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Subject resourcesMCAT Psychological Social Foundations
Practice 76 skills across this outline.
Weighting distribution
11 categoriesFoundational Concept 10: Social Inequality and Health
20%
Foundational Concept 9: Social Structure and Demographics · Demographic Processes
11%
Foundational Concept 6: Perception, Cognition, Emotion · Sensing the Environment
10%
Foundational Concept 6: Perception, Cognition, Emotion · Making Sense of the Environment
10%
Foundational Concept 9: Social Structure and Demographics · Social Structure
9%
Foundational Concept 8: Self and Social Interaction · Social Interactions
9%
Skills
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Foundational Concept 7: Behavior and Behavior Change · Attitude and Behavior Change
6 core skills7% total weight
0/6 completed
6 skills to mastery
1
Operant Conditioning and Reinforcement Schedules (7C)Recommended
53 questions 240 flashcards Lesson available
2
Cognitive Processes in Learning and Behavior Change (7C)Available
24 questions 87 flashcards Lesson available
3
Theories of Attitude and Behavior Change (7C)Available
53 questions 64 flashcards Lesson available
4
Observational Learning and Modeling (7C)Available
50 questions 268 flashcards Lesson available
5
Classical Conditioning and Associative Learning (7C)Available
31 questions 233 flashcards Lesson available
Foundational Concept 7: Behavior and Behavior Change · Social Processes and Behavior
5 core skills5% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Social Facilitation, Social Loafing, and Deindividuation (7B)Available
54 questions 275 flashcards Lesson available
2
Conformity, Obedience, and Peer Influence (7B)Available
36 questions 184 flashcards Lesson available
3
Group Decision-Making and Group Dynamics (7B)Available
44 questions 236 flashcards Lesson available
4
Socialization and Agents of Socialization (7B)Available
43 questions 139 flashcards Lesson available
Foundational Concept 7: Behavior and Behavior Change · Individual Influences on Behavior
9 core skills8% total weight
0/9 completed
9 skills to mastery
1
Brain Structure, Neurotransmitters, and Behavior (7A)Available
51 questions 291 flashcards Lesson available
2
Attitudes, Attitude Formation, and Cognitive Dissonance (7A)Available
32 questions 128 flashcards Lesson available
3
Behavioral Genetics and Gene–Environment Interaction (7A)Available
19 questions 93 flashcards Lesson available
4
Biological Bases of Psychological Disorders (7A)Available
30 questions 117 flashcards Lesson available
5
Biological Bases of Behavior: Nervous and Endocrine Systems (7A)Available
20 questions 290 flashcards Lesson available
6
Human Development Across the Lifespan (7A)Available
43 questions 84 flashcards Lesson available
7
Motivation Theories and Biological Drives (7A)Available
54 questions 281 flashcards Lesson available
8
Personality Theories and Trait Perspectives (7A)Available
51 questions 179 flashcards Lesson available
Foundational Concept 6: Perception, Cognition, Emotion · Sensing the Environment
7 core skills10% total weight
0/7 completed
7 skills to mastery
1
Perceptual Organization and Gestalt Principles (6A)Available
50 questions 290 flashcards Lesson available
2
Auditory System Structure and Processing (6A)Available
53 questions 280 flashcards Lesson available
3
Kinesthetic and Vestibular Senses (6A)Available
50 questions 299 flashcards Lesson available
4
Sensation, Thresholds, and Psychophysics (6A)Available
54 questions 285 flashcards Lesson available
5
Sensory Receptors and Neural Pathways (6A)Available
45 questions 294 flashcards Lesson available
6
Somatosensation, Taste, and Smell (6A)Available
44 questions 297 flashcards Lesson available
Foundational Concept 6: Perception, Cognition, Emotion · Making Sense of the Environment
8 core skills10% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
Forgetting, Memory Disorders, and Neural Plasticity (6B)Available
54 questions 213 flashcards Lesson available
2
Language Development and Language–Thought Relationships (6B)Available
51 questions 287 flashcards Lesson available
3
Attention and Information Processing (6B)Available
44 questions 76 flashcards Lesson available
4
Cognitive Development Across the Lifespan (6B)Available
45 questions 280 flashcards Lesson available
5
Consciousness, Sleep, and Circadian Rhythms (6B)Available
51 questions 80 flashcards Lesson available
6
Memory Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval (6B)Available
52 questions 278 flashcards Lesson available
7
Problem Solving, Decision-Making, and Biases (6B)Available
