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| determinism | the assumption that everything that happens has a cause, or determinant, in the observable world |
| free will | the belief that behavior is caused by a person's independent decisions |
| mind-brain problem | the philosophical question of how experience is related to the brain |
| dualism | the mind is separate from the brain byt somehow controls the brain and therefore the rest of the body |
| monism | the view that conscious experience is inseparable from the physical brain |
| biopsychologist (behavioral neuroscientist) | type of psychologist who 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 evolutinary pressures |
| evolutionary psychologist | type of psychologist who 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 |
| learning and motivation | studies how behavior depends on the outcomes of past behaviors and on current motivations |
| cognition | thinking and acquiring knowledge |
| cognitive psychologist | type of psychologist who studies thinking and acquiring knowledge |
| developmental psychologist | type of psychologist who studies the behavioral capacities typical of different ages and how behavior changes with age |
| social psychologist | type of psychologist who studies how an individual influences other people and is influence by them |
| clinical psychologist | type of psychologist who have an advanced degree in psychology, with a specialty in understanding and helping people with psychological problems |
| psychiatry | a branch of medicine that deals with emotional disturbances |
| psychoanalysts | therapy providers who rely heavily on the theories and methods pioneered by Sigmund Freud |
| clinical social worker | similar to clinical psychologist, but with different training |
| counseling psychologist | help people with educational, vocational, marriage, health-related, and other decisions |
| forensic psychologist | those who provide advice and consultation to police, lawyers, courts, or other parts of the criminal justice system |
| industrial/organizational psychology | the psychological study of people at work |
| ergonomist (human factors specialist) | attempts to facilitate the operation of machinery so that ordinary people can use it efficiently and safely |
| school psychologist | specialist in the psychological condition of students |
| introspect | to look within themselves |
| structuralism | an attempt to describe the structures that compose the mind |
| functionalism | learn how people produce useful behaviors |
| psychophysical function | the mathematical description of the relationship between the physical properties of a stimulus and it's perceived properties |
| comparative psychologists | specialist who compare different animal species |
| behaviorism | a field of psychology that concentrates on observable, measurable behaviors and not on mental processes |
