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behavioral genetics

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subfield of psych

- studied the inheritance of traits related to behavior

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behavioral neuroscience

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subfield of psych

- examines the biological basis of behavior

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clinical psychology

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subfield of psych

- deals with study, diagnosis, treatment of psychological disorders

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clinical neuropsychology

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subfield of psych
- unites the areas of biopsychology and clinical psycology, focusing on the relationship between biological factors and psychological disorders

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cognitive psychology

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subfield of psych

- focuses on the study of higher mental processes

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conseling psychology

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subfield of psych

- focuses primarily on educaitonal, social, and career adjustment problems

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cross- cultural psych

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subfield of psych

- looks at similarities and differences in psychological functioning in and across cultures

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developmental psych

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subfield of psych

- examines how people grow and hcange from conception - death

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educational psych

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subfield of psych

- concerned with teaching and learning processes (relaitonship between motivation and school performance)

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enviornmental psych

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considers relationship between people and their phsysical enviornment
subfield of psych

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evolutionary psych

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subfield of psych

- considers how behavior is influenced by our genetic inheritance from our ancestors

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experimental psych

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subfield of psych

- studies the processes or sensing, perceiving, learning, and thinking about the wolrd

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forsenic psych

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subfield of psych

- focuses on legal issues (determining teh accuracy of witness memories)

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health psychology

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subfield of psych

- explores the relationship between psychological factors and physical ailments or disease

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industrial/ organizational psych

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subfield of psych

- concerned with psychology of the workplace

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personality psych

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subfield of psych

- focuses on consistency in peoples behavior over time and traits taht differentiate people

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program evaluation

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subfield of psych

- ofucses on assessing large scale problems to determien whether they meet goals

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psychology of women

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subfield of psych

- focuses on issues such as discriminaton against women and causes of violence against women

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school psychology

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subfield of psych

- devoted to conseling children in school who have academic or emotional probs

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social psychology

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subfield of psych

- study of how people’s thoghts, feelings and actions are affected by others

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sport psychology

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subfield of psych

- applies psychology to artistic activity / exercise

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wilhelm wundt

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first psych lab in germany late 19th century

- structuralism and introspection

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structuralism

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  • WW

- uncovering fundamental mental components of perception, consciousness , thinking

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introspection

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  • used by structuralists
  • present people with stimulus, ask them to describe what they are experiencing.
  • map out thought process but no verificaiton of accuracy, hard to talk about emo feelings
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william james

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  • psych lab in cambrdige MA

- functionalism

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functionalism

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  • william james
  • focused on what mind does, functions of mental activity
  • ex. examine emotion of fear in preparing to deal with emergency, how ppl satsify needs thru behavior
  • stream of consciousness
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gestalt psych

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our perception of objects is greater than individual elements that make up our perception
- the whole is different from the sum of its parts

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what are the 5 perspectives of psych

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BCPHN

  • behavioral
  • cognitive
  • psycho-dynamic
  • humanistic
  • neuroscience
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behavioral perspective

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  • focuses on observable behavior
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cognitive perspective

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  • examines how people understand and think about the world
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psychodynamic perspective

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  • believes behavior is motivated by inner unconscious forces over which a person has little ocntrol
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humanistic perspective

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  • contends that ppl can control their behavior, naturally try to reach full potential
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neuroscience perspective

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  • view behavior from the perspective of biological functioning

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