Psychology Definition

sī-kŏlə-jē
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noun
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The science dealing with the mind and with mental and emotional processes.
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The science of human and animal behavior.
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The sum of the actions, traits, attitudes, thoughts, mental states, etc. of a person or group.
The psychology of the adolescent.
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Techniques intended to manipulate another or others.
To use psychology on a stubborn child.
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The branch of metaphysics that studies the soul, the mind, and the relationship of life and mind to the functions of the body.
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psychology
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psychologies

Origin of Psychology

  • From French psychologie, from Latin psychologia (coined by Marko Marulić from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhÄ“, “soul") + -logia (“study of")).

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