WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?

Q: So, if psychology isn’t common sense, what is it? We can define psychology generally as the scientific study of behavior and expe-rience. We should point out, though, that this has not always been the definition of psychology. Psychology is a particularly young science. It is just a little over 100 years old.

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