Clinical Psychology studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders. Cognitive Psychology the scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating how the mind encodes, processes/interprets, stores, and retrieves information Social-Cultural Psychology studies of how situations and being a member of society at a particular time and place affects our behavior and thinking. Behavioral Psychology the scientific study of observable responses, and its explanation by principles of learning.
Psychodynamic Psychology studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior, and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders. Biological Psychology studies how the body and brain enables emotions, memories, and sensory experiences and how genetics and the environment influence individuals Evolutionary Psychology the study of the roots of behavior and mental processes using the principles of natural selection. Humanistic Psychology historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal growth based on having needs for love and acceptance met. Levels of Analysis the differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon Natural Selection the principle proposed by Charles Darwin that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations. Nature-Nurture Issue the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors.
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