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| Self-reflective introspection(looking inward).People behave the way they do based on whats happening in their minds |
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| How our mental and behavior processes enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish- the evolved functions of our thoughts and feelings |
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| Experimental psychologists |
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| Conduct experiments to study behavior |
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| Observable behavior of people and animals |
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| Affirms some notion of a human nature |
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| Examines psychological traits such as memory, perception, and language from a modern evolutionary perspective |
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| Looks at a person's hormones, genetics, and brain structure to understand their behavior |
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| Looks at a person's thinking process and the way they interpret events |
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| Looks at a person's biological, social, and psychological perspectives to understand their behavior |
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| "Integration of science, theory and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development" |
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| "Facilitates personal and interpersonal functioning across the life span with a focus on emotional, social, vocational, educational, health-related, developmental, and organizational concerns" |
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| Developmental psychologists |
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| Study of changes that occur in human beings over the course of their life |
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| Specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
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| "The scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others" |
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| Industrial-organized psychologists |
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| Human factors psychologists |
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| Focus on "ergonomics, workplace safety, human error, product design, human capability, and human-computer interaction" |
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| "Field of study concerned with the theory and technique of psychological measurement, which includes the measurement of knowledge, abilities, attitudes, personality traits, and educational measurement" |
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