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psychology (iou)



psychology noun. L17.
[mod. Latin psychologia, formed as PSYCHO- + -OLOGY.]
The science of the nature, functioning, and development of the human mind (formerly, of the soul), including the faculties of reason, emotion, perception, communication, etc.; the branch of science that deals with the (human or animal) mind as an entity and in its relationship to the body and to the environmental or social context, based on observation of the behaviour of individuals or groups of individuals in particular (ordinary or experimentally controlled) circumstances. L17.
abnormal psychology, child psychology, depth psychology, ego-psychology, faculty psychology, folk psychology, gestalt psychology, introspective psychology, moral psychology, new psychology, social psychology, structural psychology, etc. experimental psychology the branch of psychology that deals with experimental investigation of the responses of individuals to stimuli or controlled situations.
b. A treatise on, or system of, psychology. L18.
a. The mental characteristics or outlook of an individual or a group. L19.
P. G. Wodehouse The psychology of the Master Criminal is a thing I have never been able to understand.
b. (The branch of science that deals with) the psychological aspects of an event, activity, or phenomenon. L19.
M. Argyle Many..have combined an interest in the psychology of religion with a desire to support, or..attack, religion.