| Psychology is the study of behavior and mind, embracing all aspects of conscious and unconscious experience as well as thought. |
心理学是一门关于行为与思想的研究, 包括有意识和潜意识经历的各个方面及想法. |
| It is an academic discipline and an applied science which seeks to understand individuals and groups by establishing general principles and researching specific cases. |
这是一门应用科学的学科. 它试着建立通用的理论和研究特定的案例去理解个人及团体. |
| In this field, a professional practitioner or researcher is called a psychologist and can be classified as a social, behavioral, or cognitive scientist. |
在这个领域, 一个专业的从业者或研究人员被称为心理学家. 他/她可被分类为一名社会学的, 行为的, 或认知的科学家. |
| Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior, while also exploring the physiological and biological processes that underlie cognitive functions and behaviors. |
心理学家们试着去理解在个人和社会行为中心理作用的影响. 他/她们同时探究着以认知功能与行为为基础的生理和生物的过程 |
| Psychologists explore concepts such as perception, cognition, attention, emotion, intelligence, phenomenology, motivation, brain functioning, personality, behavior, and interpersonal relationships, including psychological resilience, family resilience, and other areas. |
心理学家们探究着概念, 比如感知, 认知, 注意力, 情感, 智力, 现象, 动力, 脑功能, 性格, 行为, 与人际关系, 包含着心理抗逆力, 家庭弹性及其他领域. |
| Psychologists of diverse orientations also consider the unconscious mind. |
多元化定位的心理学家们也思考着潜意识. |
| Psychologists employ empirical methods to infer causal and correlational relationships between psychosocial variables. |
心理学家们采用经验主义学的方法去推断在生理变量之中的偶然关系. |
| In addition, or in opposition, to employing empirical and deductive methods, some—especially clinical and counseling psychologists—at times rely upon symbolic interpretation and other inductive techniques. |
另外, 或相对应的, 采用经验主义学和推断的方法, 特别是临床和咨询的心理学家们, 有些偶尔依赖于象征的解释与其他归纳的技巧. |
| Psychology has been described as a "hub science", with psychological findings linking to research and perspectives from the social sciences, natural sciences, medicine, humanities, and philosophy. |
由于心理学研究与社会科学, 自然科学, 医药学, 人文学科, 及文学的研究与观点相联结, 它也被形容为一门“枢纽科学”. |
