Psychology is the science of behavior and mind, embracing all aspects ofconscious and unconscious experience as well as thought. It is an academic discipline and a social science which seeks to understand individuals and groups by establishing general principles and researching specific cases.[1][2]
In this field, a professional practitioner or researcher is called a psychologistand can be classified as a social, behavioral, or cognitive scientist. Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior, while also exploring the physiological and biologicalprocesses that underlie cognitive functions and behaviors.
Psychologists explore behavior and mental processes, including perception,cognition, attention, emotion (affect), intelligence, phenomenology, motivation(conation), brain functioning, and personality. This extends to interaction between people, such as interpersonal relationships, including psychological resilience, family resilience, and other areas. Psychologists of diverse orientations also consider the unconscious mind.[3] Psychologists employ
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