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Coverage of MCAT2015 Foundational Concepts/Content Categories in Introductory S
Psychology Textbooks
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FC6. Biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors influence the ways that
individuals perceive, think about, and
react to the world.
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FC7. Biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors influence behavior and
behavior change.
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FC8. Psychological, sociocultural, and
biological factors influence the way we
think about ourselves and others, as well
as how we interact with others.
FC8
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FC9. Cultural and social differences
influence well-being.
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FC10. Social stratification and access to
resources influence well-being.
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MCAT2015 Content Category
CC6A. Sensing the environment
CC6A
CC6A
CC6A
CC6A
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CC6B. Making sense of the environment
CC6B
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CC6B
CC6B
CC6B
CC6C. Responding to the world
CC6C
CC6C
CC7A. Individual influences on behavior
CC7A
CC7A
CC7A
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CC7B. Social processes that influence human behavior
CC7B
CC7B
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CC7C. Attitude and behavior change
CC7C
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CC8A. Self identity
CC8A
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CC8B. Social thinking
CC8B
CC8B
CC8B
CC8C. Social interactions
CC8C
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CC9A. Understanding social structure
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CC9B. Demographic characteristics and processes
CC9B
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CC10A. Social inequality
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Topic
Sensory Processing
Vision
Hearing
Other Senses
Perception
Attention
Cognition
Consciousness
Memory
Language
Emotion
Stress
Biological Bases of Behavior
Personality
Psychological Disorders
Motivation
Attitudes
How the Presence of Others Affects Individual Behavior
Group Decision-making Processes
Normative and Non-normative Behavior
Socialization
Habituation and Dishabituation
Associative Learning
Observational Learning
Theories of Attitude and Behavior Change
Self Concept, Self-identity, and Social Identity
Formation of Identity
Attributing Behavior to Persons or Situations
Prejudice and Bias
Processes Related to Stereotypes
Elements of Social Interaction
Self-presentation and Interacting with Others
Social Behavior
Discrimination
Theoretical Approaches
Social Institutions
Culture
Demographic Structure of Society
Demographic Shifts and Social Change
Spatial Inequality
Social Class
Health Disparities
Healthcare Disparities
Ballantine, J.H. and Robers, K.A. 2014. Our Social

World, 4th edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book235593
Our Social World, Ballantine & Roberts (4th ed), Ch. 4, pp

111, 115-16,
Information available in 5th edition out in January
Ch. 3--pp. 91-95
Ch. 4--111
Ch. 8--pp. 269-70
Throughout text!
Ch. 5, esp. pp. 144-50, 153-54
Chs. 3 and 6--pp. 81-4, 87-91, all of Ch. 6 is on deviance

(non-normative behavior)
Chs. 4 and 9--all of Ch. 4 is on Socialization; Ch. 9 on gender
socialization; plus others
Ch. 16--p. 607, 617-18
Ch. 4--pp. 115-120, 132-35, 183
Ch. 4--all
Ch. 8--pp. 270-74, 286-91
Ch. 8--p. 271, 288
Ch. 4--all of chapter, esp. pp. 110, 113, 138-69, 144-52
Ch. 4--all of chapter, esp. pp. 116, 132-35, 183; and Ch. 5-pp. 141-53
Throughout text!
Ch. 8--all of chapter, esp. pp. 275-283, 291-96
Throughout text!
Throughout text! Focus of Ch. 2--pp. 46-61
Chs. 10 through 14, plus institutions introduction, pp. 341-45
Throughout text! Esp. Ch. 3, pp. 77-106
Ch. 15--all, esp. pp. 556-581
Chs. 15 and 16, esp. pp. 558-566, and all of Ch. 16
Ch. 16--pp. 594-606
Ch. 7--pp. 129-130, 226-246 (and Ch. 8)
Ch. 14--all of chapter, esp. 529-549
Ch. 14--all of chapter, esp. 528-540
Boundless Biology
https://www.boundless.com/biology/
Section "Sensory Processes":

