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The Psychological, Social and Biological Foundations of Behavior section is designed to:
§ test your knowledge and use of the concepts in psychology, sociology, and biology that provide a solid foundation for learning in medical school about the behavioral and socio-cultural determinants of health;
§ target concepts taught at many colleges and universities in one-semester introductory psychology and one-semester introductory sociology courses;
§ target biology concepts that relate to mental processes and behavior that are taught at many colleges and universities in introductory biology; and
§ target basic research methods and statistics concepts described by many baccalaureate faculty as important to success in introductory science courses; and
§ require you to demonstrate your scientific inquiry and reasoning, research methods, and statistics skills using knowledge of social and behavioral sciences concepts.
The Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills section is designed to:
§ test your analysis and reasoning skills by asking you to critically analyze information provided in reading passages;
§ test your comprehension, evaluation, application, and information incorporation skills;
§ include content from ethics, philosophy, cross-cultural studies, and population health and a wide range of social sciences and humanities disciplines; and
§ provide all the information needed to answer questions in the passages.
https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/mcat2015/
§ test your knowledge and use of the concepts in psychology, sociology, and biology that provide a solid foundation for learning in medical school about the behavioral and socio-cultural determinants of health;
§ target concepts taught at many colleges and universities in one-semester introductory psychology and one-semester introductory sociology courses;
§ target biology concepts that relate to mental processes and behavior that are taught at many colleges and universities in introductory biology; and
§ target basic research methods and statistics concepts described by many baccalaureate faculty as important to success in introductory science courses; and
§ require you to demonstrate your scientific inquiry and reasoning, research methods, and statistics skills using knowledge of social and behavioral sciences concepts.
The Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills section is designed to:
§ test your analysis and reasoning skills by asking you to critically analyze information provided in reading passages;
§ test your comprehension, evaluation, application, and information incorporation skills;
§ include content from ethics, philosophy, cross-cultural studies, and population health and a wide range of social sciences and humanities disciplines; and
§ provide all the information needed to answer questions in the passages.
https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/mcat2015/
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