(psychology, evolutionary theory) A theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection.

(psychology) The application of the principles of biology to the study of mental processes and behavior.

(psychology) A branch of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language.

(psychology) A branch of psychology with the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.

(psychology) A branch of social psychology which is concerned with the behaviour and thought processes of individual crowd members and the crowd as a whole; a study of the dynamics within large groups of people and the nature of the relationship between the individual and society.

Branch of psychology which studies the wills, thoughts, intentions and reactions of criminals.

Synonym of behaviorism

Synonym of behaviorism

(psychology) Alternative form of depth psychology

An approach to psychology which attempts to describe and explain the structure, content, and relationship of conscious and unconscious mental activity, and which is intended to serve as a basis for psychoanalytic therapies.