PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology

Psychology is an academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviors. Psychology has the immediate goal of understanding individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases, and by many accounts it ultimately aims to benefit society. In this field, a professional practitioner or researcher is called a psychologist and can be classified as a social, behavioral, or cognitive scientist. Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior, while also exploring the physiological and neurobiological processes that underlie certain ...

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psychology

Noun

  1. The study of the human mind.
  2. The study of human behavior.
  3. The study of animal behavior.
  4. The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.


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