Associations to the word «psychology»

Wiktionary

PSYCHOLOGY, noun. (uncountable) The study of the human mind.
PSYCHOLOGY, noun. (uncountable) The study of human behavior.
PSYCHOLOGY, noun. (uncountable) The study of animal behavior.
PSYCHOLOGY, noun. (countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.

Dictionary definition

PSYCHOLOGY, noun. The science of mental life.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats