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Positive psychology

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A field of research that focuses on people’s positive experiences and characteristics, such as happiness, optimism, and resilience.

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Cognitive psychologists

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Psychologists whose research focuses on analysis of the mental processes underlying judgment, decision making, problem solving, imagining, and other aspects of human thought or cognition.

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Biological psychologists

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Psychologists who analyze the biological factors influencing behavior and mental processes.

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Personality psychologists

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Psychologists who focus on people’s unique characteristics.

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Developmental psychologist

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Psychologists who seek to understand, describe, and explore how people behavior and mental processes change over the course of a lifetime.

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Quantitative psychologists

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Psychologists who develop statistical methods for evaluating and analyzing data from psychological research.

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Clinical, counseling, and community psychologists

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Psychologists who seek to assess, understand, modify, and prevent behavior disorders.

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Educational psychologists

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Psychologists who study methods by which instructors teach and students learn and who apply their results to improve such methods.

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School psychologists

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Psychologists who test cognitive abilities, diagnose students’ academic problems, and set up programs to improve students’ achievement.

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Social psychologists

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Psychologists who study how people influence one another’s behavior and attitude, especially in groups.

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Industrial and organizational psychologists

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Psychologists who examine factors that influence people’s performance in the workplace

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Health psychologists

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Psychologists who study the effects of behavior on health and the impact of illness on behavior and emotion

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Sport psychologists

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Psychologists whose research is aimed at maximizing athletic performance

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Forensic psychologists

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Psychologists who are involved in many aspects of psychology and law

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Engineering psychologists

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Psychologists who study and try to improve the relationships between human beings and the computers and other machines they use

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Environmental psychologists

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Psychologists who study the relationship between people’s physical environment and their behavior

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Tabula rasa

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Blank slate

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Empiricism

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The view that knowledge comes from experience and observation

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Psychology

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The science that seeks to understand behavior and mental processes and to apply that understanding in the service of human welfare.

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functionalism

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focused on the function of consciousness in guiding our ability to make decisions, solve problems, and the like