psychology (noun)

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• psychology — ► NOUN 1) the scientific study of the human mind and its functions. 2) the mental characteristics or attitude of a person. 3) the mental factors governing a situation or activity. DERIVATIVES psychologist noun …   English terms dictionary

• psychology — noun (plural gies) Etymology: New Latin psychologia, from psych + logia logy Date: 1653 1. the science of mind and behavior 2. a. the mental or behavioral characteristics of an individual or group b. the study of mind and behavior in relation to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• psychology — noun 1 (U) the study of the mind and how it works: educational psychology 2 (C, U) the usual way in which a particular person or group thinks and reacts: the psychology of the mob 3 (U) informal knowledge of the way that people think, that makes… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• psychology — noun 1 study of the mind/the way people behave ADJECTIVE ▪ clinical, professional ▪ academic, experimental ▪ applied ▪ cognitive, developm …   Collocations dictionary

• psychology — noun 1) a degree in psychology Syn: study of the mind, science of the mind 2) the psychology of the motorist Syn: mindset, mind, mental processes, thought processes, way of thinking, cast of mind, mentality, persona …   Thesaurus of popular words

• psychology department — noun the academic department responsible for teaching and research in psychology • Syn: ↑department of psychology • Hypernyms: ↑academic department …   Useful english dictionary

• psychology — noun a) The study of the human mind. 1970: Mary M. Luke, A Crown for Elizabeth, page 8: b) The study of human behavior. , For generations, historians have conjectured everything from a warped psychology to a deformed body as accounting for… …   Wiktionary

• psychology — noun the psychology of the road user Syn: mind, thought processes, way of thinking, mentality, psyche, attitude(s), make up, character, temperament; informal what makes someone tick …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• psychology — noun 1》 the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behaviour in a given context. 2》 the mental characteristics or attitude of a person.     ↘the mental factors governing a situation or activity.… …   English new terms dictionary

• developmental psychology — noun the branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children • Syn: ↑genetic psychology, ↑child psychology • Hypernyms: ↑psychology, ↑psychological science * * * developmental psychologist. a branch of psychology that… …   Useful english dictionary

• social psychology — noun the branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole • Hypernyms: ↑psychology, ↑psychological science • Hyponyms: ↑psychodynamics * * * ˌsocial psyˈchology 7 [social… …   Useful english dictionary