bias, experimental research, experimental design, biases, the placebo effect, potential solutions, reliability & v...

This is intro. to Psychology class notes on biopsychology. This document goes into detail about the study of genetics, a genetics overview, gene-environment interactions, twin studies, cells of the nervous system, parts of a neuron, neuronal communication, neurotransmitters and medications, the parts of the nervous system, the somatic nervous system, the autonomic nervous system, the spinal cord, the brain, brain "wrinkles", the lateralization of the brain, the utility of case studies, the fo...

This is intro. to Psychology class notes on states of consciousness. This document goes into detail about states of consciousness, biological rhythms, circadian rhythms, sleep regulation, what sleep is, the stages of sleep, brain waves during sleep, NREM sleep, REM sleep, theories of dreaming, altered states, substance use, depressants, stimulants, opioids, hallucinogen, other altered states, hypnotism, and meditation.

This is intro. to Psychology class notes on sensation & perception. This document goes into detail about sensation & perception, absolute threshold, sensation (just noticeable difference), perception (sensory adaptation), perception (attention and motivation), perception (other factors), Gestalt principles, figure-ground relationships, proximity, similarity, continuity, waves & wavelengths, frequency, light waves, color perception, sound waves, vision (anatomy), photoreceptors, visual pathways, ...

This is intro. to Psychology class notes on learning. This document goes into detail about learning, unlearned behaviors, classical conditioning, the processes of classical conditioning, behaviorism, Watson's Little Albert study, operant conditioning, the Skinner Box, reinforcement, providing reinforcement, partial reinforcement examples, partial reinforcement schedules, the variable ratio schedule, punishment, problems with punishment, effective punishment, shaping, primary and secondary reinf...

This is intro. to Psychology class notes on thinking & intelligence. This document goes into detail about thinking & intelligence, cognitive psychology, concepts, types of concepts, prototypes, schemata, language & cognition, phonemes, morphemes, semantics and syntax, language developments, the stages of language and communication development, overgeneralization, problem solving, barriers to problem solving, common thinking errors, intelligence & creativity, other kinds of intelligence, measures...