1clinical psychology
the study, assessment, and treatment of troubled of people
2behavior genetics perspective
how much genes and environment contribute to individual differences
3behavioral perspective
the mechanisms by which observable response are acquired and changed
4industrial / organizational psychology
behavior in the workplace
5cognitive perspective
how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information
6basic research
adds to psychology's knowledge base
7applied research
the study of practical problems
8Neuroscience perspective
how the body and brain create emotions, memories and sensations
9Social- Culture perspective
how people differ as products of different enviornments
10psychiatry
the medical treatment of psychological disorders
11evolutionary perspective
how natural selection favors traits that promote the perpetuation of one's genes
12psychodyamic perspective
the disguised effects of unfulfilled wishes and childhood traumas
13structuralism
an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the contents of the mind
14functionalism
an early school of psychology that focused on the adaptive value of thoughts and behaviors
15behaviorism
the view that psychology should be an objective science that avoids reference to mental processes
16cognitive neuroscience
brain activity linked with perception, thinking, memory, and languag