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7818878313Biological PerspectiveAn approach to psychology in which behavior/behavior disorders are seen as the result of the genetic code of humans0
7818878314Evolutionary PerspectiveAn approach to psychology that emphasizes the inherited ( and adaptive aspects of behavior and mental processes1
7818878315Psychodynamic PerspectiveA view developed by Freud that emphasizes the interplay of unconscious mental process in determining human thought, feelings, and behavior2
7818878316Behavioral PerspectiveAn approach to psychology emphasizing that human are a product of their environment and are determined mainly by what a person has learned, especially from rewards and punishments3
7818878317Cognitive PerspectiveA way of looking at human behavior that emphasizes research on how the brain takes information, creates perceptions, forms and retrieves memories, process information, and generates integrated patterns of action4
7818878318Sport PsychologistsPsychologists who explore relationships between athletic performance and psychological variables as motivation and emotion5
7818878319Environmental PsychologistsPsychologists who study the effects of the physical environment on behavior and mental process6
7818878320NeuroscienceThe scientific study of all levels of the nervous system, including neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neurology, neurophysiology, and neuropharmacology7
7818878321Positive PsychologyA field of research that focuses on people's positive experiences and characteristics, such as happiness, optimism, and resilience8
7818878322PsychologyThe science of human behavior and mental processes of the brain9
7818878323Biological PsychologyPsychologists who analyze the biological factors influencing behavior and mental processes10
7818878324Cognitive PsychologistsPsychologists who study the mental processes as we develop over the life course and how at different stages, that can affect judgment, decision making, problem solving, imaging, and other aspects of human thought or cognition11
7818878325Engineering PyschologyA field in which psychologists study human factors in the use of equipment and help designers create better versions of that equipment12
7818878326Developmental PsychologyPsychologists who seek to understand, describe, and explore how behavior and mental processes change over a lifetime13
7818878327Personality PsychologistsPsychologists who study the characteristics that make individuals similar to or different from one another14
7818878328Clinical and Counseling PsychologistsPsychologists who seek to asses, understand, and change abnormal behavior through treatment and medicine15
7818878329Educational PsychologistsPsychologists who study methods by which instructors teach and students learn and who apply their results to improving those methods16
7818878330Social PsychologistsPsychologists who study how people influence one another's behavior and mental processes, individually and in groups17

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