30 questions 197 flashcards Lesson available
Foundational Concept 9: Social Structure and Demographics · Social Structure
8 core skills9% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
Cultural Processes: Assimilation, Multiculturalism, and Diffusion (9A)Available
30 questions 49 flashcards Lesson available
2
Culture: Elements and Variations (9A)Available
16 questions 73 flashcards Lesson available
3
Government, Economy, and Power Structures (9A)Available
24 questions 134 flashcards Lesson available
4
Health, Medicine, and Social Epidemiology (9A)Available
29 questions 292 flashcards Lesson available
5
Mass Media, Popular Culture, and Socialization (9A)Available
52 questions 270 flashcards Lesson available
6
Religion and Social Change (9A)Available
30 questions 62 flashcards Lesson available
7
Social Institutions: Education and Family (9A)Available
25 questions 213 flashcards Lesson available
Foundational Concept 9: Social Structure and Demographics · Demographic Processes
8 core skills11% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
Race, Ethnicity, and Racialization (9B)Available
38 questions 88 flashcards Lesson available
2
Urbanization, Industrialization, and Social Change (9B)Available
30 questions 55 flashcards Lesson available
3
Demographic Structure: Age, Gender, and Life Course (9B)Available
41 questions 289 flashcards Lesson available
4
Demographic Transition and Population Pyramids (9B)Available
41 questions 84 flashcards Lesson available
5
Fertility, Mortality, and Population Growth (9B)Available
30 questions 115 flashcards Lesson available
6
Globalization and Transnational Processes (9B)Available
24 questions 153 flashcards Lesson available
7
Immigration, Migration, and Population Movement (9B)Available
40 questions 274 flashcards Lesson available
Foundational Concept 8: Self and Social Interaction · Social Interactions
7 core skills9% total weight
0/7 completed
7 skills to mastery
1
Verbal and Nonverbal Communication (8C)Available
52 questions 63 flashcards Lesson available
2
Biological Bases of Social Behavior (8C)Available
42 questions 155 flashcards Lesson available
3
Discrimination: Individual and Institutional (8C)Available
54 questions 266 flashcards Lesson available
4
Group Structure and Group Membership (8C)Available
49 questions 110 flashcards Lesson available
5
Self-Presentation and Impression Management (8C)Available
20 questions 254 flashcards Lesson available
6
Social Behavior: Attraction, Aggression, and Altruism (8C)Available
55 questions 88 flashcards Lesson available
Foundational Concept 8: Self and Social Interaction · Self-Identity
5 core skills5% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Self-Concept, Self-Esteem, and Self-Efficacy (8A)Available
51 questions 243 flashcards Lesson available
2
Cultural and Social Influences on Identity (8A)Available
17 questions 289 flashcards Lesson available
3
Identity Formation and Developmental Theories (8A)Available
53 questions 302 flashcards Lesson available
4
Locus of Control and Agency (8A)Available
24 questions 89 flashcards Lesson available
Foundational Concept 8: Self and Social Interaction · Social Thinking
5 core skills6% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Prejudice, Stereotypes, and Bias (8B)Available
27 questions 103 flashcards Lesson available
2
Attitudes, Beliefs, and Attitude Formation (8B)Available
43 questions 149 flashcards Lesson available
3
Attribution Processes and Attribution Errors (8B)Available
53 questions 57 flashcards Lesson available
4
Stereotype Threat and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (8B)Available
53 questions 236 flashcards Lesson available
Foundational Concept 10: Social Inequality and Health
8 core skills20% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
Cultural Capital, Social Capital, and Meritocracy (10A)Available
40 questions 61 flashcards Lesson available
2
Environmental Justice and Health Risk Exposure (10A)Available
43 questions 62 flashcards Lesson available
3
Intersectionality and Health Disparities (10A)Available
34 questions 67 flashcards Lesson available
4
Power, Privilege, Prestige, and Social Reproduction (10A)Available
31 questions 271 flashcards Lesson available
5
Social Class, Socioeconomic Status, and Stratification (10A)Available
54 questions 73 flashcards Lesson available
6
Social Mobility: Intergenerational and Intragenerational (10A)Available
39 questions 240 flashcards Lesson available
7
Socioeconomic Gradient in Health and Global Inequality (10A)Available
43 questions 137 flashcards Lesson available
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