| Psychology (from Greek: ψÏ...χÎ(R), | | | | life-e.g. family, education, and work-and the treatment |
| psukhÄ", "spirit, soul"; and | | | | of mental health problems. |
| λόγος, logos, "knowledge") is | | | | As a social science, psychology attempts to |
| both an academic and applied discipline involving the | | | | understand the role human behavior plays in social |
| scientific study of mental processes and behavior. | | | | dynamics (e.g., culture, economics, and politics). |
| Psychologists study such phenomena as perception, | | | | Although psychology differs from biology and |
| cognition, emotion, personality, behavior, and | | | | neuroscience as a field of study, current psychological |
| interpersonal relationships. Psychology also refers to | | | | science incorporates physiological and neurological |
| the application of such knowledge to various spheres | | | | processes into its conceptions of mental functioning. |
| of human activity, including issues related to daily | | | | |