Psychology
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Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior, encompassing how people think, feel, and act individually and in groups.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic discipline
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behavioral science ⓘ scientific discipline ⓘ social science ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
groups
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individuals ⓘ |
| emergedIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| goal |
improve well-being
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influence behavior ⓘ predict behavior ⓘ understand behavior ⓘ |
| hasApplication |
assessment and testing
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conflict resolution ⓘ education ⓘ human-computer interaction ⓘ marketing and consumer behavior ⓘ mental health treatment ⓘ public policy ⓘ workplace performance ⓘ |
| hasApproach |
behaviorism
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biopsychosocial approach ⓘ cognitive psychology ⓘ gestalt psychology ⓘ humanistic psychology ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| hasPioneer |
Abraham Maslow
NERFINISHED
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B. F. Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ Carl Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivan Pavlov NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Piaget NERFINISHED ⓘ John B. Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigmund Freud NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilhelm Wundt NERFINISHED ⓘ William James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubdiscipline |
biological psychology
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clinical psychology ⓘ cognitive psychology ⓘ community psychology ⓘ comparative psychology ⓘ counseling psychology ⓘ cultural psychology ⓘ developmental psychology ⓘ educational psychology ⓘ environmental psychology ⓘ evolutionary psychology ⓘ forensic psychology ⓘ health psychology ⓘ industrial-organizational psychology ⓘ neuropsychology ⓘ personality psychology ⓘ positive psychology ⓘ quantitative psychology ⓘ school psychology ⓘ social psychology ⓘ sports psychology ⓘ |
| investigates |
abnormal behavior
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brain-behavior relationships ⓘ individual differences ⓘ normal behavior ⓘ social influence ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
anthropology
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neuroscience ⓘ philosophy ⓘ psychiatry ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| studies |
behavior
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cognition ⓘ development ⓘ emotion ⓘ learning ⓘ memory ⓘ mental disorders ⓘ mental processes ⓘ mind ⓘ motivation ⓘ perception ⓘ personality ⓘ social interaction ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
experiments
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observational studies ⓘ psychological testing ⓘ scientific method ⓘ statistical analysis ⓘ surveys ⓘ |
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Behaviorism