How the modern psychologists defined "psychology" ?
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The American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology and psychologists in the United States. There are about 148,000 psychologists within APA. Here's how the APA defines psychology:
"Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. The discipline of psychology embraces all aspects of the human experience — from the functions of the brain to the environments in which humans and other animals develop; from child development to aging. Psychology is a science based on a large body of social science and behavioral science research and which is expanding its boundaries to overlap with neuroscience and health science. Psychologists study two critical relationships: one between brain function and behavior, and one between the environment and behavior. As scientists, psychologists follow scientific methods, using careful observation experimentation and analysis to learn more about the world in which we live and its inhabitents."
I think this definition from wikipedia sums up how modern psychologists define psychology:
'Psychology is both an academic and applied discipline involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior.'
Psychology is the study of behavior, both that which is displayed externally and the processes that produce it internally, such that we come to understand it, we can explain it, we can predict it, and we can change it.
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