https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/sensory-systems-36/sensory-processes-205/
Section "Vision":
https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/sensory-systems-36/vision-209/
Concept "Sound":
https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/sensory-systems-36/hearing-and-vestibularsensation-208/sound-783-12019/; Concept "Reception of
Sound":
https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/sensory-systems-36/hearing-and-vestibularsensation-208/reception-of-sound-784-12020/; Concept
"Transduction of Sound":
https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/sensory-systems-36/hearing-and-vestibularsensation-208/transduction-of-sound-785-12021/
Section "Taste and Smell":

https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/sensory-systems-36/taste-and-smell-207/;
Section "Somatosensation":
https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/sensory-systems-36/somatosensation-206/;
Concept "Vestibular Information":
https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/sensory-systems-36/hearing-and-vestibularsensation-208/vestibular-information-786-12022/; Concept
"Equilibrium":
https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/sensory-systems-36/hearing-and-vestibularsensation-208/equilibrium-787-13094/
Concept "Hormonal Regulation of Stress":

https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/the-endocrine-system-37/regulation-ofbody-processes-212/hormonal-regulation-of-stress-80212038/; Concept "Adrenal Glands":
https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/the-endocrine-system-37/endocrine-glands214/adrenal-glands-807-12045/; Concept "Epinephrine and
Norepinephrine":
https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/osmotic-regulation-and-excretion41/hormonal-control-of-osmoregulatory-functions232/epinephrine-and-norepinephrine-867-12114/
Section "Behavioral Biology":

https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/population-and-community-ecology45/behavioral-biology-proximate-and-ultimate-255/
Concept "Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Mental Illnesses":

https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/the-nervous-system-35/nervous-systemdisorders-204/neurodevelopmental-disorders-mentalillnesses-774-12007/; Concept "Neurodevelopmental
Disorders: Autism and ADHD":
https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/the-nervous-system-35/nervous-systemdisorders-204/neurodevelopmental-disorders-autism-andadhd-773-12006/
Section "Behavioral Biology":

https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/population-and-community-ecology45/behavioral-biology-proximate-and-ultimate-255/
Section "Human Population Growth":

https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundlessbiology-textbook/population-and-community-ecology45/human-population-growth-253/
Boundless Management
https://www.boundless.com/management/
Section "Globalization":
https://www.boundless.com/management/textbooks/boundle
ss-management-textbook/globalization-and-business14/globalization-101/; Concept "Major Historical
Developments in the Global Economy":
https://www.boundless.com/management/tex
Concept "Communication Mediums":

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Section "Globalization":
ss-management-textbook/globalization-and-business14/globalization-101/; Concept "Major Historical
Developments in the Global Economy":
ss-management-textbook/globalization-and-business14/historical-developments-in-the-global-economy102/major-historical-developments-in-the-global-economy472-11065/
Boundless Psychology
https://www.boundless.com/psychology/
Section "Sensation":
https://www.boundless.com/psychology/textbooks/bound
less-psychology-textbook/sensation-and-perception5/sensation-37/
Concept "Vision":
less-psychology-textbook/sensation-and-perception5/sensory-processes-38/vision-the-visual-system-theeye-and-color-vision-161-12696/
Concept "Audition":
less-psychology-textbook/sensation-and-perception5/sensory-processes-38/audition-hearing-the-ear-andsound-localization-162-12697/
Concept "Gustation":
less-psychology-textbook/sensation-and-perception5/sensory-processes-38/gustation-taste-buds-and-taste163-12698/; Concept "Olfaction":
less-psychology-textbook/sensation-and-perception5/sensory-processes-38/olfaction-the-nasal-cavity-andsmell-164-12699/; Concept "Skin and Body Senses":
less-psychology-textbook/sensation-and-perception5/sensory-processes-38/skin-and-body-senses-pressuretemperature-and-pain-165-12700/; Concept "Additional
Sensory Systems":
less-psychology-textbook/sensation-and-perception5/sensory-processes-38/additional-sensory-systems-16612701/
Section "The Basics of Perception":

