| A | B |
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| psychology | science of behavior and mental processes |
| neuroscience | how the body and brain create emotions, memories, sensory experience |
| evolutionary perspective | how natural selection favors traits that promote the perpetuation of genes |
| behavior genetics perspective | how much do our genes, environment, influence our individual differences |
| behavioral perspective | how we learn observable responses |
| cognitive perspective | how we process, store, and retrieve information |
| social-cultural perspective | how behavior and thinking vary across cultures |
| nature-nurture | debate over whether heredity or environment is more influential |
| basic research | pure science that aima to increase scientific knowledge |
| applied research | scientifc study that aims to solve practical problems |
| clinical psychology | branch of psychology that studeis, assesses, and treats peole with psychological disorders |
| psychiatry | branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; involves use of drugs or psychological therapy |
| PRTR | preview, read, think, review study method |
| Sigmund Freud | personality theorist |
| Jean Piaget | Swiss biologist; observer of children |
| Ivan Pavlov | studies of animal learning |
| mental processes | internal subjective experiences we infer from behavior-sensations, perceptions, dreams, thoughts, beliefs, and feelings |
