Use Thunderbolt with MBP?

I have a MBP and just received my Thunderbolt Display today. Very impressive! Now, since I am totally new to this, I am not sure how to use both of them together. Right now I have the display with all icons on here basically aas the primary display and the MBP has a bland screen. How do I use both screens to do work? Such as Aperture, or Lightroon? I cant figure out how to use the screens for two separate applications. Thanks

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