less-psychology-textbook/sensation-and-perception5/the-basics-of-perception-39/; Section "Advanced Topics
in Perception":
less-psychology-textbook/sensation-and-perception5/advanced-topics-in-perception-40/
Chapter "Thinking":
less-psychology-textbook/thinking-9/; Chapter
"Intelligence":
less-psychology-textbook/intelligence-11/
Chapter "States of Consciousness":

less-psychology-textbook/states-of-consciousness-6/
Chapter "Memory":
less-psychology-textbook/memory-8/
Chapter "Language":
less-psychology-textbook/language-10/
Chapter "Emotion":
less-psychology-textbook/emotion-13/
Chapter "Stress and Health Psychology":

less-psychology-textbook/stress-and-health-psychology17/
Chapter "Biological Foundations of Psychology":

less-psychology-textbook/biological-foundations-ofpsychology-3/; Chapter "The Brain and Behavior":
less-psychology-textbook/the-brain-and-behavior-4/
Chapter "Personality":
less-psychology-textbook/personality-16/
Chapter "Psychological Disorders":

less-psychology-textbook/psychological-disorders-18/
Chapter "Motivation":
less-psychology-textbook/motivation-12/
Concept "Attitude":
less-psychology-textbook/social-psychology-20/socialcognition-103/attitude-391-12926/
Concept "Group Behavior":

less-psychology-textbook/social-psychology-20/socialinfluence-104/group-behavior-393-12928/
Concept "Habituation, Sensitization, and Potentiation":

less-psychology-textbook/learning-7/the-biological-basisof-learning-49/habituation-sensitization-andpotentiation-204-12739/
Section "Classical Conditioning":

less-psychology-textbook/learning-7/classicalconditioning-46/; Section "Operant Conditioning":
less-psychology-textbook/learning-7/operantconditioning-47/
Concept "Observational Learning":
less-psychology-textbook/learning-7/cognitiveapproaches-to-learning-48/observational-learning-20312738/
Concept "Attitude":
less-psychology-textbook/social-psychology-20/socialcognition-103/attitude-391-12926/; Concept "Evaluating
the Social Cognitive Perspective on Personality":
less-psychology-textbook/personality-16/the-socialcognitive-perspective-81/evaluating-the-social-cognitiveperspective-on-personality-316-12851/
Concept "Socioemotional Development in Adolescence":

less-psychology-textbook/human-development14/adolescence-73/socioemotional-development-inadolescence-284-12819/; Concept "Bandura's and
Rotter's Perspectives":
less-psychology-textbook/personality-16/the-socialcognitive-perspective-81/bandura-s-and-rotter-sperspectives-314-12849/
Section "Theories of Human Development":
less-psychology-textbook/human-development14/theories-of-human-development-70/
Concept "Attribution":
less-psychology-textbook/social-psychology-20/socialcognition-103/attribution-389-12924/; Concept "Cultural
Influences on Perception":
less-psychology-textbook/sensation-and-perception5/advanced-topics-in-perception-40/cultural-influenceson-perception-174-12709/
Concept "Sociocultural Functions of Emotions":

less-psychology-textbook/emotion-13/emotion68/sociocultural-functions-of-emotions-263-12798/
Section "Positive and Negative Social Behaviors":

less-psychology-textbook/social-psychology-20/positiveand-negative-social-behaviors-105/; Concept
"Attachment Theories":
less-psychology-textbook/human-development14/theories-of-human-development-70/attachmenttheories-271-12806/
Concept "Discrimination (Individual)":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundle
ss-sociology-textbook/race-and-ethnicity-10/prejudiceand-discrimination-82/discrimination-individual-47710208/
Boundless Physiology
https://www.boundless.com/physiology/
Section "Sensation": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatomy-and-physio

