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Psychology
1. The mental, motivational, and behavioral features and attitudes of a person or a group of persons.

2. The study and profession concerning behavior and the related functions and processes of both the mind and body, in human and non-human animals. Examples of such processes are memory, emotions, thinking, learning, perception, personality, and speech. Psychology focuses particularly on how behavior and the mind relate to the social and physical environment. To help with the understanding, prevention, or solution of problems between individuals or groups, psychology as a profession is concerned with promoting the relevant knowledge, techniques, and skills to achieve these goals. There are many different types of psychology with different focuses such as sports, legal issues, the brain, children, elderly people, and much much more. Someone who has the skills and a state license to practice psychology is known as a psychologists.

Compare psychology with psychiatry, the study of the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the mind, emotions, and behavior. Psychology comes from the Greek word "psyche" meaning "mind" and the Greek word "logos" meaning "the study of." Put the two words together and you have "the study of (the) mind."

To find out more information about psychology, check out the homepages of the American Psychological Society and the American Psychological Association.