Psychology is the
scientific study of
mind and
behavior in humans and non-humans. Psychology includes the study of
conscious and
unconscious phenomena, including
feelings and
thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between the
natural and
social sciences. Psychologists seek an understanding of the
emergent properties of
brains, linking the discipline to
neuroscience. As social scientists, psychologists aim to understand the behavior of individuals and groups.
Ψ (psi), the first
letter of the Greek word psyche from which the term psychology is derived (see below), is commonly associated with the science.
A professional practitioner or researcher involved in the discipline is called a
psychologist. Some psychologists can also be classified as
behavioral or
cognitive scientists. Some psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and
social behavior. Others explore the
physiological and
neurobiological processes that underlie cognitive functions and behaviors.
Gender dysphoria (GD) is the distress a person experiences due to a mismatch between their
gender identity—their personal sense of their own
gender—and their
sex assigned at birth. The diagnostic label gender identity disorder (GID) was used until 2013 with the release of the diagnostic manual
DSM-5. The condition was renamed to remove the
stigma associated with the term disorder.
... that Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Rawlins proposed that the Rhodesian Army employ witchdoctors as psychological warfare during the
Rhodesian Bush War?
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