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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In psychology, the science which deals with the relations of the individual mind to its environment, more especially its social environment; in sociology, the science which deals with the psychological factors and laws implied in social organization and development: suggested, in both uses, by Baldwin and Giddings, in Baldwin, Dict. of Philos. and Psychol., II. 391.

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  • noun psychology The branch of psychology that aims to discover strict laws that govern the working of the mind, especially by means of experiment

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  • noun the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues

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