textbook/peripheral-nervous-system-pns-13/sensation-127/; Section "Sensory Receptors":
https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatomy-and-physiology-textbook/periph
nervous-system-pns-13/sensory-receptors-128/; Concept "Sensory Areas":
https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatomy-and-physiology-textbook/centra
nervous-system-cns-12/functional-systems-of-the-cerebral-cortex-121/sensory-areas-654-2097/
Section "Visual System in a Vertebrate": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-a

and-physiology-textbook/special-senses-vision-hearing-taste-and-smell-15/visual-system-in-a-vertebra
Concept "Development of Vision": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatom
physiology-textbook/special-senses-vision-hearing-taste-and-smell-15/development-of-special-senses148/development-of-vision-770-9205/
Concept "Vestibucochlear (VIII) Nerve": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-a

and-physiology-textbook/peripheral-nervous-system-pns-13/cranial-nerves-131/vestibulocochlear-viii-n
705-5061/; Section "Hearing and Equilibrium": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boun
anatomy-and-physiology-textbook/special-senses-vision-hearing-taste-and-smell-15/hearing-and-equil
147/; Concept "Development of Hearing and Balance":
https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatomy-and-physiology-textbook/specia
vision-hearing-taste-and-smell-15/development-of-special-senses-148/development-of-hearing-and-ba
771-7398/
Section "Somatosensory System": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatom

physiology-textbook/peripheral-nervous-system-pns-13/somatosensory-system-129/; Concept "Trigem
Nerve": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatomy-and-physiologytextbook/peripheral-nervous-system-pns-13/cranial-nerves-131/trigeminal-v-nerve-702-1256/; Concep
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"Vestibucochlear (VIII) Nerve": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatomy-a
physiology-textbook/peripheral-nervous-system-pns-13/cranial-nerves-131/vestibulocochlear-viii-nerve
5061/; Section "Taste and Olfaction": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-ana
and-physiology-textbook/special-senses-vision-hearing-taste-and-smell-15/taste-and-olfaction-146/; C
"Taste and Smell at Birth and in Old Age": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless
anatomy-and-physiology-textbook/special-senses-vision-hearing-taste-and-smell-15/development-of-s
senses-148/taste-and-smell-at-birth-and-in-old-age-769-3138/; Section "Hearing and Equilibrium":
https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatomy-and-physiology-textbook/specia
vision-hearing-taste-and-smell-15/hearing-and-equilibrium-147/; Concept "Development of Hearing an
Balance": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatomy-and-physiologytextbook/special-senses-vision-hearing-taste-and-smell-15/development-of-special-senses-148/develo
hearing-and-balance-771-7398/
Concept "Consciousness and Awareness": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless

anatomy-and-physiology-textbook/central-nervous-system-cns-12/consciousness-sleep-language-and115/consciousness-and-awareness-626-12712/; Concept "The REM Stage of Sleep":
nervous-system-cns-12/consciousness-sleep-language-and-memory-115/the-rem-stage-of-sleep-627-1
Concept "Functions of Sleep": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatomy-a
physiology-textbook/central-nervous-system-cns-12/consciousness-sleep-language-and-memory-115/f
of-sleep-628-12715/; Concept "Sleep Disorders": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/bou
anatomy-and-physiology-textbook/central-nervous-system-cns-12/consciousness-sleep-language-and115/sleep-disorders-629-12718/
Concept "Memory Formation and Learning": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundle
anatomy-and-physiology-textbook/central-nervous-system-cns-12/consciousness-sleep-language-and115/memory-formation-and-learning-631-12001/; Concept "Memory and the Hippocampus":
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Concept "Language and Speech": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatom

physiology-textbook/central-nervous-system-cns-12/consciousness-sleep-language-and-memory-115/l
and-speech-630-12000/
Concept "Limbic System": https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatomy-andphysiology-textbook/central-nervous-system-cns-12/cerebral-cortex-or-cerebral-hemispheres-120/limb

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Concept "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder":

