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| the systematic study of behavior and experience |
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| the assumption that everything happens has a cause, or determinant, in the observable world |
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| the belief that behavior is caused by a person's independent decisions |
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mind-brain problem-
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| the philosophical question of how experience relates to the brain |
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| the mind is separate from the brain but somehow controls the brain and therefore the rest of the body |
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| the view that conscious experience is inseparable from the physical brain |
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nature-nurture issue-
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| How do differences in behavior relate to differences in heredity and environment? |
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| developmental psychologists- |
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| study how behavior changes with age, "from womb to tomb" |
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| studies how behavior depends on the outcomes of past behaviors and current motivations |
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| refers to thought and knowlege |
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| studies the processes of thought and knowlege |
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biopsychologist-
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| tries to explain behavior in terms of biological factors, such as electrical and chemical activities in the nervous system, the effects of drugs and hormones, genetics, and evolutionary pressures |
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| evolutionary psychologist- |
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| tries to explain behavior in terms of the evolutionary history of the species, including reasons evolution might have favored a tendency to act in particular ways |
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| study how an individual influences other people and how the group influences an individual |
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| cross-cultural psychology- |
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| compares the behavior of people from different cultures |
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| have an advanced degree in psychology, with a specialty in understanding and helping people with psychological problems |
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| a branch of medicine that deals with emotional disturbances |
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| therapy providers who rely heavily on the theories and methods pioneered by the early 20th-century Viennese physician Sigmund Freud and later modified by others |
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| is similar to a clinical psychologist but with different training |
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| counseling psychologists- |
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| help people with educational, vocational, marriage, health-related, and other decisions |
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| those who provide advice and consultation to police, lawers, courts, or other parts of the criminal justice system |
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| industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology- |
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| the psychological study of people at work |
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| ergonomist, or human factors specialist- |
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| attempts to facilitate the operation of machinery so that ordinary people can use it efficiently and safely |
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| specialists in the psychological condition of students |
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| an attempt to describe the structures that compose the mind, particularly sensations, feelings, and images |
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| to learn how to people produce useful behaviors |
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| comparative psychologists- |
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| specialists who compare different animal species |
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| a field of psychology that concentrates on observable, measurable behaviors and not on mental processes |
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| the mathematical description of the relationship between the physical properties of a stimulus and its perceived properties |
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