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psychology

study of mental functions and behaviours
Intangible academic_discipline Q9418
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Summary

psychology is an academic discipline[1]. psychology ranks in the top 0.49% of academic discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52,470 views/month, #5 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: branch of science[3], health specialty[4]
  • Subclass of: human science[5], health sciences[6], behavioral sciences[7]
  • Commons category: Psychology[8]
  • Opposite of: pseudopsychology[9]
  • Has part(s): theoretical psychology[10], practical psychology[11], applied psychology[12], general psychology[13], clinical psychology[14], psychopathology[15], organizational psychology[16], engineering psychology[17], developmental psychology[18], personality psychology[19], cognitive psychology[20], neuropsychology[21], psychopharmacology[22], experimental psychology[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Psychology[24]
  • Commons gallery: Psychology[25]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Psychology[26]
  • Facet of: faculty of psychology[27]
  • Described by source: The Catholic Encyclopedia[28], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[32], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[33], Dai-Hyakka Jiten, Volume 7[34]
  • Topic has template: Template:Psychology[35], Template:Psychology sidebar[36]
  • Has characteristic: psychology award[37]

Why It Matters

psychology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] psychology is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

psychology has been cited as an influence by artificial intelligence[40], a type of technology[41].

FAQs

Who did psychology influence?

psychology has been cited as an influence by artificial intelligence[40].

Related Entities

Abraham Maslow Adam Tornhill Albert Bandura Al-Biruni Aleksei N. Leontiev Alexander Bain Alfred Adler Alfred Binet Al-Kindi Amos Tversky APA PsycNet applied psychology Arthur Koestler Arthur Schopenhauer artificial intelligence Avicenna behavioral economics behavioral sciences behavioural genetics B.F. Skinner Boris Holzer Boris Konrad Bruno Bettelheim Carl Jung Charles Richet child development Clark L. Hull Claude Piron cognitive behavioral therapy Colin Wilson

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20h ago · Powerek38 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 16d ago · Hirho · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az
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  3. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The guardian topic id → science/psychology, education/psychology
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  4. 6w ago · BlueSkyWalker · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 9w ago · Bosancica by MK · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 13w ago · Charp238 · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lemmy community id → psychology@lemmy.world
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  8. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  9. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002097-psychologie
    Harper's tag → psychology
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