The application provides one hour of source video, a database with more than 850 behavioral clips, and seamless playback. This CD-ROM application comprises the entire content of the Shantrock Psychology fourth edition textbook. Using this program, instructors can demonstrate key principles in class, then assign certain modules or interactions for students to explore independently. The program has a simple, powerful organizer function that allows instructors to build, track, and sequence lecture material with ease. Based on the MacLaboratory for Psychology program, this CD-ROM helps students diagnose and understand mental disease.
Students can view video clips of clients to observe specific behaviors.
On the basis of those observations, students can work through diagnostic criteria and use decision trees based on the DSM-IV classification. Neurophysiology is a CD-ROM application that uses animations to teach concepts relating to the human brain. A Multimedia Introduction to Biological Psychology is a combination of three applications on CD-ROM for learning, teaching, and presenting biological psychology concepts. The first application, called the Integrator, gives students insights into biological psychology using audio, video, graphics, and animation. Using a mouse, students can use the Integrator to call up interactive experiments, animations, homework assignments, video clips, and more.