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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
Culture
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
Testing effect
Enhanced memory after retrieving rather than simply rereading information
SQ3R
Study method incorporating five steps: survey, question, read, retrieve, review
Psychometrics
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
Psychiatry
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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