Psychology

Introduction: Psychology

Description of Psychology

Psychology: The profession (e.g., clinical psychology), scholarly discipline (academic psychology), and science (research psychology) concerned with the behavior of humans and animals, and related mental and physiologic processes. [psycho- + G. logos, study]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Psychology: study of mental and behavioral phenomena in individuals and groups; human and nonhuman species are included.
Source: CRISP

Psychology: The science dealing with the study of mental processes and behavior in man and animals.
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Psychology:

More specific terms for Psychology:

• Adolescent Psychology
• Child Psychology
• Ethnopsychology
• Psychology, Clinical
• Psychology, Comparative
• Psychology, Educational
• Psychology, Experimental
• Psychology, Industrial
• Psychology, Medical
• Psychology, Social
• Cognitive Science

Source - MeSH 2007

• abnormal psychology
• attitude
• behavior
• conditioning
• conflict
• developmental psychology
• educational psychology
• emotion
• identity
• imagination
• mental process
• mind control
• motivation
• occupational psychology
• personality
• psychic activity level
• social psychology
• suggestion

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Psychology

• Behavioral Sciences

Source - MeSH 2007

• behavioral /social science

Source - CRISP

The term Psychology can be used for:

• parapsychology

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Psychology:

• mental health
• neuroscience
• psychiatry

Source: CRISP

The description of Psychology may also be used for the following terms:

• mental

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Psychology

The following list attempts to classify Psychology into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
  • Behavioral Sciences
    • Psychology

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