psychology (noun)
1psychology — ► 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 …
2psychology — 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… …
3psychology — 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… …
4psychology — noun 1 study of the mind/the way people behave ADJECTIVE ▪ clinical, professional ▪ academic, experimental ▪ applied ▪ cognitive, developm …
5psychology — 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 …
6psychology department — noun the academic department responsible for teaching and research in psychology • Syn: ↑department of psychology • Hypernyms: ↑academic department …
7psychology — 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… …
8psychology — 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 …
9psychology — 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.… …
10developmental 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… …