Psychology Definition according to Experts

DEFINITION.TODAY - What is Psychology? Psychology is the science of behavior and thought, encompassing all aspects of both conscious and unconscious experiences.

Literally, "psychology" is a word derived from Greek (Greek), namely: (1) psyche meaning soul; (2) logos which means science. So, psychology is the science of the soul or can be called science that studies the psychology or the study of the phenomena of the human psyche.

While in general, psychology is a science and applied science that study the behavior and mental function of human beings scientifically.

Psychology is an academic discipline and a social science that seeks to understand individuals and groups by building general principles and case-specific research.

Researchers in the field of psychology is called psychological, while people who are experts in the field of psychology called  psychologists.

Because psychologists have different emphases, the definitions are different. Here are some of the definitions formulated by the experts:

1. According to Jhon Locke

Psychology is all the knowledge, responses, and feelings of the human soul gained by experience through the means of his senses.

2. According to Muhibbin Shah

Psychology is a science that studies open and closed behavior in human beings both as individuals and groups, in relation to the environment.

3. According to Richard Mayer

Psychology is an analysis of mental processes and memory structures to understand human behavior.

4. According to Jhon Broadus Watson

Psychology is a science that studies outward behavior by using an objective method of observation of stimuli.

5. According to George Berkeley

Psychology is the science of sensing (perception).

6. According to Crow & Crow

Psychology is the science of human behavior and human relationships with the surrounding environment.

7. According to Poerbakawatha and Harahap

Psychology is a branch of science that conducts investigations into the symptoms and activities of the soul.

8. According to Bigot

Psychology is the study of the soul and life of the soul.

9. According to Arthur Gates

Psychology is the science that tries to find common rules that describe the behavior of living organisms as well as to show, explain, and classify the various activities that animals, human beings, or others can do.

10. According to Burno

Psychology is the science of mental life associated with the behavior of organisms.

11. According to Wilhem Wundt

Psychology is the study of experiences that arise in man, such as feelings of the five senses, thoughts, feelings, and wills.

12. According to Knight and Knight

Psychology is a systematic study of human and animal experiences and behavior, normal and abnormal, individual or social.

13. According to Woodworth and the Marquis

Psychology is the study of the activities of individuals, both cognitive, motoric, and emotional activity.

14. According to Plotnik

Psychology is a systematic and scientific study of mental behavior and processes.

15. According to TH. F. Hoult

Psychology is a discipline that systematically studies the development and functioning of the mental and emotional factors of the human psyche.

16. According to Dakir

Psychology is the science that discusses human behavior in relation to its environment.

17. According to Dr. Singgih Dirgagunasa

Psychology is the study of human behavior.

18. According to Sartain

Psychology is the study of the behavior of living organisms, especially human behavior.

19. According to Hilgard and Atkinson

Psychology is the study of behavior and mental processes.

20. According to Chaplin

Psychology is the science of human and animal behavior, as well as the investigation of organisms in all its variations of complexity when reacting to the currents and changes in the natural world and the societal events that change the environment.

21. According to Branca

Psychology is the science of behavior and in this case concerns human behavior.

22. According to Jhon Broadus Watson

Psychology is the study of the nature of the soul and its process to the end.

23. According to Watson

Psychology is a part of science that emphasizes human behavior, deeds and speech either learned or not as the subject matter.

24. According to Zimbardo

Psychology is a science of organism's behavior.

25. According to Robert J. Wicks

Psychology is a science of conduct.

26. According to Koffka

Psychology is the scientific study of the behavior of living things in their relationships with the outside world.

27. According to Ruch

Psychology is the study of human beings, therefore related to other sciences, as it relates to sociology and biology.

28. According to Clifford T. Morgan

Psychology is the study of human and animal behavior.

29. According to Mussen and Rosenzwieg

In the past psychology was defined as the study of the mind. But in its development, the word mind is replaced by behavior. So psychology is the science that studies about human behavior.

30. According to Edwin G. Boring and Herbert S. Langfeld

Psychology is the study of the nature of man.

31. According to Moskowitz and Orgel

Psychology is an empirical science based on observation and experimental research with the subject matter of human behavior.

32. According to Ahmad Fauzi

Psychology is the study of the response given from living things to its environment.

33. According to Rene Descartes

Psychology is the science of the phenomena of thought or the phenomenon of human consciousness irrespective of its body.

34.  According to Shah (2001)

Psychology is a science that studies open and closed behaviors in humans both as individuals and groups, in relation to the environment. Open behavior is a psychomotor behavior that includes the act of speaking, sitting, walking and so on, while the closed behavior includes thinking, belief, feeling and so forth.