Abnormal behavior is behavior that deviates from what is expected and normal. The study of abnormalbehavior is called abnormal psychology. Cognitive psychology is the study of mental processes such as"e;attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and thinking"e;. Much of thework derived from cognitive psychology has been integrated into various other modern disciplines ofpsychological study, including educational psychology, social psychology, personality psychology,abnormal psychology, developmental psychology, and economics. It is largely devoted to theorganization of the nervous system, in order to facilitate the understanding of models of cognitivefunctioning in terms of perception, memory, language and attention. Methods employed in cognitiveneuroscience include experimental procedures from psychophysics and cognitive psychology,functional neuroimaging, electrophysiology, cognitive genomics, and behavioral Introduction to Genetics: A Molecular Approach. This book isan introduction for students studying abnormal psychology in psychology, nursing, or social andbehavioural sciences.