Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes. It seeks to understand how individuals think, feel, learn, perceive, and behave in different situations. The term psychology is derived from the Greek words “psyche,” meaning soul or mind, and “logos,” meaning study. In the early stages, psychology was considered a branch of philosophy concerned with the study of the mind, but with the development of scientific methods, it emerged as an independent discipline. Modern psychology focuses on observable behaviour as well as internal mental processes such as thoughts, emotions, motivation, memory, and perception. The nature of psychology is scientific because it uses systematic methods of observation, experimentation, and analysis to study human and animal behaviour. Psychologists collect evidence through research methods such as experiments, surveys, case