psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both conscious and unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feelings, and motives. Psychology is an academic discipline of broad scope, crossing the boundaries between the natural and social sciences. Biological psychologists seek an understanding of the emergent properties of brains, linking the discipline to neuroscience. As social scientists, psychologists aim to understand the behavior of individuals and groups.
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Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior, examining everything from conscious thoughts and feelings to unconscious processes in both humans and animals. It matters because psychologists use scientific methods to understand how individual minds work and how people behave in social groups, bridging insights from biology and neuroscience with social science perspectives.
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Research
2,031,334 papers- Choosing Prediction Over Explanation in Psychology: Lessons From Machine Learning.ReviewPerspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2017Yarkoni T, Westfall JDOI: 10.1177/1745691617693393
- Evidence-based practice in psychology.The American psychologist · 2006APA Presidential Task Force on Evidence-Based PracticeDOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.61.4.271
- Psychology's Renaissance.ReviewAnnual review of psychology · 2018Nelson LD, Simmons J, Simonsohn UDOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-122216-011836
- Psychology's Replication Crisis and Clinical Psychological Science.ReviewAnnual review of clinical psychology · 2019
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Article
59 sectionsContents
- Etymology and definitions
- History
- Beginning of experimental psychology
- Consolidation and funding
- Women in psychology
- 1900–1949
- 1950–1999
- 21st century
- Disciplinary organizations
- Institutions
- Boundaries
- Major schools of thought
- Biological
- Behaviorist
- Cognitive
- Social
- Psychoanalytic
- Existential-humanistic
- Themes
- Personality
- Unconscious mind
- Motivation
- Development psychology
- Genes and environment
- Applications
- Psychological testing
- Mental health care
- Education
- Work
- Military and intelligence
- Health, well-being, and social change
- Social change
- Medical applications
- Worker health, safety and wellbeing
- Occupational health psychology
- Research methods
- Controlled experiments
- Other types of studies
- Direct brain observation/manipulation
- Computer simulation
- Animal studies
- Qualitative research
- Program evaluation
- <span class="anchor" id="Criticism"></span>Contemporary issues
- Metascience
- Confirmation bias
- Replication
- Misuse of statistics
- <span class="anchor" id="WEIRD"></span>WEIRD bias
- <span class="anchor" id="STRANGE"></span>STRANGE bias
- Unscientific mental health training
- Ethics
- Ethics with Humans
- Ethics with other animals
- See Also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both conscious and unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feelings, and motives. Psychology is an academic discipline of broad scope, crossing the boundaries between the natural and social sciences. Biological psychologists seek an understanding of the emergent properties of brains, linking the discipline to neuroscience. As social scientists, psychologists aim to understand the behavior of individuals and groups.
A professional practitioner or researcher involved in the discipline is called a psychologist. Some psychologists can also be classified as behavioral or cognitive scientists. Some psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior. Others explore the physiological and neurobiological processes that underlie cognitive functions and behaviors.