What is Psychology? Possible definitions:

• The study of human behavior…and the mind…and stuff

The bolded part of the above definition is the definition according to behavioral psychologists

• The study of the Human Mind.

The above definition is the definition of psychology according to cognitive psychologists.

• The study of the human and animal mind creating the characteristics of the personality
• The study of human actions and reactions. Why the act and react the way they do and how the human intellect interacts with the surrounding environment.
• When asked the question, What is Psychology?, my group came to the conclusion that psychology is the study of the human (and animal) brain and what forms behavior. :)
  

Discussion:

• Does psychology study animals? In a way - it studies animals in order to learn about human nature, and it also studies the animal aspect of human nature; however, psychology does not study animals in order to learn about animals.
• The term "behavior" has many definitions, depending on who is using the term. A behavioral psychologist defines behavior as external behavior only, without regarding thouhts, emotions, or any other internal influences. A cognitive psychologist would define "behavior" only as such internal processes as thoughts, emotions, etc