psychology

(si-kol'o-jl) [G. psyche, mind, + -logia.] The science proce es—consciousne , which deals with the mind and mental sensation, ideation, memory, etc. compar'ative p., the study of instinct and of mental action in the lower animals, crim'inal p., the study of the mind and its workings in relation to crime, experimen'tal p., the study of mental action by means of various tests and experiments, genet'ic p., a science dealing with the evolution of mind and the relation to each other of the different types of mental activity, objec'tive p., p. as studied by observation of the mental workings in others than the observer, subjec'tive p., the study of one's own mind and its various modes of action as a basis for psychological deductions.