<P> The word psychology derives from Greek roots meaning study of the psyche , or soul ( ψυχή psukhē , `` breath , spirit , soul '' and - λογία - logia , `` study of '' or `` research '' ) . The Latin word psychologia was first used by the Croatian humanist and Latinist Marko Marulić in his book , Psichiologia de ratione animae humanae in the late 15th century or early 16th century . The earliest known reference to the word psychology in English was by Steven Blankaart in 1694 in The Physical Dictionary which refers to `` Anatomy , which treats the Body , and Psychology , which treats of the Soul . '' </P>
<P> The word psychology derives from Greek roots meaning study of the psyche , or soul ( ψυχή psukhē , `` breath , spirit , soul '' and - λογία - logia , `` study of '' or `` research '' ) . The Latin word psychologia was first used by the Croatian humanist and Latinist Marko Marulić in his book , Psichiologia de ratione animae humanae in the late 15th century or early 16th century . The earliest known reference to the word psychology in English was by Steven Blankaart in 1694 in The Physical Dictionary which refers to `` Anatomy , which treats the Body , and Psychology , which treats of the Soul . '' </P>
who used the word phychology for the first time
who used the word phychology for the first time
in the late 15th century or early 16th century
in the late 15th century or early 16th century