Psychology is the systematic study of human experience, development and behaviour.
It has a wide variety of practical applications in every field of individual and social life. The special character of psychology derives from its subject matter and methods. Psychology includes within its potential area of competence all levels of people's functioning, whether individually or in groups. The facts of human existence underlie every manifestation of what it is to be a man, woman or child. The purpose of psychology is to clarify these facts, from a point of view that is both human and scientific, in each dimension of our experience and endeavours.