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\ - PSYCHOLOGY : - From 2 Greek wods: Pcyche, which meane "soul," and gos, ‘the dudy of." = Se chalegy is the ‘Seience of Mento Life” b fiam™ James (1842-1U0) in ‘Principles of Psyc h- ology’ (1890) Defimition: dt is the scfentific Study of behaviour ard mind. Tints debinitiont wrdolns three elements. he first | is psyrrology iS a "seventiprc' entevprise. thal obtaing knowledae through systema he and objective methods of obseyvation and experimentation. Seund is thod psy chalogists study ‘behaviour,’ which refers td an action of reactbn thal can be measured of observed— such as blink of an eye, an inciease tn heart rate, of the unfuly violence that often erupts in a mob. urd ¢s thot psycholo ists chudy the ‘mind,’ whith refers to both conscious and tineongurous mented states. these. ctater can't besten actually be seen, only inferred fron observable behauiouy, oped Most of the times tHe psychologes ts are. concrokered as individuals whe anty OI pense ada , avoly ze personal *y and help those whe are twublid oV memaily ll. Bud the scope ‘of pryrhslbgy is for mere. 
