Describe two specialty areas of psychology, including the kinds of behavior that would interest them the most

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Biopsychology: Researches the biological processes that underlie behavior, including genetic, biochemical, and nervous system functioning.
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Clinical psychology: Researches, assesses, and treats children, adolescents, and adults who are experiencing difficulty in functioning or who have a serious mental health disorder such as schizophrenia.
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Cognitive psychology: Studies mental processes such as decision making, problem solving, language, and memory.
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Community psychology: Seeks to understand and enhance the quality of life for individuals, communities, and society. Focuses on early intervention in and prevention of individual and community problems.
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Counseling psychology: Researches, assesses, and treats children, adolescents, and adults who are experiencing adjustment difficulties.
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Cross-cultural psychology: Investigates cultural similarities and differences in psychological traits and behaviors.
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Developmental psychology: Researches how we develop physically, cognitively, socially, and emotionally over the life span.
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Educational psychology: Researches how people learn and how variables in an educational environment influence learning. May develop materials and strategies to enhance learning.
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Environmental psychology: Examines the relationship between environments and human behavior. Focuses on designing, managing, protecting, and/or restoring the environment to enhance behavior. Also studies environmental attitudes, perceptions, and values to promote environmentally appropriate behavior.
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Experimental psychology: Conducts research on sensation, perception, learning, motivation, and emotion.
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Forensic psychology: Works with mental health issues within the context of the legal system. May study a certain type of criminal behavior such as rape or murder, or may be asked to determine a person’s competence to stand trial.
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Health psychology: Researches ways to promote health and prevent illness. May be concerned with issues such as diet and nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle choices that influence health.
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Human factors psychology: Researches human capabilities as they apply to the design, operation, and maintenance of machines, systems, and environments to achieve optimal performance (for example, designing the most effective configuration of control knobs in airplane cockpits for pilots).
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Industrial/ organizational (I/O) psychology: Examines the relationship between people and their work environments. May study issues such as increasing job satisfaction or decreasing employee absenteeism, or focus on understanding the dynamics of workplace behavior, such as leadership styles or gender differences in management styles.
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Personality psychology: Researches how people differ in their individual traits, how people develop personality, whether personality traits can be changed, and how these qualities can be measured.
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Positive psychology: Seeks to discover and promote those factors that contribute to happiness, positive emotions, and well-being.
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School psychology: Assesses students’ psychoeducational abilities (academic achievement, intelligence, cognitive processing) and shares test results with teachers and parents to help them make decisions regarding the best educational placement for students.
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Social psychology: Researches how our beliefs, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by others, whether in the classroom, on an elevator, on the beach, on a jury, or at a football game.
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Sports psychology: Investigates the mental and emotional aspects of physical performance.