Cognitive Psychologists Are Primarily Interested in

question 140

Multiple Choice

Cognitive psychologists are primarily interested in

• A)what makes people unique.
• B)studying and treating abnormal functioning.
• C)describing and understanding the changes in behavior and mental processes that occur during a lifetime.
• D)studying memory, thinking, learning, and other mental processes.

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Definitions:

World

The earth and all life on it, or the realm of human existence and activity.

Evolutionary Psychology

A method in the social and natural sciences focusing on the study of psychological frameworks from a current evolutionary standpoint.

Psychology Defined

The scientific study of the mind and behavior, encompassing various aspects of conscious and unconscious experience as well as thought and emotion.

Insight Therapies

Forms of psychotherapy aiming to increase patients' understanding of themselves and their issues or behaviors.