What is Psychology?

WHAT IS psychology ? Andrew M. Co/man University of Leicester, England Origin of the word " psychology " Historical background Related disciplines and practices Psychiatry Psychoanalysis Philosophy Classification of research and fields of applied psychology Research methods Case studies Naturalistic observations Survey research Quasi-experiments and correlational studies Controlled experiments Some key concepts Experimental and control groups Statistical significance Correlation Cognition A note to readers Further reading References The authoritative Oxford English Dictionary defines psychology as "the science of the nature, functions, and phenomena of the human soul or mind". Nowadays, most psychologists would object to the last part of that definition, because the human soul is no longer regarded as the concern of psychology , and also because human and animal behaviour (which are ignored by the above definition) have come to be regarded as essential com-ponents of the discipline.

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