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physiology-textbook/central-nervous-system-cns-12/brain-disorders-and-clinical-cases-123/amnesia-6
Boundless Sociology
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/
Concept "Group Influence":

https://www.boundless.com/users/233415/textbooks/introducti
on-to-sociology-1270d957-c203-43e7-ad416cea9d8182e4/social-life-2/groups-13/group-influence-6815033/
Chapter "Deviance, Social Control, and Crime":

https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/deviance-social-control-and-crime-7/
Chapter "Socialization":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/socialization-4/
Concept "Gender Socialization":

https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/culture-and-socialization-3/gendersocialization-39/gender-socialization-242-2419/
Concept "Prejudice":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/race-and-ethnicity-10/prejudice-anddiscrimination-82/prejudice-476-2423/
Concept "Stereotypes in Everyday Life":

https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/social-interaction-5/types-of-socialinteraction-51/stereotypes-in-everyday-life-322-3421/;
Concept "The Psychological Perspective":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/race-and-ethnicity-10/sociologicalperspectives-on-race-and-ethnicity-83/the-psychologicalperspective-487-4973/
Section "Elements of Social Interaction":

https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/social-interaction-5/elements-of-socialinteraction-52/
Concept "Dramaturgy":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/social-interaction-5/understanding-socialinteraction-50/dramaturgy-316-10348/
Concept "Institutional Prejudice or Discrimination":

https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/race-and-ethnicity-10/prejudice-anddiscrimination-82/institutional-prejudice-or-discrimination-4786773/
Section "The Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology":

https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/sociology-1/the-theoretical-perspectives-insociology-24/
Chapter "Education":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/education-13/; Chapter "Family":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/family-12/; Chapter "Religion":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/religion-14/; Chapter "Government":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/government-15/; Chapter "Health and
Illness":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/health-and-illness-19/
Chapter "Culture and Socialization":

https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/culture-and-socialization-3/; Concept
"Assimilation":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/race-and-ethnicity-10/prejudice-anddiscrimination-82/assimilation-479-8266/; Concept "A
Multicultural Society":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/race-and-ethnicity-10/race-and-ethnicityin-the-u-s-84/a-multicultural-society-493-3316/
Chapter "Aging":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/aging-18/; Chapter "Gender Stratification
and Inequality":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/gender-stratification-and-inequality-11/;
Chapter "Race and Ethnicity":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/race-and-ethnicity-10/; Chapter
"Sexuality":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/sexuality-20/
Chapter "Population and Urbanization":

https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/population-and-urbanization-17/; Section
"Social Movements":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/social-change-21/social-movements-140/;
Section "War and Terrorism":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/government-15/war-and-terrorism-117/;
Concept "Multinational Corporations":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/global-stratification-and-inequality8/stratification-in-the-world-system-69/multinationalcorporations-407-3428/
Concept "Segregation":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/race-and-ethnicity-10/prejudice-anddiscrimination-82/segregation-481-7937/
Chapter "Global Stratification and Inequality":
https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundlesssociology-textbook/global-stratification-and-inequality-8/
Section "The Experience of Illness":
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Chapter 14, pp. 598-651
Chapter 10, pp. 423-445
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Chapter 4
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 5
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 10
Chapter 14
Chapter 3
Chapter 12
Chapter 15
Chapter 10
Chapter 13
Chapter 13
Chapter 13
Chapter 15
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 13
Chapter 13
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Chapter 13
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Mental Health
Chapter 2.Discrimination
Chapter 3. Adverse Early Life Experiences
Chapter 4. Poor Education
Chapter 5. Unemployment, Underemployment, and Job

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Chapter 6. Economic Inequality, Poverty, and

Neighborhood Deprivation
Chapter 7. Food Insecurity
Chapter 8. Poor Housing Quality and Housing Instability
Chapter 9. Adverse Features of Built Environment
Chapter 10. Poor Access to Health Care
Chapter 11. A Call to Action--Addressing the Social

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