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| Physical aspects of behavior and mental processes. |
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| Psychodynamic Perspective |
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| Emphasize the importance of unconscious influences, early life experiences, and interpersonal relationships in explaining the underlying dynamics of behavior or in treating people with psychological problems. |
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| How behavior is acquired or modified by environmental causes. |
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| Focuses on the motivation of people to grow psychologically, the influence of interpersonal relationships on a person's self concept, and the importance of choice and self direction in striving to reach one's potential. |
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| Focuses on the important role of mental processes in how people process and remember information, develop language, solve problems, and think. |
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| Cross-Culture Perspective |
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| How cultural factors influence behavior. |
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| The application of the principles of evolution to explain psychological processes and phenomena. |
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| The relationship between behavior and the body's physical systems, including the brain and the reset of the nervous system, the endocrine system, the immune system, and genetics. |
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| Investigates mental processes, including reasoning and thinking, problem solving, memory, perception, mental imagery, and language. |
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| research focus on such basic topics as sensory processes, principles of learning, emotion, and motivation. |
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| studies the physical, social, and psychological changes that occur at different ages and stages of their lifespan, from conception to old age. |
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| Explores how people are affected by their social environments. |
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| examines individual differences and the characteristics that make each person unique, including how people think about others. |
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| focuses on the role of psychological factors in the development, prevention, and treatment of illness. |
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| Studies how people of all ages learn. |
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| Industrial/Organizational Psychology |
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| Studies the relationship between people and work. |
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| studies the causes, treatment, and prevention of different types of psychological disorders. |
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| Descriptive Research Methods |
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| Scientific procedures that involve systematically observing behavior in order to describe the relationship among behaviors and events. |
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| the systematic observation and recording of behaviors as they occur in their natural setting. |
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| an intensive in depth investigation of an individual or a small group of individuals |
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| people respond to a structured set of questions about their experiences, beliefs, behaviors, or attitudes. |
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| examines how strongly two variables are related to, or associated with, each other. |
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| a numerical indicator of the strength of the relationship between two factors. |
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| In a research study, subtle cues or signals expressed by the researcher that communicate the kind of response or behavior that is expected from the participant. |
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