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psychology
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the science of behavior and mental processes
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biological psychologists
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psychologists who analyze the biological factors influencing behavior and mental processes
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developmental psychologists
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psychologists who seek to understand, describe, and explore how behavior and mental processes change over the course of a lifetime
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cognitive psychologists
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psychologists who study the mental processes underlying judgment, decision making, problem solving, imagining, and other aspects of human thought or cognition
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engineering psychology
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a field in which psychologists study human factors in the use of equipment and help designers create better versions of that equipment
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personality psychologists
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psychologists who study the characteristics that make individuals similar to, or different from, one another
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clinical and couseling psychologists
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psychologists who seek to assess, understand, and change abnormal behavior
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community psychologists
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psychologists who work to obtain psychological services for people in need of help and to prevent psychological disorders by working for changes in social systems
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health psychologists
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psychologists who study the effects of behavior and mental processes on health and illness, and vice versa
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educational psychologists
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psychologists who study methods by which instructors and students learn and who apply their results to improving such methods
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school psychologists
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psychologists who test IQ's, diagnose students' academic problems, and set up programs to improve students' achievement
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social psychologists
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psychologists who study how people influence one another's behavior and mental processes, individually and in groups
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industrial/organizational psychologists
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psychologists who study ways to improve efficiency, productivity, and satisfaction among workers and the organizations that employ them
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quantitative psychologists
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psychologists who develop and use statistical tools to analyze research data
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sport psychologists
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psychologists who explore the relationships between athletic performance and such psychological variables as motivation and emotion
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forensic psychologists
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psychologists who assist in jury selection, evaluate defendants' mental competence to stand trial, and deal with other issues involving psychology and the law
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environmental psychologists
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psychologists who study the effects of the physical environment on behavior and mental processes
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biological approach
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an approach to psychology in which behavior and behavior disorders are seen as the result of physical processes, especially those relating to the brain and to hormones and other chemicals
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evolutionary approach
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an approach to psychology that emphasizes the inherited, adaptive aspects of behavior and mental processes
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psychodynamic approach
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a view developed by Freud that emphasizes the interplay of unconscious mental processes in determining human though, feelings, and behavior
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behavioral approach
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an approach to psychology emphasizing that human behavior is determined mainly by what a person has learned, especially from rewards and punishments
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cognitive approach
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a way of looking at human behavior that emphasizes research on how the brain takes in information, creates perceptions, forms and retrieves memories, processes information, and generates integrated patterns of action
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humanistic approach
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an approach to psychology that views behavior as controlled by the decisions that people make about their lives based on their perceptions of the world
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culture
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the accumulation of values, rules of behavior, forms of expression, religious beliefs, occupational choices, and the like for a group of people who share a common language and environment
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