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Security psychology is a term that brings together two important concepts being security and psychology. Security is a state of being protected or safe from harm (Merriam Webster). It is the degree of resistance to, or protection from, harm. A separation is created between the subject and the threat. Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes in a context (Simons, Kalichman and Santrock, 1994, Santrock, 2006). Behaviors represent the actions and therefore are easily observed and studied. The mental processes are the feelings, cognitions, beliefs, values and motives and therefore are not directly observed. The context is the environment in which they prevail. Security psychology refers to the study of mental processes in the context of security. It is application of psychological concepts in the field of security.
Titany answered the question on December 7, 2021 at 06:30