psychology.

Scientific study of human behavior, mental processes, and how they are affected and/or affect an individuals or group's physical state, mental state, and external environment It's goal is to describe, understand, predict, and modify behavior Psychology can be dated as beginning as early as Hippocrates in 400BC, or even before While there is no general consensus as to what and how many classical schools of thought existed, modern psychology is often categorized in the following schools: Psychodynamic, Behavioral, Cognitive, Physiological (ie Psychobiology), and Socio-cultural History of Psychology, evolution of theories (soon!)

This word is also derived from two other words Psyche (meaning mind/soul) and logia (meaning study of) Psychology tries to explain why people act, think and feel the way they do

A branch of science that studies the mind Psychologists focus on helping clients cope with their environment through the proper testing and diagnosis of problems and follow-up counselling or group work

Psychology is the field of study that deals with the mind and personality of the individual

the profession, scholarly discipline, and science concerned with the behaviour of humans, and related mental and physiological processes top

The psychology of a person is the kind of mind that they have, which makes them think or behave in the way that they do. a fascination with the psychology of murderers. Scientific discipline that studies mental processes and behaviour in humans and other animals. Literally meaning "the study of the mind," psychology focuses on both individual and group behaviour. Clinical psychology is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. Other specialized fields of psychology include child psychology, educational psychology, sports psychology, social psychology, and comparative psychology. The issues studied by psychologists cover a wide spectrum, including learning, cognition, intelligence, motivation, emotion, perception, personality, and the extent to which individual differences are shaped by genetics or environment. The methods used in psychological research include observation, interviews, psychological testing, laboratory experimentation, and statistical analysis. abnormal psychology analytic psychology applied psychology child psychology clinical psychology cognitive psychology comparative psychology consumer psychology developmental psychology educational psychology experimental psychology folk psychology forensic psychology Gestalt psychology humanistic psychology industrial organizational psychology I O psychology moral psychology physiological psychology rational psychology school psychology social psychology

the science of mind and behavior The mental or behavioral characteristics of an individual or group

1 The science that deals with mental processes and behavior 2 The emotional and behavioral characteristics of an individual, a group, or an activity 3 Subtle tactical action or argument used to manipulate or influence another 4 Philosophy The branch of metaphysics that studies the soul, the mind, and the relationship of life and mind to the functions of the body

The scientific study of human and animal behavior

the science of mental life

formal organization

Medicine or Science

From the Greek psyche, (mind) logos (study), the study of the nature and functions of the mind and of human behaviour

The scientific study of behaviour and mental processes and how they are affected by an organism's physical state, mental state and external environment

Psychology is concerned with the minds of men It has two major meanings The sciences of human action are not primarily concerned with the physiological meaning, sometimes known as natural or experimental psychology Whenever Mises refers to psychology in economic studies, he has in mind what some call "literary psychology" and which he has called "Thymology" in Theory and History and The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science In this sense, psychology "is on the one hand an offshoot of introspection and on the other a precipitate of historical experience It is what everybody learns from intercourse with his fellows It is what a man knows about the way in which people value different conditions, about their wishes and desires and their plans to realize these wishes and desires It is the knowledge of the social environment in which a man lives and acts "

The science of behavior and mental processes (p 5)

{i} study of the mind, study of human behavior, study of mental and emotional processes

The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the human soul

The study of animal behavior

Psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and the reasons for people's behaviour. Professor of Psychology at Bedford College

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes

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