What does psychology mean?
Definitions for psychology
saɪˈkɒl ə dʒipsy·chol·o·gy
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Princeton's WordNet
psychology, psychological sciencenoun
the science of mental life
Wiktionary
psychologynoun
The study of the human mind.
psychologynoun
The study of human behavior.
psychologynoun
The study of animal behavior.
psychologynoun
The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
Etymology: From psychologie, from psychologia, from + -logia.
Webster Dictionary
Psychologynoun
the science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the human soul
Etymology: [Psycho- + -logy: cf. F. psychologie. See Psychical.]
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Psychology
Psychology is an academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviors. Psychology has the immediate goal of understanding individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases, and by many accounts it ultimately aims to benefit society. In this field, a professional practitioner or researcher is called a psychologist and can be classified as a social, behavioral, or cognitive scientist. Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior, while also exploring the physiological and neurobiological processes that underlie certain cognitive functions and behaviors. Psychologists explore concepts such as perception, cognition, attention, emotion, phenomenology, motivation, brain functioning, personality, behavior, and interpersonal relationships. Psychologists of diverse stripes also consider the unconscious mind. Psychologists employ empirical methods to infer causal and correlational relationships between psychosocial variables. In addition, or in opposition, to employing empirical and deductive methods, some—especially clinical and counseling psychologists—at times rely upon symbolic interpretation and other inductive techniques. Psychology has been described as a "hub science", with psychological findings linking to research and perspectives from the social sciences, natural sciences, medicine, and the humanities, such as philosophy.
The Roycroft Dictionary
psychology
The science of human minds and their relationship one to another.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Psychology
The science dealing with the study of mental processes and behavior in man and animals.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'psychology' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3707
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Rank popularity for the word 'psychology' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4340
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Rank popularity for the word 'psychology' in Nouns Frequency: #1510
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The numerical value of psychology in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
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Examples of psychology in a Sentence
A battle of psychology people are more concerned as to... whether they can put food on the table.
It wasn't a red flag, which I know is weird to a lot of people, but given the context of him being a psychology student and fascinated in the psychology of these things, that's what made it digestible.
Oxytocin has many positive impacts on human physiology and psychology.
Imams are not equipped on how to understand and really handle possible recruits, there needs to be a set program. They are scholars of religion, but not scholars of violent extremism and psychology.
The Fed is confused and their confusion spills into investor psychology.
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- سيكولوجيا, علم النفسArabic
- psixologiyaAzerbaijani
- псіхало́гіяBelarusian
- психоло́гияBulgarian
- psicologiaCatalan, Valencian
- psychologieCzech
- психологиChuvash
- seicolegWelsh
- psykologiDanish
- Seelenkunde, PsychologieGerman
- ψυχολογίαGreek
- psikologioEsperanto
- psicologíaSpanish
- روانشناسی, پسیکولوژی, روانشناسیPersian
- käyttäytymistiede, psykologia, psyyke, eläinpsykologia, mielenlaatuFinnish
- sálarfrøðiFaroese
- psychologieFrench
- eòlas-inntinnScottish Gaelic
- psicoloxíaGalician
- פְּסִיכוֹלוֹגְיָהHebrew
- मनोविज्ञानHindi
- pszichológiaHungarian
- հոգեբանությունArmenian
- psikologiIndonesian
- sálfræðiIcelandic
- psicologiaItalian
- 心理, 心理学, サイコロジーJapanese
- психологияKazakh
- ចិត្តវិទ្យាKhmer
- 심리학, 심리Korean
- brysoniethCornish
- психологияKyrgyz
- PsychologyLatin
- psiholoģijaLatvian
- mātauranga hinengaroMāori
- психологија, психоло́гијаMacedonian
- ilmu jiwa, psikologiMalay
- zielkunde, psychologieDutch
- psykologiNorwegian
- ániʼ dóó ntsékees naalkaahNavajo, Navaho
- psychologiaPolish
- psicologiaPortuguese
- psihologieRomanian
- психоло́гияRussian
- psychológiaSlovak
- psykologiSwedish
- உளவியல்Tamil
- จิตวิทยาThai
- dalubisipan, sikolohiyaTagalog
- ruh bilimi, psikolojiTurkish
- психологияTatar
- психоло́гіяUkrainian
- نفسیاتUrdu
- tâm lý họcVietnamese
- lanavVolapük
- פּסיטשאָלאָגיYiddish
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