TABLE OF CONTENTS

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(Section 0: Front Matter)

1. Contributing Authors

2. Associate Authors

3. Faculty Advisors

4. Preface

5. Special Acknowledgments

6. General Acknowledgments

7. How to Contribute

8. How to Use This Book

9. Checklist for MCAT

Section 1: Guide to Efficient Exam Prep

1. Intro

2. MCAT Basics

3. Your Goal

4. Learning Strategies

5. Timeline

6. Study Materials

7. Test-taking Strategies

8. If you think you failed

9. Testing Agencies

10. References

Section 2: Chemistry & Physics

1. Translational motion, forces, work, energy, and equilibrium in living systems

2. Importance of fluids for the circulation of blood, gas movement, and gas exchange

3. Electrochemistry and electrical circuits and their elements

4. How light and sound interact with matter

5. Atoms, nuclear decay, electronic structure, and atomic chemical behavior

6. Unique nature of water and its solutions

7. Nature of molecules and intermolecular interactions

8. Separation and purification methods

9. Structure, function, and reactivity of biologically-relevant molecules

10. Principles of chemical thermodynamics and kinetics

Section 3: Critical Analysis & Reading Skills

1. Introduction

2. How to take a CARS Test

3. Breaking down a passage

4. Passage Types & Examples

5. Question Types & Examples

6. Answer Types & Examples

7. Keywords

8. How to Review a CARS Practice Test

Section 4: Biology & Biochemistry

1. Structure and function of proteins and their constituent amino acids

2. Transmission of genetic information from the gene to the protein

3. Transmission of heritable information from generation to generation and the processes that increase genetic diversity

4. Principles of bioenergetics and fuel molecule metabolism

5. Assemblies of molecules, cells, and groups of cells within single cellular and multicelluar organisms

6. The structure, growth, physiology, and genetics of prokaryotes and viruses

7. Processes of cell division, differentiation, and specialization

8. Structure and functions of the nervous and endocrine systems and ways in which these systems coordinate the organ systems

9. Structure and integrative functions of the main organ systems

Section 5: Psychology & Sociology

1. Sensing the environment

2. Making sense of the environment

3. Responding to the world

4. Individual influences on behavior

5. Social processes that influence human behavior

6. Attitude and behavior change

7. Self-identity

8. Social thinking

9. Social interactions

10. Understanding social structure

11. Demographic characteristics and processes

12. Social inequality

Section 6: Top-Rated Resources

1. How to Use this Section

2. Comprehensive

3. Biology & Biochemistry Books

4. Chemistry & Physics Books

5. Critical Analysis & Reading Skills Books

6. Psychology & Sociology Books

7. Question Books

8. Question Banks

9. Web and Mobile Apps

10. Abbreviations and Symbols

11. Image Acknowledgments