Ma'anar ma'anar kalmar "Aiwatar da ilimin halin dan Adam" yana nufin amfani da dabarun tabin hankali, hanyoyin, da binciken don magance matsalolin duniya da gogewa. Ya ƙunshi aikace-aikacen ƙa'idodin tunani a cikin filaye daban-daban kamar ilimi, kasuwanci, kiwon lafiya, wasanni, da ƙari, tare da ci gaba da haɓaka rayuwar mutane da walwala. Wasu misalai na wuraren da aka yi amfani da ilimin halin dan Adam na yau da kullun, ilimin halin dan Adam, ilimin halin mutum, da ilimin halin dan Adam.