High-yield Behavioral Science

High-yield Behavioral Science
Author: Barbara Fadem
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2001
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780781730846

Following the best-selling First Edition, this highly acclaimed behavioral science review book is now in its Second Edition. Ideas are presented visually and information is in a concise format, true to the High-Yield™ style. Topics covered include developmental psychology, behavioral genetics, psychopathology and its treatment, substance abuse, human sexuality, and much more.

Behavioral Science

Behavioral Science
Author: Barbara Fadem
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2009
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780781782579

The Board Review Series (BRS) is aimed at providing basic knowledge as it relates to clinical situations and is used primarily by medical students studying for the United States Medical Licensing Examinations (USMLE). BRS Behavioral Science, Fifth Edition covers material on this subject that is addressed on USMLE Step 1, written in outline format to provide an efficient method of studying behavioral science for USMLE. The book includes at least 500 USMLE-style questions with accompanying annotated answers. An exam follows each chapter and a Comprehensive Exam is included at the end of the book. A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text and an interactive question bank.

High-yield Comprehensive USMLE Step 1 Review

High-yield Comprehensive USMLE Step 1 Review
Author: Barbara Fadem
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 630
Release: 2007
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780781774277

High-Yield™ Comprehensive USMLE Step 1 Review is a very concise study tool for the USMLE Step 1 exam. Written by best-selling Board review author Barbara Fadem and a team of expert contributors and experienced review authors, the book provides a high-yield but comprehensive review of the content most likely to be tested on the USMLE. Tables and illustrations throughout the text help summarize difficult concepts. Extremely concise and designed for rapid study, High-Yield™ Comprehensive USMLE Step 1 Review is perfect for last-minute review or a quick brush-up anytime.

High-yield Behavioral Science

High-yield Behavioral Science
Author: Barbara Fadem
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2009
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780781782586

High-Yield™ Behavioral Science, Third Edition presents a concise review of the behavioral science material tested on the USMLE Step 1. The High-Yield™ outline format, with tables, diagrams, photographs, and images to clarify important material, provides a concentrated, efficient review for both course exams and the USMLE. Patient Snapshots present clinical scenarios and pose specific questions. Annotated answers and explanations appear at the end of each chapter. This edition is thoroughly updated, consistent with DSM-IV-TR, and reorganized into six major sections: The Life Cycle; Biological and Psychological Bases of Behavior; Psychopathology; Social Behavior; The Practice of Medicine; and Epidemiology and Statistics.

High-yield Brain and Behavior

High-yield Brain and Behavior
Author: Barbara Fadem
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2008
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780781792288

High-Yield™ Brain and Behavior is the fourth volume in the High-Yield™ Systems Series, which covers the basic sciences of the medical school curriculum using a systems-based approach. This book is the only review book to cover the combined material from neuroscience and behavioral science courses in an outline format with a focus on the USMLE Step 1. Chapters cover each basic science—embryology, gross anatomy, radiology, histology, physiology, pathology, microbiology, and pharmacology—as it relates to the nervous system. Patient snapshots provide concise descriptions of classic clinical cases. Tables help students memorize large amounts of information, and figures provide detailed visual cues.

High-Yield Behavioral Science

High-Yield Behavioral Science
Author: Barbara Fadem
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2012-07-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1451130309

High-YieldTM Behavioral Science, Fourth Edition presents a concise review of the behavioral science material tested on the USMLE Step 1. The High-YieldTM outline format, with tables, diagrams, photographs, and images to clarify important material, provides a concentrated, efficient review for both course exams and the USMLE. Patient Snapshots present clinical scenarios and pose specific questions. Annotated answers and explanations appear at the end of each chapter. This edition is thoroughly updated, consistent with DSM-IV-TR, and reorganized into six major sections: The Life Cycle; Biological and Psychological Bases of Behavior; Psychopathology; Social Behavior; The Practice of Medicine; and Epidemiology and Statistics.

Behavioral Science in Medicine

Behavioral Science in Medicine
Author:
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2012-03-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1609136640

Behavioral Science in Medicine introduces medical students to the science of human behavior. Organized to mirror the behavioral science/psychiatry course taught in the first two years, this text effectively teaches the major concepts of this complex subject and prepares students for board exams. The Second Edition is appropriate for courses in Behavioral Science alone but also for courses that merge Behavioral Science and Neuroscience. The increased depth of coverage of psychiatric illness, substance abuse, and pediatric psychiatry, also makes the Second Edition appropriate for use in Clinical Psychiatry courses in the third and fourth year.

The Behavioral and Social Sciences

The Behavioral and Social Sciences
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 1988-02-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309037492

This volume explores the scientific frontiers and leading edges of research across the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, history, business, education, geography, law, and psychiatry, as well as the newer, more specialized areas of artificial intelligence, child development, cognitive science, communications, demography, linguistics, and management and decision science. It includes recommendations concerning new resources, facilities, and programs that may be needed over the next several years to ensure rapid progress and provide a high level of returns to basic research.

Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences

Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
Author: Jacob Cohen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 625
Release: 2013-05-13
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1134742770

Statistical Power Analysis is a nontechnical guide to power analysis in research planning that provides users of applied statistics with the tools they need for more effective analysis. The Second Edition includes: * a chapter covering power analysis in set correlation and multivariate methods; * a chapter considering effect size, psychometric reliability, and the efficacy of "qualifying" dependent variables and; * expanded power and sample size tables for multiple regression/correlation.

Science And Human Behavior

Science And Human Behavior
Author: B.F Skinner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2012-12-18
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1476716153

The psychology classic—a detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can be predicted and controlled—from one of the most influential behaviorists of the twentieth century and the author of Walden Two. “This is an important book, exceptionally well written, and logically consistent with the basic premise of the unitary nature of science. Many students of society and culture would take violent issue with most of the things that Skinner has to say, but even those who disagree most will find this a stimulating book.” —Samuel M. Strong, The American Journal of Sociology “This is a remarkable book—remarkable in that it presents a strong, consistent, and all but exhaustive case for a natural science of human behavior…It ought to be…valuable for those whose preferences lie with, as well as those whose preferences stand against, a behavioristic approach to human activity.” —Harry Prosch, Ethics