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Cognitive psychology

Study of mental processes, such as occur when we perceive, learn, remember, think, communicate and solve problems, storing, coding, retrieving info

Cognitive neuroscience

The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)

Nature-nurture issue

Longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience of psychological traits and behaviors

Natural selection

Principle that inherited traits that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment will (in competition with other trait variations) most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

Evolutionary psychology

Study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection

Behavior genetics

Study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior

Enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

Positive psychology

Scientific study of human flourishing, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive

Biopsychosocial approach

An integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural viewpoints

Behavioral psychology

Scientific study of observable behavior and its explanation by principles of learning

Biological psychology

Scientific study of links between biological (genetics, neural, hormonal) and psychological processes

Psychodynamic psychology

Studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders

Social-cultural psycholgoy

Study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking

Enhanced memory after retrieving rather than simply rereading information

Study method incorporating five steps: survey, question, read, retrieve, review

Scientific study of measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits

Basic reasearch

Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base

Developmental psychology

Studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span

Education psychology

Study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning

Personality psychology

Study of individuals characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting

Social pscyhology

Scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

Applied research

Scientific study aiming to solve practical problems

Industrial-organizational psychology

Application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces

Human factors psychology

Field of psychology allied with I/O. Psychology that explores how people and machines interact and how machines and physical environments can be made safe and easy to use.

counseling psychology

Assists people with problems in living and in achieving greater well-beng

Clinical psychology

Studies, asses, and treats people with psychological disorders

Branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practices by physicians who are licenses to provide medical treatments as well as psychological therapy

Community psychology

Studies how people interact with their social environments and how social institutions affect individuals and groups

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