psychology

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The science that deals with mental processes and behavior.

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The emotional and behavioral characteristics of an individual, group, or activity.

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Subtle tactical action or argument used to manipulate or influence another.

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The branch of metaphysics that studies the soul, the mind, and the relationship of life and mind to the functions of the body.

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The special psychology of any single group of living things: a common term for folk psychology, professional psychology, race psychology, ethnic psychology, psychology of peoples, etc.

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The science of the products of the mental life in the human race at large; same as folk psychology .

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The psychology and psychogenesis of the human mind.

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Race psychology; the differential psychology of species and races, whether human or sub-human.

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The science of the individual mind as conditioned, in its functions and development, by other minds; the psychology of the social factor in its influence upon the individual mind.

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The science of the phenomena of mind; mental science.