... It is easier to distinguish what is 'pure' and 'applied' in older disciplines: everybody can separate physics and mathematics from engineering, or anatomy and physiology from medicine. People often confound psychology with psychiatry, which is a branch of medicine dedicated to the cure of mental disorders. Some topics that 'pure' psychologists may study are: how behaviour changes with development, when behaviour is ... animals and people, it tries to understand how they learn, and to devise better ways of teaching. A psychological school, known as behaviourism, maintains that human beh...

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