- Psychology as empirical science is primarily concerned with the study of human thinking, feeling and behaviour.
- This includes research into basic psychological functions such as perception, learning, memory, language, emotions and the control of behaviour.
- In addition, psychology is concerned with the study of social factors influencing human behaviour as well as with the intellectual, social and emotional development of people over the lifespan.
- It also deals with the research of personality traits and inter-individual differences in experience and behaviour up to the research of mental disorders as well as their diagnosis and therapy.