psy|chol|o|gy

psy|chol|o|gy
psy|chol|o|gy «sy KOL uh jee», noun, plural -gies.
1. the science of the mind. Psychology tries to explain why people act, think, and feel as they do. »

As psychology analyzes mental processes, so sociology analyzes social processes (Emory S. Bogardus).

2. a textbook or handbook of psychology.
3. the mental states and processes of a person or persons; mental nature and behavior: »

Mrs. Jones knew her husband's psychology. The long illness had a bad effect on the patient's psychology.

╂[< New Latin psychologia < Greek ps soul, mind + New Latin -logia -logy]

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  • psy|chol´o|giz´er — psy|chol|o|gize «sy KOL uh jyz», intransitive verb, transitive verb, gized, giz|ing. to investigate by psychological methods: »A man about town does not psychologize himself, he accepts his condition with touching simplicity (John Galsworthy).… …   Useful english dictionary

  • psy|chol|o|gize — «sy KOL uh jyz», intransitive verb, transitive verb, gized, giz|ing. to investigate by psychological methods: »A man about town does not psychologize himself, he accepts his condition with touching simplicity (John Galsworthy). –psy|chol´o|giz´er …   Useful english dictionary

  • psy|chol|o|gism — «sy KOL uh jihz uhm», noun. 1. the use, especially the excessive use, of psychological methods or principles, as in history, philosophy, or literature: »In history Namier pretended to be advocating a ruthless materialism, while actually… …   Useful english dictionary

  • psy|chol|o|gis|tic — «sy KOL uh JIHS tihk», adjective. of or characterized by psychologism: »Fielding has been criticized again and again by a psychologistic age for his characters total lack of interiority (Kenneth Rexroth) …   Useful english dictionary

  • psy|chol|o|gist — «sy KOL uh jihst», noun. an expert in psychology: »A psychologist…is trained to understand the mind and its activities (Marguerite Clark) …   Useful english dictionary

  • bi|o|psy|chol|o|gist — «BY oh sy KOL uh jihst», noun. a person who studies biopsychology …   Useful english dictionary

  • bi|o|psy|chol|o|gy — «BY oh sy KOL uh jee», noun. the branch of psychology that deals with mental processes in terms of biological principles; psychobiology …   Useful english dictionary

  • eth|no|psy|chol|o|gy — «EHTH noh sy KOL uh jee», noun. the investigation of the psychology of races and peoples …   Useful english dictionary

  • met|a|psy|chol|o|gy — «MEHT uh sy KOL uh jee», noun. a systematic or philosophic speculation on the origin, structure, or function of the mind, and on the connection between mental and physical responses or actions …   Useful english dictionary

  • neu|ro|psy|chol|o|gist — «NUR oh sy KOL uh jihst, NYUR », noun. a person who studies neuropsychology …   Useful english dictionary

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