Book Preview - Kaplan PCAT 2010-2011

As I said a couple posts back, the importance of taking the PCAT for the first round of applications has become more important to me, so I of course got the Kaplan guide.  Seems to be a well known and respected brand for all sorts of exams.  Originally I had been planning on waiting half a year or so for the next edition to come out, but with the new change in perspective, I wanted to start studying now, while I'll be having a pretty easy semester.  The bonus is that I'll be able to take the practice exam in this edition, and the practice exam in the next edition, if I should choose to do so.

Now for the Table of Contents:

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- Preface
- Note to International Students

 Section I: PCAT Strategies
- Chapter 1: Introduction to the PCAT
- Chapter 2: TTest Expertise
- Chapter 3: Test Mentality
- Chapter 4: PCAT Diagnostic Test and Explanations

 Section II: Verbal Ability
- Chapter 5: The Importance of Vocabulary
- Chapter 6: Mastering Sentence Completion and Analogies

 Section III: Biology
- Chapter 7: The Basis of Life
- Chapter 8: Reproduction
- Chapter 9: Genetics
- Chapter 10: Vertebrate Embryology
- Chapter 11: Vascular Systems in Animals and Plants
- Chapter 12: Endocrinology
- Chapter 13: Neuroscience
- Chapter 14: Respiration
- Chapter 15: Autotrophic Nutrition
- Chapter 16: Muscles and Locomotion
- Chapter 17: Digestion
- Chapter 18: Excretion
- Chapter 19: Animal Behavior
- Chapter 20: Ecology
- Chapter 21: Classification
- Chapter 22: Evolution

 Section IV: Reading Comprehension 
- Chapter 23: Reading Skills

 Section V: Quantitative Ability
- Chapter 24: Arithmetic
- Chapter 25: Algebra
- Chapter 26: Probability and Statistics
- Chapter 27: Precalculus and Calculus

 Section VI: Chemistry
- Chapter 28: Atomic Structure
- Chapter 29: The Periodic Table
- Chapter 30: Bonding and Chemical Reactions
- Chapter 31: Compounds and Stoichiometry
- Chapter 32: Chemical Kinetics and Equilibrium
- Chapter 33: Thermochemistry
- Chapter 34: The Gas Phase
- Chapter 35: Phases and Phase Changes
- Chapter 36: Solutions
- Chapter 37: Acids and Bases
- Chapter 38: Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry
- Chapter 39: Nuclear Phenomena
- Chapter 40: Organic Chemistry

 Section VII: Writing
- Chapter 41: The PCAT Essays

 Section VIII: Self-Check: Are You Prepared?
- Chapter 42: Final Exam
- Chapter 43: Final Exam Explanations