HOW DO PEOPLE SENSE, PERCEIVE, LEARN, AND THINK ABOUT THE WORLD?

If you have ever wondered why you are susceptible to optical illusions, how your
body registers pain, or how to make the most of your study time, an experimental
psychologist can answer your questions. Experimental psychology is the branch of psychology
that studies the processes of sensing, perceiving, learning, and thinking
about the world. (The term experimental psychologist is somewhat misleading: Psychologists
in every specialty area use experimental techniques.)
Several sub specialties of experimental psychology have become specialties
in their own right. One is cognitive psychology , which focuses on higher mental
processes, including thinking, memory, reasoning, problem solving, judging,
decision making, and language. For example, a cognitive psychologist might be
interested in what the survivors of the downed flight remembered about their
experience.