n psychlgy nd sclgy, scncs s psdscntfc thry f nfrmtn prcssng nd prsnlty typs. t ncrprts Crl Jng's wrk n Psychlgcl Typs wth ntn Kępńsk's thry f nfrmtn mtblsm.
n cntrst t th gnrlly ccptd vws n prsnlty psychlgy n g-rltd vrblty f th hmn psych, scncs dstngshs 16 psychphyslgcl typs (sctyps) whch t clms g nchngd thrght prsn's lf. Th xstnc f prsnlty typs s xtrmly cntrvrsl n mdrn prsnlty psychlgy.
Scncs ws dvlpd n th 1970s nd 1980s, prmrly by th Lthnn rsrchr šr gstnvčūtė. Th nm "scncs" s drvd frm th wrd "scty", bcs gstnvčūtė blvd tht ch sctyp hs dstnct prps n scty.
Th cntrl d f scncs s tht nfrmtn s nttvly dvsbl nt ght ctgrs, clld nfrmtn lmnts, whch prsn's psych prcsss sng ght psychlgcl fnctns. ch sctyp hs dffrnt crrspndnc btwn fnctns nd nfrmtn lmnts, whch t psts rslts n dffrnt wys f hndlng nfrmtn nd dstnct thnkng pttrns. n prvlnt d n scncs s th thry f ntrtyp rltns, whch s bsd n th ntrctn f ths fnctns btwn typs.
ndpndnt thrs pnt t th nsffcnt mprcl vldty f scncs bth n ts bss nd n ts frthr dvlpmnt, s wll s th prctcl bsnc f stds n scncs tsd th frmr SSR. Th Cmmssn n Psdscnc f th Rssn cdmy f Scncs hs plcd scncs mng sch wll-knwn psdscncs s strlgy nd hmpthy.